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Immediately after the heavily hyped Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Gennady “GGG” Golovkin showdown in September, only two things were shared by the collective combat sports community. One was a face palm inspired by the questionable optics of judge Adalaide Byrd; the other was the need to see it all again. While notable names like Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Vasyl Lomachenko have fought in the interim, all eyes have been fixed on the two middleweight champions as they were getting their ducks in a row for the inevitable rematch.