Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III, billed as The Trilogy, was a professional boxing match contested between undisputed super middleweight champion, Canelo Álvarez, and unified middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin, with Álvarez's super middleweight titles on the line. The fight took place on September 17, 2022.[1][2]

The Trilogy
DateSeptember 17, 2022
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Canelo Álvarez Gennady Golovkin
Nickname Canelo
("Cinnamon")		 GGG
Hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Pre-fight record 57–2–2 (39 KO) 42–1–1 (37 KO)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm)
Weight 167.4 lb (75.9 kg) 167.8 lb (76.1 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition
WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO middleweight champion
Result
Álvarez wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116–112, 115–113, 115–113)

Background

After knocking out Amir Khan back in 2016, Álvarez vacated his WBC middleweight title, with Golovkin subsequently being awarded it. Some critics labeled a Álvarez 'a duck' for doing so, believing the Mexican was attempting to 'age out' Golovkin as much as possible. In September 2017, the pair finally fought, and despite Golovkin outlanding Álvarez in 10 of the 12 rounds according to CompuBox, the fight ended in a controversial split draw. Adalaide Byrd's scorecard of 118–110 for Álvarez received a large amount of criticism. Many purists believed Golovkin had done enough to get the decision over Álvarez, and called the fight a 'robbery'.[3]

The controversial outcome led to a rematch taking place, and in September 2018, Álvarez defeated Golovkin via majority decision. However, although not as much as the first fight, there were still claims of a robbery, with people believing that Golovkin had beaten Álvarez twice. There were calls for a third fight, which took time to take place.[4]

Álvarez then became a four-division world champion, before becoming an undisputed world champion. Golovkin won his IBF title back after beating Sergiy Derevyanchenko, and unified the division against Ryōta Murata in Japan. On February 25, 2022, it was announced that Álvarez had signed a two-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing. The first fight of the deal would see Álvarez returning to light heavyweight to face WBA (Super) light heavyweight champion, Dmitry Bivol, before returning to super middleweight to face Golovkin. On May 7, Álvarez was defeated by Bivol via unanimous decision. Despite claiming he would activate his rematch clause and face Bivol again, it was announced on May 24 that Álvarez and Golovkin would fight a third time, five years after their first fight, live on DAZN, with Golovkin moving weight divisions for the first time in his career to do so.[1]

On the fight night, Álvarez defeated Golovkin via unanimous decision with the scores of 115–113 (twice) and 116–112.[5]

Fight card
Weight class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Super middleweight Canelo Álvarez (c) def. Gennady Golovkin UD 12 Note 1
Super flyweight Jesse Rodríguez (c) def. Israel González UD 12 Note 2
Super middleweight Ali Akhmedov def. Gabriel Rosado UD 10 Note 3
Middleweight Austin Williams def. Kieron Conway UD 10
Super middleweight Diego Pacheco def. Enrique Collazo TKO 5/10
Light welterweight Marc Castro def. Kevin Mendoza KO 5/8 1:40
Light welterweight Aaron Aponte vs. Fernando Angel Molina SD 8
Super flyweight Anthony Herrera def. Delvin McKinley TD 5/6 0:19

^Note 1 For WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring super middleweight titles
^Note 2 For WBC super flyweight title
^Note 3 For vacant WBC Silver and IBF-USBA super middleweight titles

Broadcasting

The bout was broadcast live by sports streaming service DAZN to existing subscribers worldwide excluding Latin America. The bout was broadcast on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.[6]

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/Pay television PPV Stream
United States (host) — DAZN PPV
Canada
United Kingdom
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
Worldwideexcl. — DAZN
Mexico Azteca 7
Canal 5		 — TV Azteca Deportes
Vix+
Latin America — ESPN —
Kazakhstan Qazaqstan
Qazsport
Channel One Eurasia		 —

^excl. Live on DAZN worldwide excluding Kazakhstan and Latin America.

References
  1. "Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin set for September fight to cap trilogy". The Guardian. May 24, 2022.
  2. "Canelo vs. Golovkin: The complete fight card for September 17 is ready to go". MARCA. July 30, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  3. "Dubious judging spoils great boxing once again as Golovkin and Alvarez are forced to settle for draw". ca.news.yahoo.com. September 17, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  4. "Canelo takes razor-thin decision over Golovkin". ESPN.com. September 16, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  5. Graham, Bryan Armen (September 18, 2022). "Canelo Álvarez defeats Gennady Golovkin by unanimous decision in third fight – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  6. "Canelo Alvarez vs. GGG 3 fight start time: Live stream, PPV price, how to watch, TV channel, undercard". CBSSports.com. September 18, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2023.



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