In an undisputed world title fight, Canelo Álvarez (Canelo) defends his super-middleweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring belts against Gennady Golovkin (GGG). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBA | WBC | IBF |
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MD e1 w1 d19 | MD e1 d4 | MD w2 d6 |
WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | TheRing |
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lHV w1 d0 | ||||
sMD w2 d3 | sMD w1 d3 | sMD w1 d0 | sMD w1 d1 | sMD w1 d3 |
MD w1 d1 | MD w2 d2 | MD w1 d0 | MD w2 d3 | |
sWL w1 d0 | sWL w1 d6 | sWL w1 d0 | sWL w1 d0 | |
This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Álvarez took place on at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
At 179 cm, Gennady Golovkin is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Canelo Álvarez is 173 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Canelo has longer reach of 179 cm, which is 1 cm longer than Golovkin's 178 cm. Canelo also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.
Golovkin is coming in to this fight with a record of 42-1-1 (37 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 8 days ago against Ryōta Murata, which he won via 9th round TKO.
Canelo comes in with a record of 57-2-2 (39 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Dmitry Bivol, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 40 years and 5 months old. Canelo will be 32 years and 1 month old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 56-44 in favor of Canelo Álvarez. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Canelo III.
Canelo Álvarez defeated Gennady Golovkin via 12 round UD to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super-middleweight titles. Golovkin's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Canelo gets on a new winning streak. Canelo is now 58-2-2, and Golovkin 42-2-1.