Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-15, tough fight with some nice combinations, this is professional boxing at his very very best: Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 2 is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!The undefeated former Olympian and current Wbc, Wba and Ibo champion Gennady Golovkin entered this fight with a pro record of 38-0-1 (34 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world. In his last three fights he has beat Daniel Jacobs in 2017 (Golovkin vs Jacobs) and Vanes Martirosyan in 2018 (Gennady Golovkin vs Vanes Martirosyan) but between these two bouts he drew with Saul Alvarez in their first fight (controversial decision, Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin).
His opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Saul Canelo Alvarez, has an official boxing record of 49-1-2 (34 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class but he comes off the draw with ‘GGG’ Golovkin; they had to face again in May 2018 but the Mexican tested positive for two drug tests after their first clash. Before this bout Canelo suffered his only loss when he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013 (via majority decision, Mayweather vs Alvarez), since then Alvarez had won seven consecutive fights defeating Amir Khan (4-stars fight, Canelo vs Khan), Liam Smith (Canelo vs Smith) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in his last three (Canelo vs Chavez Jr). Their first fight ended in a controversial split draw (110-118 for Alvarez, 115-113 for Golovkin, 114-114) but in the CompuBox Punch Stats Canelo got just 169 punches landed out of 505 thrown (33.5%), while Gennady 218 out of 703 punches thrown (31%). Moreover, some of the most important media scored the first fight in this way: ESPN.com 116-112 for Golovkin, Harold Lederman from HBO 116-112 for Golovkin and the Associated Press 114-114. Canelo vs Golovkin 2 is valid for the IBO, WBA, WBC World middleweight titles; they also faced each other a third time on September 17, 2022 (Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-09-15
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Title: IBO, WBA, WBC World middleweight titles
Golovkin’s previous fight: Gennady Golovkin vs Vanes Martirosyan
Canelo’s previous fight: Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin I
Canelo’s next fight: Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Rocky Fielding
Golovkin’s next fight: Gennady Golovkin vs Steve Rolls
Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez 2 full fight video:
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Wtf?! Canelo have start strong but triple g was winning those last round. Don’t know what to think. I knew they was not gonna give a draw again. Canelo was impressive the way he never back up. Both have hard chin or soft punch. ^^ what a fight! Seem like another draw for me but judge have spoken.
Heck of a fight.
Good old Vegas. To win in that glittering Babylon, you’ve got to beat the house fighter and the corrupt promoter. Golovkin only came to beat Canelo. I had him winning by two, at least. A draw is arguable, and some good scorers saw it that way.
Terrific fight all the same and thanks to our hosts here at ATBF as usual.
Lederman’s score card at the end of this fight was 116-112 for golovkin….GGG has not to fight anymore canelo, he has to fight judges!
Ledderman had it 10-2 in the first fight….Virtually the same as Addalayde Byrd…Do u really believe his card is credible?
GGG won that fight…. boxing is dirty sry
Another disgraceful decision. GGG should’ve won both fights. INSANE!
A Classic! I’d Give Canelo the edge in this fight but would believe they have to fight that again it was drawish. Seems like GGG cant pull the trigger on the right hand to the body or head inside any more. GGG looks old and his legs look wobbly. Golovkin employed much better defense and boxing skill fighting backward and in center of ring and a effective jab. When alvarez was fading a bit in late rounds old age reared its head for GGG he could not turn up another gear like old. Alvarez had his way with the body but it did not stop GGG. True Alvarez faught his kind of fight with not giving ground and banging so edge to him. I never thought GGG would be KO’d but i did see times in later rnds where Canelo was in jeopardy of going down.GGG has lost 5mph on his fastball cant strike em out any more. Time to Retire GGG there are better middle weights that will send you there.
