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All of the super middleweight world title belts are on the line in today’s headlining Las Vegas clash between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, but even more than that, both men are fighting to prove their point as they reignite their rivalry.

Golovkin- 42-1-1, 37 KOs – believes he won both their previous meetings. Canelo – 57-2-2, 39 KOs – is furious that most onlookers tend to agree. The genuine dislike between them that this has created should make for additional spice to a matchup that has already given us two superb contests the last two times.

This post will provide live play-by-play of the main event. The preliminary card starts at 4.45pm ET on DAZN, with the main card moving to PPV at 8PM ET.

Round-by-Round

Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin

Round 1- Canelo looks to push Golovkin back with some big swings, mostly missing. GGG responds by peppering him with jabs. Cagey through the middle of the round, lot of feinting. Tight round, but Golovkin’s jab scored. 10-9 Golovkin

Round 2- Canelo starts round 2 by countering Golovkin’s jabs. Going big on the left hook and overhand right. Not a lot of bodywork from either man yet, Golovkin fires a right downstairs now. Canelo finishing the round the stronger. 10-9 Canelo, 19-19

Round 3- Every time Golovkin throws his right hand Canelo counters hard over the top. Golovkin a bit hesitant to throw. Lands a solid jab but eats a threa-punch counter. Golovkin pushes him back a little to end the round. 10-9 Canelo, 29-28

Round 4- Canelo’s lead left to the head on the money so far. Pushes Golovkin back with right hands to the body. Golovkin not doing much other than jab, and finding that countered too. Lots of twitchy movement but the action is coming from Canelo. 10-9 Canelo, 39-37

Round 5- Golovkin starts the round pushing Canelo back with a busy jab. Soon back to being forced bac, Canelo working the body consistently now. Not everything is landing, but Golovkin isn’t punishing the misses. Some of the bodywork is edging around behind, bringing a warning from the referee, but Golovkin’s starting to feel the pace. 10-9 Canelo, 49-46

Round 6- Golovkin’s corner gave him a talk between rounds, but it’s not happening for him in the ring. Canelo’s slipping most of his jabs. Pushes Canelo back a little bit through the middle of the round, some effectiveness with the jab, but Canelo ends strong with counters again. 10-9 Canelo, 59-55

Round 7- Canelo takes the lead to start the round. Not waiting for counters now, throwing combinations behind his own jab. An uppercut-right-hook combination makes Golovkin wince a bit. Backs off a little but even when not in the corners, Golovkin’s struggling to get off. Finishes with some jabs, Canelo counters with a right to the body. 10-9 Canelo, 69-64

Round 8- The story of the fight here is that both can see what the other one’s doing, but Canelo can avoid it and Golovkin can’t. Canelo working with Golovkin when the Kazakh tries to push, and punishes him when he wants to back off. More right hands coming from GGG now, but Canelo fires right back. 10-9 Canelo, 79-73

Round 9- Golovkin opens with a lead-hand uppercut-hook combination, which scores, but Canelo responds immediately. G

Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin stepped into the ring for the third and final time on Saturday night. The winner was clear, the scores controversially close — especially those two 7-5 cards, but Bloody Elbow had it 8-4 ourselves so we can’t quibble too much about that. We won’t spend much time litigating that here though. Instead we’ll take a look at the story of the fight, why Canelo was so dominant early and why (scores aside) he did seem to fade a bit later to allow Golovkin at least some success.

The Breakdown

A clue to the latter can be found right from the start. After an opening exchange of jabs, the first meaningful punch Canelo threw was a massive left hand that missed, left him overbalanced, and needed some snappy recovery work to get away from danger. He calmed it down for the rest of the opening round, in which nothing major happened, but after that those swinging punches and explosive movements both to close ground and recover were a feature of the fight. There was clearly a gameplan going on there – whether emotional, in anger at Golovkin, or coldly rational, reasoning that Golovkin would find it difficult to respond to these, we can’t know, but either way they had their effect early on.

Golovkin’s age is the sad part of this equation — four years ago he’d never have allowed someone over-committing in front of him to get away with it, but this time he just couldn’t get himself moving fast enough to close distance and respond. That gap in response was visible for him against Murata in April, and that must have been in Canelo’s mind when he came up with the plan.

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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez dominated Gennady Golovkin over 12 rounds to retain his undisputed super-middleweight crown.

After sidestepping a fightback from Golovkin in the later rounds, all three judges were in agreement, scoring it 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 for Alvarez.

“Thank you my friend, we gave the fans three great fights,” said the Mexican.

They shared a warm embrace after the fight, despite their rivalry turning sour in the four-year wait for the trilogy encounter, which saw Alvarez retain the IBF, WBA (Super), WBO and WBC titles.

Golovkin said: “I want to shake hands with Canelo. Congrats to all his team. He’s a real warrior – if you don’t understand that, you don’t understand nothing.”

• As it happened: Alvarez dominates Golovkin

Thrilling trilogy ends with a whimper

Despite a bitter build-up, the final chapter did not have the same bite as the contests in 2017 and 2018.

Alvarez, 32, took control from the first round, dominating an unusually passive Golovkin.

