Canelo vs. GGG
Posted by Louie Drake on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Under: Sports
On September 16, 2017 two of the biggest sports superstars had a showdown of their own in the beautiful city of Las Vegas, Nevada. These guy are not your average household names but are the best of the best in their sport. Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin squared off for the unified middleweight world title. Unfortunately for daily fantasy sports fans, this game was not available on any slates, specifically for fantasy MMA. The money for this fight was to be made in Vegas at the casinos but the problem was, expert's couldn’t decide between the two.
A few weeks ago, the UFC and Boxing world had the biggest showdown in McGregor v. Mayweather. The McGregor v. Mayweather fight was big on hype but experts easily decided between the two and frequently chose Money Mayweather to stay perfect, as he did. But here, there is little to split the two defenders. In Golovkin, better known as GGG, came into the fight at 37-0 with 33 knockouts. He has defended his title 18 straight times. Against him was no amateaur. Canelo is one of the biggest Mexican born athletes in the world and for good measure. He came into the match with a record of 49-1-1 with 34 knockouts. Also, Alvarez has yet to lose a fight since he did so against Money Mayweather back in 2013. For two guys that have fought near 100 boxing matches and have one loss between the two of them, everyone almost certainly knew that a decision was going to be the ultimate deciding factor for the twelve round boxing championship. And yes a decision was the deciding factor but not the one everyone could agree with. It seemed to be GGG’s fight to lose as he was able to maintain the pace and distance he prefered for most of the middle rounds, while he was able to get him on the ropes to land a couple of easy body blows.
The fight went the distance and it was up to the three judges to decide the victor of the twelve round roller coaster. Judge Adalaide Byrd had the most one-sided card with a 118-110 in favor of Alvarez. Dave Moretti had it 115-113 for GGG. Don Trella had it at a dead split 114-114. At the end of the day, Moretti had it correct with the championship ended as a draw. It looks like GGG, is able to keep his championship belt for now.
A few weeks ago, the UFC and Boxing world had the biggest showdown in McGregor v. Mayweather. The McGregor v. Mayweather fight was big on hype but experts easily decided between the two and frequently chose Money Mayweather to stay perfect, as he did. But here, there is little to split the two defenders. In Golovkin, better known as GGG, came into the fight at 37-0 with 33 knockouts. He has defended his title 18 straight times. Against him was no amateaur. Canelo is one of the biggest Mexican born athletes in the world and for good measure. He came into the match with a record of 49-1-1 with 34 knockouts. Also, Alvarez has yet to lose a fight since he did so against Money Mayweather back in 2013. For two guys that have fought near 100 boxing matches and have one loss between the two of them, everyone almost certainly knew that a decision was going to be the ultimate deciding factor for the twelve round boxing championship. And yes a decision was the deciding factor but not the one everyone could agree with. It seemed to be GGG’s fight to lose as he was able to maintain the pace and distance he prefered for most of the middle rounds, while he was able to get him on the ropes to land a couple of easy body blows.
The fight went the distance and it was up to the three judges to decide the victor of the twelve round roller coaster. Judge Adalaide Byrd had the most one-sided card with a 118-110 in favor of Alvarez. Dave Moretti had it 115-113 for GGG. Don Trella had it at a dead split 114-114. At the end of the day, Moretti had it correct with the championship ended as a draw. It looks like GGG, is able to keep his championship belt for now.
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