Gennady Golovkin says draw with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is 'bad for the sport'
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
But guess it sets up nicely for a rematch. Which is quite convenient. Judge probably should've been more subtle though.
The 118-110 scorecard is very bad for boxing though.