Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beats Gennady Golovkin on points to require white blood cell and WBA middleweight titles

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez claimed the white blood cell and WBA world middleweight titles by inflicting a primary career defeat on Gennady Golovkin with an engrossing points win in their Las Vegas repetition.

The Mexican claimed a frenzied final spherical on 2 of the 3 scorecards that were vital in preventing a repeat of the draw each man shared 364 days earlier at identical T-Mobile Arena venue.

It gave him a slender a 114-114 115-113 115-113 majority call to edge a contest within which each man was cut and wherever every showed why they're among the best practitioners within the sport.

Golovkin, whose initial defeat comes in his fortieth bout - left the ring directly while not conducting associate degree interview as his rival - fighting for the primary time since serving a six-month medication ban - celebrated.

"My corner told ME that I required to win the ultimate spherical which what is I did. I am terribly emotional," same Alvarez, UN agency has antecedently control world titles at middleweight and light-middleweight.

Golovkin told reporters afterward: "I'm not reaching to say UN agency won tonight, as a result of the finish belongs to Canelo consistent with the judges. I assumed I fought higher than he did. we'd wish to have a 3rd fight, we are going to hash out that, that is what we wish."

Here is a look at the scorecards and punch stats:

#CaneloGGG2 official scores pic.twitter.com/BIEcrMvZeZ

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