On the night of September 16, a duel took place between Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez.

It was already the second meeting between boxers in the ring. The first meeting ended in a draw, although many believed that Golovkin won.

The rematch of Alvarez-Golovkin ended with the victory of the Mexican boxer by the decision of the judges.

The duel, which lasted all 12 rounds, ended with a score of 114: 114, 115: 113, 115: 113 in favor of Alvarez.

Thus, Golovkin suffered the first defeat in his career after 20 times successfully managed to protect the belt. Gennady did not have only one victory to break the record of Bernard Hopkins in the number of successful defenders in the middleweight.

After the battle, Golovkin noted that he was better than Alvarez. However, with these words does not agree himself Saul.

"Proved that I am an excellent fighter. If people want another round, then I'll go into the ring again. I feel satisfied, because I had a wonderful fight. It was a fair victory.

In fact, Golovkin hit me powerfully a few times. And I listened to the advice from my corner and followed them.

I have the best team in the world. He tried to win by knockout, as promised, but Golovkin is an excellent fighter against whom it is difficult to achieve an early victory, "quotes Alvarez BoxingScene.

Now it is Canelo that Alvarez owns the WBC, WBA Super, IBO and The Ring titles, which previously belonged to a boxer from Kazakhstan. Mexican does not know the bitterness of defeat for five years already. The last who managed to beat him is the American Floyd Mayweather.