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Gennady Golovkin says draw with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is 'bad for the sport'

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Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin
Gennady Golovkin held on to his three world titles after the draw with Saul Alvarez

Gennady Golovkin said his controversial draw with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in the world middleweight title fight on Saturday was "bad for the sport".

After a closely fought bout in Las Vegas, one judge scored it 118-110 for Alvarez, another 115-113 for Golovkin and the third a 114-114 draw.

Kazakh Golovkin, 35, retained his WBA, WBC and IBF titles and remains unbeaten in 38 fights.

"It's terrible, for me it's terrible. This is not correct," said Golovkin.

"I saw the computer, the total punches and I saw people's reaction."

Golovkin added that he "wants a rematch" and Alvarez also confirmed he would face Golovkin again if "that's what people want".

According to statistics, Golovkin landed more punches overall but judge Adalaide Byrd had Alvarez as a clear winner, Dave Moretti scored the bout for Golovkin and Dan Trella had the fighters level.

Byrd's scorecard has since received heavy criticism after she awarded Alvarez 10 of the 12 rounds and a portion of the crowd at the T-Mobile Arena booed when the decision was announced.

But Mexican Alvarez felt he had done enough to take the middleweight titles away from Golovkin.

He started and finished the fight the stronger, and also produced some of the more eye-catching shots.

"I didn't base it on the scorecard, I wasn't taking points round-by-round but what I am sure of at the end of the fight was that I won," said the 27-year-old.

"I have no doubt in my mind, I won the fight."

Alvarez's record now stands at 49 wins (34 KO), two draws and one defeat from 52 fights.

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  • Comment posted by ohtheforlanity, at 12:58 18 Sep 2017

    Its not so much the draw itself thats the issue, its that ridiculous 118-110 scorecard! If that would have been 115-113 then it would have been far more defensible (but still wrong). How anyone had Canelo winning by that margin is beyond the realms of sanity

  • Comment posted by shawn south, at 12:03 18 Sep 2017

    pacman,kolev,now GGG all robbed ,This is why Boxing is finished

  • Comment posted by nivektrah, at 12:46 18 Sep 2017

    Alvarez is an excellent boxer but GGG showed more class immediately post-fight in his comments and tone given the decision and scoring. Alvarez should watch the fight in a calm moment and observe himself spending most of the fight back-peddling from an older fighter, past his younger peak. It was certainly close but Alvarez is deluding himself if he genuinely feels that he won convincingly.

  • Comment posted by proproganda, at 12:25 18 Sep 2017

    She mixed up the boxers on the scorecard.

  • Comment posted by Ledwulf, at 12:48 18 Sep 2017

    Never in the world of creation did Saul win by 8 rounds.

  • Comment posted by Johnny10, at 13:46 18 Sep 2017

    Boxing's sporting credibility takes another low blow, with CORRUPTION at its very core!!

  • Comment posted by Grilloo, at 12:29 18 Sep 2017

    The Judge who scored 118-110 has now been stepped down from 'Major Events' as she has made odd Scores in the past - Honestly though, the Judge who scored it a draw also needs investigating. I think some people in the US are looking for a second Payday - US boxing is on the decline, so it doesn't surprise me that they are trying to cook up Controversy.

  • Comment posted by MD03, at 13:45 18 Sep 2017

    GGG won this by a few rounds... and that's being kind to Canelo.

    De La Hoya wont let his cash cow Canelo get anywhere near the ring with GGG again as it was clear as day that he cant hurt him and cant outwork him.... He's only 27...there's years of milking still to do. Why risk it?

    Mayweather V McGregor? At least people walked away with closure..... this fight was the real farce.

  • Comment posted by Sergio9320, at 14:30 18 Sep 2017

    Boxing had a chance to put the May vs Mac unpleasantness in the past but gave itself a bloody nose.

    I'm a big Canelo fan but he noticeably tired towards the end of the 3rd and didn't win much after that until maybe 1 or 2 of the latter rounds. A couple of rounds were close but probably a 2-4 pt win for GGG.

