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Boxing fans can't believe the judges' scorecards for Canelo vs. GGG III, it's ruining the sport
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Published 07:44 18 Sep 2022 GMT+1

Boxing fans can't believe the judges' scorecards for Canelo vs. GGG III, it's ruining the sport

No one can quite believe the scorecards.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

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Boxing fans can't believe the judges' controversial scorecards for Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III.

Canelo scored a clear victory over Golovkin to go 2-0-1 in their legendary trilogy.

👑 AND STILL!@Canelo beats Golovkin 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 to retain his Undisputed crown and settle the score once and for all! #CaneloGGG3 pic.twitter.com/r2XBtUiYFC

— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) September 18, 2022

Or that's what it seemed as the judges had the super-middleweight world title bout a LOT closer.

Scores from the judges were inexplicably 115-113, 115-113, and 116-112 in favor of Canelo.

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Image: via Twitter
Image: via Twitter

That's despite the Mexican sensation dominating the contest, with 'GGG' not offering much in the ring.

Needless to say, the horrendous scorecards sent social media into overdrive.

One Twitter user wrote: "115-113 is crazy."

A second tweeted: "How did the scorecards get so close?"

A third added: "Huh?! All three of those scorecards are dreadful!"

A fourth commented: "Terrible. Was never a 7-5 fight. Was closer to 10-2."

Canelo and Golovkin are once again involved in a close fight, with the trilogy most likely ending their historic rivalry.

In beating the Kazakh fighter, Canelo defended his WBA (super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring Magazine titles.

He also returns to the win column following his defeat to Dmitry Bivol earlier in the year.

As for Golovkin, he suffers just the second defeat of his storied career, having reeled off four wins in a row following his first loss to Canelo in 2018.

Featured Image Credit: DAZN

Topics: Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin, Boxing

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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