I think u underestimate just how much Ggg doesn’t like it to the body….As well as how vicious canelo’s combination punching is. He’s the best in the world at it IMO. Just like I believe Golovkin has likely the best jab in the world. It’s very stiff & very accurate. Remember he shut Lemieux completely down w/ just that one punch. & bc Canelo was beasting to the body…2 things happened. GGG’s right arm was glued to his body. & Canelo took a lot of starch out of his shots. 3 things…He also made GGG shrink bc he had to sit down to protect his bod. He’s also older. & Canelo is significant;y better comp than he’s faced in a decade or more. But I do believe the time to close the curtain is coming soon. 3rd fight won’t even be close. Once you see a bully go backwards all night….& his pwr unable to bail him out…he’s just about done.
well, I think nobody likes those kind of shots to the body. I have noticed it too. Anyway a problem is that looks impossible winning by points with Canelo, another that he has waited enough, wisely, to reach is peak and having GGG aging. Just do not become unfair to GGG: he started old and as MW, that is why he has only one belt, never retired or took a break, for me his achievements are exceptional. He doesn’t boxe like Hopkins, I think he could not, so he needs a lot of energy. Let’s see the new trainer: perhaps he is more suitable to work on a fighter close to 40. Anyway normally a champion at this age makes crazy comeback, GGG has continued boxing through his 30s. For me it is incredible and he is not getting enough credit for it.
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Great fight…Triple G should have edged it but the decision this time around was not the “injustice” that the last one was.
Huge respect to both guys and here’s to hoping for a rubber match.
ATBF – thanks again folks for the great work you do for the broke-ass boxing fans.
The last wasn’t an injustice IMO.
it was
Canelo vs GGG 2 CompuBox Stats:
– Total Jabs= Canelo 59/256 … Golovkin 118/547
– Power Punches= Canelo 143/366 … Golovkin 116/332
– Total Punches= Canelo 202/622 … Golovkin 234/879
It doesn’t mean he landed all the punches he thru. .hello
yes of course but the first number are the punches landed while the second, the punches thrown…so Canelo landed 202 punches (out of 622 thrown) while GGG landed 234 punches (out of 879)
I wish they would also break the punches down by round.
Winning a boxing match by the score cards is like winning the electorial college for the US Presidency.
Throw all your punches in 5 rounds and you lose 7 rounds, even if tose 5 rounds were better than the ohter guys 7 rounds (unless you knock the ohter fighter down).
Awesome fan. I had it 115-113 Canelo. He clearly won this one, or at least didn’t loose it. Amazing performance.
Wow ggg is finished he fought his heart out but apart from a rubber match he should steer clear of andrade charlo etc
Why? Andrade and Charlo has not done anything that would suggest GGG can’t beat them. As a matter of fact he’d be the favortie in both those match-ups.
its obvious gennady was paid or something to make it look intresting and accpeted a deal for a loss boxing is sh*t lately fake fights like pac and mayweather
FMM would whip both these slow zombies
Mexican mafia combined with vegas corruption: it’s the second robbery… triple g won both match.
GGG landed more punches but was impressed by Canelo’s counter power and speed maybe because he is younger and eats Mexican meat which gives him this power.
GGG won both fights but I also like Canelo so I am not too upset. I just like to see the figher that deserves to win acutally win. In any event, nicely done by both fighters.
Throw all your punches in 5 rounds and you lose 7 rounds, even if those 5 rounds were better than the ohter guys 7 rounds (unless you knock the ohter fighter down).
I would like two see the punch count by rounds.
It’s true what you say but it seems that GGG was better in more rounds….the problem probably was that Canelo edge in power punches while Golovkin in jabs…maybe judges were more affected by the power punches….
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I didn’t realize it: at points GGG should have won. This time I think that Canelo has also thrown some low blows which were not noticed. GGG, as all the eastern, is not replying with low blows to low blows. I think it is a mistake. Especially in the last rounds Canelo was hitting at the limit to lower the pressure and it worked.
Seems if the number of punches lander is about the same, accuracy wins the round (better percentage).
Triple G can be re written as G- Gerzumped, G- Gobbled, G- Gone.
The conversation between Sanchez and GGG in the corner combined with GGG’s bidy language said it all. Time to retire, GGG has a magnificent record and an amazing number of terrific fights but age is the universal leveler. Old age and cunning in this instance can not compete with youth and skill
Or keep fighting C level boxers like he did most of his carrer
I think that from a business point of view Canelo has still 4 extremely well paid matches in front and 4 good ones at least. GGG is close to the end. I am convinced that it is not in the interest of anybody a GGG win by KO and he has been trained to go to the cards ready to accept everything. GGG has won more in these 2 matches than in all his career and there could be a third. Ofc he should be trained to go to card again. Good money for both and still a lot of money in future for the younger of the two. But perhaps I am wrong and GGG will knock out Canelo giving himself still 2-3 superfights. I cannot see it: I don-t think he has the motivation to fight still years. i expect the last match with Canelo and the retirement.