The Chronicle

Big fight a draw

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The middleweig­ht superfight between Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Las Vegas has been declared a draw. The result means that ‘GGG’ Golovkin retains his three world middleweig­ht titles. Billed the fight of the year, the battle lived up to the hype as both men traded blows for 12 enthrallin­g rounds. The 35-year-old Golovkin, making his Las Vegas debut, kept his WBC, WBA and IBF belts. But the judges could not agree, with one awarding it to Canelo 118-110, another to Golovkin 115-114 and a third making it 114-114. Both want a rematch.

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