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Canelo vs GGG preview: Who is the true champion and what is on the line Saturday night?

Saturday night’s boxing clash between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin has a lot on the line. It’s a fight between the two top ranked Middleweights according to Ring Magazine, who puts Canelo as the division’s champion and Golovkin as the #1 contender. That same organization ranks GGG #2 pound for pound, Canelo #7. But one of the big selling points here is that it will crown the “true” champion at 160 pounds. In this era of multiple titles per weight class, what exactly is on the line here, and what does it mean?