Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs Gennady “GGG” Golovkin 3 is a highly anticipated trilogy fight taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 17. The contest features the undisputed super middleweight king defending his belts against his old rival and reigning unified WBA and IBF middleweight champion. The world championship bout is scheduled for twelve rounds. Several tickets for the event are still currently available for purchase. The date when the fight airs live in Australia is Sunday, September 18.
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Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KOs) and Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) first fought to a split draw five years ago back at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The rematch held a year later at the same location ended in favor of the Mexican star, who defeated the champion from Kazakhstan by majority decision.
In his previous outing in May Canelo dropped a unanimous decision against reigning WBA champion Dmitry Bivol in his bid to become a two-time light heavyweight champion. Golovkin was in action in April when he when he stopped Ryota Murta in Round 9 retain his IBF middleweight belt and claim the WBA title.
In the co-main event unbeaten Jesse Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) defends his WBC super flyweight title against Israel Gonzalez (28-4-1, 11 KOs). Also
