HBO PPV: Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin vs. Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán II RBR

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9

One of Canelo's better rounds and it was still close to even, he landed several one twos, hooks and body shots, both men look winded, but still, GGG's jab and a few heavy combos late, came close to evening that one up as well.

 

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9

After a decent opening 30 seconds Canelo's output dropped by quite a bit, GGG's accurate jab and hooks take the 8th with relative ease.

 

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9
Round 9 Golovkin 10-9

A fairly solid GGG round, his shots are heavier and more accurate, Canelo is missing more and his defense is leakier.

 

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9
Round 9 Golovkin 10-9
Round 10 Golovkin 10-9

Dominat GGG round, Canelo had his moments early and late, but GGG bloodied his nose, rocked hi to the core, and landed several vicious hooks to take it easily.

 

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9
Round 9 Golovkin 10-9
Round 10 Golovkin 10-9
Round 11 Golovkin 10-9

Anotehr Easy GGG round, he visibly rocked Canelo a few times, was more active and accurate, Canelo fought back well, but not enough to take it.

 

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9
Round 9 Golovkin 10-9
Round 10 Golovkin 10-9
Round 11 Golovkin 10-9
Round 12 Golovkin 10-9

Both men going all out, Canelo fought his heart out, but many of his shots were being caught on the arms of GGG, who was shelling up effectively in between his shots, GGG's vicious hooks and uppercuts and one jab visibly snapping the head of Canelo shades the 12th for him.

117-111 Golovkin


Not a round changed.

 

Okay, here's the deal, the rounds with the asterisks are damn close swing rounds, that it wouldn't be shocking if they went to the other fighter, and I don't have much of an issue with them being scored that way. But Golovkin solidly won the 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th.11th, that's 6 rounds.

Round 1 Golovkin 10-9*
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 Golovkin 10-9*
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 Alvarez 10-9*
Round 7 Alvarez 10-9*
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9
Round 9 Golovkin 10-9
Round 10 Golovkin 10-9
Round 11 Golovkin 10-9
Round 12 Golovkin 10-9*

Fine say my 117-111 score is a bit wide, give Canelo the 1st, its 116-112, give him the 3rd, its 115-113, give him with 12th, which I think is insane, its 114-114. Okay, so... where's the extra round to put Canelo over the edge? Because an argument could easily be made that GGG took the 6th and the 7th as well, they were razor close, which would put it back up to 115-113 or 116-112. Say you score the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th and 12th 10-10, because this is one of those rare cases where that wouldn't be all that egregious, what do we get?

Round 1 10-10
Round 2 Alvarez 10-9
Round 3 10-10
Round 4 Golovkin 10-9
Round 5 Golovkin 10-9
Round 6 10-10
Round 7 10-10
Round 8 Golovkin 10-9
Round 9 Golovkin 10-9
Round 10 Golovkin 10-9
Round 11 Golovkin 10-9
Round 12 10-10

119-114 Golovkin

Maybe not all of them 10-10, just one or more here and there, and...

Or 118-114, or 117-114, 116-114, 115-114

In no scenario does it ad up to a Canelo win.

And for the record, all of these are acceptable scores, the only ones that are not are 115-113 Canelo.

 

Hell if you flip the two close Canelo rounds and leave all the close GGG rounds, 119-109 GGG would be plausible.

 

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Harold Lederman (HBO Sports): 116-112 Golovkin

Brian Campbell (CBS sports): 116-112 Golovkin

Dan Rafael (ESPN): 114-114 draw

Salvador Rodríguez (ESPN Mexico): 114-114 draw

Gareth A Davies (The Telegraph): 116-112 Golovkin

Josh Peter (USA Today): 115-113 Golovkin

Sports Illustrated: 114-114 draw

Dylan Hernandez (LA Times): 115-113 Golovkin

Lance Pugmire (La Times): 114-114 draw

Box Scene: 114-114 draw

Chris Mannix (Yahoo! Sports): 115-113 Golovkin

Kevin Iole (Yahoo! Sports): 114-114 draw

The Guardian: 116-112 Golovkin

Joe DePaolo (Washington Post): 115-113 Golovkin

Mike Coppinger (Ring Magazine): 114-114 draw

Sherdog: 116-112 Golovkin

Jai Bednall (news.com.au): 115-113 Golovkin

Brian Mazique (Forbes): 114-114 draw

Adam Abramowitz (Ring Magazine and SN Boxing): 115-113 Golovkin

Tom Craze (Bad Left Hook): 116-112 Golovkin

Fraser Coffeen (Bloody Elbow): 115-113 Golovkin

The Associated Press: 114-114 draw

Bill Simmons (HBO and The Ringer): 114-114 draw

Steven Muehlhausen (Sporting News): 116-112 Golovkin

Michael Montero (MonteroOnBoxing): 115-113 Golovkin

Matt Christie (Boxing News): 115-114 Golovkin

George Willis (New York Post): 114-114 draw

Below The Belt Podcast: 115-113 Golovkin

World Boxing News: 115-113 Golovkin

Jeff Powell (Daily Mail): 116-113 Golovkin