    Adelaide Byrd's scorecard is a joke. The crowd must have judged the fight for her.

  • Comment posted by U15557609, at 07:59 19 Sep 2017

    GGG won the fight by somewhere between 3.5pts & 6pts, & that's not taking into account his better work rate & pressing, which most judges like.

    GGG threw more punches in every round & landed at least as many punches. He also won some of the middle rounds by big distances (more than half a point); 4,5,6,7&9.

  • Comment posted by Bomber, at 16:54 18 Sep 2017

    She's the same judge that thought Bernard Hopkins won against Joe Calzaghe. Her only qualification seems to be that she is the wife of Robert Byrd. She has been suspended, but will get looked after by the boxing world. Since Howard Foster was suspended by one organisation, he has just done more with the others. Yet another dreadful night for boxing.

  • Comment posted by Clubber Lang, at 16:26 18 Sep 2017

    As a judge in the amateur side of things, I've always promised myself to remain impartial and go by what I see. Evidently, Ms Byrd was flying in the clouds and had her eyes elsewhere and hasn't followed the guidlines clearly. The result was as bad as was the scoring. Personally, I had it 116 - 112 to GGG. Boxing is dying because of this :(

  • Comment posted by Monkeysquirrel, at 15:46 18 Sep 2017

    The public now know who the best middleweight on the planet is even if 2 of the judges don't: GGG, as shown by Mexican-dominated crowd booing Canelo. 118-110 is nothing short of scandalous. Great fight, high quality, ruined by dubious scoring. Canelo started well but GGG bossed it after round 3. Some quality counters by Canelo just aren't enough to disguise the fact he just didn't do enough.

  • Comment posted by Owen, at 12:52 18 Sep 2017

    Propaganda @2,

    I thought same but as judge hasn't come out and stated otherwise, he/she must be corrupt or totally incompetent!?Golovkin totally dominated ring, but not Canelo,as he countered well at times and accurately ,yet nowhere near enough to win.Golovkin's ring craft,Jab and Super middleweight power to good for Canelo.Golovkin won by at least 2 rounds.A Fix.

  • Comment posted by northern dancer, at 03:56 19 Sep 2017

    They should make all judges take a polygraph test after they mark the score cards, and asked if they genuinely marked the cards the way they saw the fight. That would remove at least any crooked judging! Triple G was the clear winner by some, I saw it 8 to 4 or 7 to 4 & 1 drawn. Result certainly not good for the reputation of boxing.

  • Comment posted by IanChristopher, at 15:06 18 Sep 2017

    The fight itself was great. My view was that GGG had it by two and he took the fight to Alvarez. I always think that the challenger has to do that bit extra to take the belt away from the champion and watching the fight I cannot say he did. As for that scorecard, it is an abomination for boxing and shows there is no credibility in the system. Is boxing corrupt? Sadly I'd say it's very likely.

  • Comment posted by Huggie, at 13:17 18 Sep 2017

    As much damage as a farce the fight between Mayweather/McGregor was the real issue with boxing was clearly shown here. Hard to promote a sport and encourage support when it's so blatantly corrupt or flawed.

    But guess it sets up nicely for a rematch. Which is quite convenient. Judge probably should've been more subtle though.

  • Comment posted by MrJimjam, at 13:06 18 Sep 2017

    I don't think the draw itself is bad for boxing... it's not ideal, but the fight was close.

    The 118-110 scorecard is very bad for boxing though.

  • Comment posted by Abdi, at 19:37 18 Sep 2017

    Why so much reporting on the BBC from the Saunders non event when this much more significant fight was virtually ignored

  • Comment posted by Glowing Gammon, at 18:11 18 Sep 2017

    One of the most inept decisions in boxing I've ever known, and there've been a few strange ones along the way. Even the pro-Canelo crowd booed the result! His own promotor, who ordinarily wouldn't hesitate to argue black is white, was dumbfounded by the outcome! The result is clearly inaccurate at best, and yet what happens? Nothing. The powers that be just carry on on their merry way.

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