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HISTORY: On September 15, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas world middleweight champions Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought in a title unification bout. After 12 rounds the fight was scored a soplit decision draw. Battle for the BoxRec number one 160 pound worldwide ranking - Gennady Golovkin defending his titular belts against Saul 'Canelo' Álvarez. 160 pound weight limit established - mandatory unless a catch weight is mutually agreed upon before the bout by the titular sanctioning bodies. Álvarez did not pay WBC nor IBO sanction fee. If he had won, both titles would have become vacant. WBC offered a special "Huichol" crafted commemorative belt to the winner, which Álvarez probably would not have accepted. WBA offered a special version of their Super belt, with the names of both fighters engraved on gold plates. Canelo outboxed Golovkin in the first three rounds, which was mentioned in HBO commentator Max Kellerman's post fight interview. By round 4, Canelo started to show signs of fatigue while Golovkin started to find more success with his power shots. In the 5th round, Golovkin landed a very hard right hand to Canelo, while Canelo shook his head to show he was not hurt and fought back.
Golovkin continued to keep applying pressure. Canelo was a little bit tired in rounds 6-8, but he came back strongly in the last few rounds. Compubox Punch Stats: Canelo 169/505 Punches Thrown (33.5%), 114/272 Power Punches (41.9%) | Golovkin 218/703 Punches Thrown (31%), 110/342 Power Punches (32.2%). Golovkin landed more jabs but not very impressively, while both fighters landed good power punches. The fight marked the 19th successful defence for Golovkin in world title fights (4 defences when Felix Sturm was WBA super champion).
Offered here is an original, official program for this event.
FULL DESCRIPTION: This is an original, official program picturing both on the cover. 32 pages complete plus covers. Tight binding. Not scored or written on. Clean inside and out. Not creased or torn. 9" x 12."
