Gennady "GGG" Golovkin vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez

[kalinecountry]

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/254438460/canelo-vs-ggg-the-real-fight-of-the-year
CANELO VS. GGG: FIGHT OF THE YEAR.

Middleweight titans Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will do battle in the best pure fight of the year Saturday in Las Vegas for a a slew of middleweight belts and bragging rights as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Mayweather-McGregor was a cool show, but GGG-Canelo promises to be a fun, and close, bout. (HBO Pay-Per-View, starting at 8 p.m. ET.)

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/19460003/gennady-golovkin-vs-canelo-alvarez
Full coverage: Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez.
espn

https://www.ringtv.com/
RingMagazine

 

[kalinecountry]

Like to know who you boxing fans want to win?

Tinsel will you get the fight on PPV?

 

[tinselwolverine]

Like to know who you boxing fans want to win?

Tinsel will you get the fight on PPV?

I don't do that anymore.

Too often it ended up not being worth the price, so I stopped.

Typically ESPN Sports Center does round by round updates of the big pay per view fights; so generally I follow the fights as they're happening that way.

I'll watch when they rebroadcast it on regular HBO.

At my boxing gym they used to get the pay per view fights and everybody would pitch in five bucks or whatever.

Also we could bring booze to the gym (obviously only those of us just barely of drinking age) which is, of course is and as it should be, strictly verboten during normal operations (although the old owner from maybe 20 years ago used to drink and smoke when he was training guys).

Anyway, the gym used to get the fights at the regular residential retail price as opposed to paying the business price, which is much, much higher.

Then the cable company busted them.

So that was that.

 

[sggatecl]

Like to know who you boxing fans want to win?

Tinsel will you get the fight on PPV?

I got the PPV. This is like Floyd/PacMan but not 5 years too late. I'm really excited.

Both fighters strengths play into each other. Canelo likes when the fight is brought to him because he's not that fast (on his feet) but is stupid accurate counter punching. GGG is amazing at cutting off the ring and attacking his opponent. Should be a good fight.

I'm not rooting for either fighter, I just want to be entertained.

*edit* I think GGG is up right now going into round 12. Great fight as I expected it would be.

 

[sggatecl]

WOW. HOLY SHIT. A DRAW??? Fuck off...

One judge gave it to Canelo 118-110.

Smells fishy...someone wants Canelo/GGG II.

 

[tinselwolverine]

WOW. HOLY SHIT. A DRAW??? Fuck off...

One judge gave it to Canelo 118-110.

Smells fishy...someone wants Canelo/GGG II.

Teddy Atlas on ESPN on the result: "Corruption in boxing. Follow the money."

 

[sggatecl]

I won't buy the second fight. Fuck that.

Great fight ruined by greedy pieces of shit that have never thrown a punch in their life.

 

[biggunsbob]

This is why boxing stinks .. GGG clearly won according to most writers and yet one dirty judge has it 118-110 for Alvarez :/

 

[sggatecl]

Teddy Atlas on ESPN on the result: "Corruption in boxing. Follow the money."

Vegas wins huuuuuuuge on a draw in this match.

 

[tinselwolverine]

This is why boxing stinks .. GGG clearly won according to most writers and yet one dirty judge has it 118-110 for Alvarez :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cWnubJ9CEw

 

[tinselwolverine]

This is why boxing stinks .. GGG clearly won according to most writers and yet one dirty judge has it 118-110 for Alvarez :/

That said...what if she had scored it 115-114 Alvarez? It's still a draw...

I'm hearing Stephen A. Smith screaming about the 118-110 decision...so what?

Alvarez won on her card.

GGG won another judge's card.

The third judge had it 114-114.

It's a draw...no matter if the chick who had Alvarez winning 118-110 or 115-114...it doesn't make a difference.

 

[biggunsbob]

Teddy Atlas blast the decsion.

CORRUPTION. and Follow the money .

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...nnady-golovkin-fight-draw-megafight-las-vegas

 

[mhughes0021]

One bad score ruins a good fight. I would have been ok with a draw although i thought ggg won. But 118-110 lmao... Boxing is fucking awful. Shit like this just kills the sport more.

 

[kalinecountry]

I wanted GGG to win.

http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/134085/key-stats-to-know-from-alvarez-golovkin-draw
Key stats to know from Alvarez-Golovkin draw.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=20729255
Webvideo Atlas says there's 'corruption in boxing' after draw.
Teddy Atlas reacts to the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin fight being ruled a draw, saying to follow the money.
Atlas says Alvarez fought in spots to survive but didn't do enough to win.

 

[sggatecl]

I wanted GGG to win.

I really wasn't rooting either, I certainly will be rooting for GGG if there were to be a sequel. But I promise I will not buy that fight. No chance in hell.

 

[sggatecl]

MEDIA SCORES
Mookie Alexander
BloodyElbow.com

117-111​

Golovkin​

CBS Sports

117-111​

Golovkin​

Patrick Stumberg
MMAMania.com

116-112​

Golovkin​

Kevin McRae
BleacherReport.com

116-112​

Golovkin​

Shaun Al-Shatti
MMAFighting.com

116-112​

Golovkin​

Ryan Frederick
WrestlingObserver.com

116-112​

Golovkin​

Harold Lederman
HBO

116-112​

Golovkin​

Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

116-112​

Golovkin​

Sherdog.com

116-112​

Golovkin​

Phil Murphy
ESPN

115-113​

Golovkin​

Paul Fontaine
WrestlingObserver.com

115-113​

Golovkin​

Kevin Iole
Yahoo.com

115-113​

Golovkin​

Wil Esco
BadLeftHook.com

115-113​

Golovkin​

Patrick Wyman
BleacherReport.com

115-113​

Golovkin​

Rob Tatum
CombatPress.com

115-113​

Golovkin
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Se?n Sheehan
SevereMMA.com

115-113​

Golovkin​

MMABrasil.com.br

115-113​

Golovkin​

Chris Mannix
Yahoo! Sports

114-114​

DRAW​

Associated Press

114-114​

DRAW​

Lance Pugmire
L.A. Times

114-114​

DRAW​

 

[biggunsbob]

And now they are talking rematch .. so freaking corrupt.

 

[sggatecl]

And now they are talking rematch .. so freaking corrupt.

Pretty sure I'm the biggest fight fan on this board and I don't have a problem shelling out $50-$60 for a fight.

I will not be buying that second fight, no matter how good I think it is. Fuck them.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I still remember when all the big fights were on TV for free.. Always afraid the main fight is done in two rounds or the under card is the best draw to put that kind of money on a match. Or Dela Hoya fights which end up being boring..

 

[sggatecl]

I still remember when all the big fights were on TV for free.. Always afraid the main fight is done in two rounds or the under card is the best draw to put that kind of money on a match. Or Dela Hoya fights which end up being boring..

I have a ton of fights from those days on my computer in pretty decent quality. The fights that included Hearns/Leonard/Hagler/Duran will always be my favorites.