Canelo Álvarez dominates Gennady Golovkin by unanimous decision to cap trilogy

Canelo Álvarez cruised to a unanimous-decision win over Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night to defend his undisputed super-middleweight championship, delivering the definitive outcome their first two encounters failed to produce.

While the ringside judges’ cards were closer than expected – Dave Moretti scored it 116-112, while Steve Weisfeld and David Sutherland each had it 115-113 – the outcome was the correct one. Álvarez dominated the Kazakh puncher known as Triple G for long stretches, making him look every bit of his age while defending his WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF titles at 168lbs.

The pair had fought to a widely disputed split draw in 2017, which many thought Golovkin won. Álvarez won their rematch the following year, another nip-and-tuck contest where many believed Golovkin did no worse than a draw.

A third fight always felt inevitable, but the fighters waited another four years to make it happen. That proved problematic for Golokvin, who turned 40 this year and appeared a silhouette of the fighter who pushed Álvarez to the absolute limit in their first two meetings.

This is a developing story. More to follow.