Golovkin was happy to “see the rounds slip away”, as Steve Bunce on BBC Radio 5 Live commentary put it, and at the halfway point the unified middleweight champion was experiencing a shutout.

Although showing no signs of hurting Golovkin, Alvarez set the pace and was particularly successful with his left hook.

Golovkin could not respond when Alvarez did land and after the eighth round the Kazakh’s trainer Johnathan Banks tried to rally his fighter, telling him “let’s go to work”.

The 40-year-old tried to do just that and staged a fightback from the ninth round onwards, his famous stiff jab finally clicking into gear, troubling Alvarez and pushing him back.

Alvarez, however, while visibly tiring, was never hurt and going into the final round Golovkin was searching for what would have been the 38th knockout of a long career.

The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas had been an unhappy hunting ground for Golovkin, losing the rematch to Alvarez there in 2018 and being robbed of what many felt was a superb win in their first fight in 2017.

And it was to be another frustrating night for Golovkin, who lost for just the second time in his illustrious 45-fight career.

“Probably it was a tactical mistake on my part to start so slow,” Golvkin said after the fight. “My reconnaissance went on too long.

“There was a plan to bring Canelo closer to open him up to try and do what I wanted to do. It’s just I started late and I did not have enough time to fulfil my game plan.”

I’ve always said that I did not feel any animosity in this rivalry – he was the one who said it was personal. After the

Ahead of tonight’s trilogy, we recap the results and who won the first two fights between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin.

The entire boxing world is anxiously waiting for Saturday evening as in the iconic T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin face off for the third time.

The anticipation for this trilogy has become palpable over recent days as pundits, experts and former professionals swing back and forth in their predictions.

The opening bell will mark the start of the 25^th scheduled round between Canelo and GGG, but who won their first two fights in 2017 and 2018 respectively?

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Who won the previous two Canelo vs GGG fights?

The first fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin in 2017 ended in a split draw, the second fight in 2018 was won by Alvarez via majority decision.

Straight away it’s important to note that both results were highly controversial, with criticism especially levied against the first fight’s judging.

This fight was scored 118–110 (Alvarez), 113–115 (Golovkin), 114–114 (draw), with the majority of pundits and personalities scoring the bout for the Kazakh.

In fact, DAZN, who are broadcasting tonight’s PPV trilogy, recently ran a fight replay with boxing experts Chris Walker, Matt Astbury and Steven Muehlhausen. Their final result, in accordance with the court of public opinion, was “a unanimous decision for Golovkin with cards of 117-111, 116-112 and 116-112.”

The second fight was thankfully more straightforward, with the Mexican winning a majority decision; two judges scored the bout for Canelo (both 115-113), and one judge scored it a draw (114-114).

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What are the two fighters’ boxing records in 2022?

As of September 17^th, 2022, prior to the trilogy with GGG, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has a professional boxing record of 57 wins, 2 draws and 2 los

How to watch Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin 3 worldwide and expected start time for the boxing PPV main event revealed.

Saul Canelo Alvarez is a once-in-a-generational talent, having fluttered between weight classes and collected, almost, every single world championship that he has set his eyes on.

However, the Mexican legend’s legacy will forever be linked to that of Gennady Golovkin, aka GGG, following their two extremely close 12-round fights in 2017 and 2018.

Thankfully, the score will finally be settled this weekend as Canelo and Golovkin fight for a third time in the fight capital of the world – but how can you watch the PPV card online and what time is the main event expected to start where you are?

• DELAYED: SHIELDS VS MARSHALL POSTPONED: HOW TO WATCH, START TIME AND FULL CARD EXPLAINED

How to watch Canelo vs GGG 3

In the United States, Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 3 will be livestreamed exclusively through the DAZN network, which can be downloaded to your laptop, mobile, Smart TV and video game consoles.

DAZN will also be hosting the streaming event in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Prices for the Canelo vs GGG PPV event via DAZN are set at the following ranges for existing subscribers and new customers:

• US – $64.99 (current subscribers), $84.98 (new subscribers*)
• Canada – CAD $64.99 (current subscribers), CAD $89.98 (new subscribers) 
• UK and Ireland – £9.99/€9.99 (current subscribers), £17.98/€17.98 (new subscribers)
• Australia – $44.99 AUD (current subscribers), $58.98 (new subscribers)
• New Zealand – $24.99 NZD (current subscribers), $39.98 (new subscribers)

* – This price includes a one-month subscription to DAZN.

The only international locations where DAZN will not be hosting the Canelo vs GGG PPV event will be Mexico, Kazakhstan and Latin America. Per the DAZN website, Latin American territories include “Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic.”

If you purchase the PP

MMA Fighting has Canelo vs. GGG 3 results live for the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin 3 fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Canelo vs. GGG 3 live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event.

Check out the Canelo vs. GGG 3 undercard live blog below for the DAZN pay-per-view portion that will begin at 8 p.m. ET.

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MMA Fighting has Canelo Alvarez vs. GGG 3 live round-by-round updates for one of the top boxing fights of the year which takes place Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

The main event is expected to begin around 11 p.m. ET on DAZN pay-per-view. Check out our Canelo vs. GGG 3 results page to find