Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) lost his WBC and WBA middleweight titles to Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) by majority decision in Saturday night’s highly anticipated rematch. Unlike the first fight, which saw “GGG” on the front foot and Canelo backed against the ropes for several rounds, the rematch saw Alvarez take the initiative as the aggressor, and it wasn’t until the final few rounds that Golovkin was able to back Canelo up more consistently.
Abel Sanchez, Golovkin’s longtime trainer, was quite vocal pre-fight about Canelo’s drug test failure for clenbuterol, and accused Alvarez of essentially backpedaling and not fighting in the first matchup.