Retrospective · Fight: September 17, 2022 · Published:

Canelo Álvarez at Los Pinos in 2013
Archive photo from 2013, not this fight. Commons crop, no further changes. Presidencia de la República Mexicana / Daniel Aguilar; Naue7 / Materialscientist · CC BY 2.0.

The official result

Canelo Álvarez defeated Gennadiy Golovkin by unanimous decision after twelve rounds on September 17, 2022. Canelo Álvarez retained the undisputed super-middleweight championship.

The stakes

The trilogy ended four years after the rematch and at super middleweight, where Álvarez held every major belt. Golovkin was moving up from middleweight for this final chapter.

How the night turned

Álvarez built enough of an early lead to withstand Golovkin’s stronger finish. The close-looking 115–113 cards also explain why the result feels definitive without making the contest one-sided.

What remains

Its legacy is closure: no disputed draw and no split verdict, simply a unanimous defense that left Álvarez champion and Golovkin without the late-career reversal.

Sources

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