Future Hall of Famers Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin plot separate pursuits after end of an era bout.
, Alvarez hugged the man he had finally definitively conquered.Alvarez said to the 40-year-old
The victory stood as redemption to Alvarez’s first loss in nine years, a May unanimous-decision defeat to unbeaten 175-pound champion Dmitry Bivol. In the 2018 rematch, Alvarez’s role as the aggressor paced him to victory in another tightly contested outcome that Golovkin again protested.Alvarez said he was driven by the loss to Bivol, returning to what he says is his most comfortable division and posting his sixth victory in six bouts as a 168-pounder.
Alvarez was clearly the better man, landing body blows that backed up the current middleweight champion, causing Golovkin to wince and uncharacteristically retreat from exchanges.
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