Who won Canelo vs Golovkin II?

Canelo Alvarez beat Gennady Golovkin by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 15th September 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 114-114, 115-113 in favor of winner Canelo Alvarez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This contest was for the unified middleweight championship of the world, with the WBA, WBC & The Ring belts on the line.

Also, on the undercard David Lemieux was victorious over Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan for the WBA World Middleweight championship, Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez beat Moises Fuentes and Jaime Munguia defeated Brandon Cook for the WBO World Junior Middleweight title.

Canelo vs Golovkin II stats

Canelo Alvarez stepped into the ring with a record of 49 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, 34 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Gennady Golovkin made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 38 wins and 1 draw, with 34 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Golovkin had advantage in power over Canelo, with a 89% knock out percentage over Canelo's 69%.

Canelo Alvarez was the younger man by 8 years, at 32 years old.

Golovkin had a height advantage of 1 inch over Canelo. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Canelo Alvarez & Gennady Golovkin fought out of an orthodox stance.

Canelo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 6 months earlier than Golovkin, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 220 more professional rounds, 460 to Golovkin's 240.

Canelo Alvarez went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBA and 1 by the WBC at middleweight.

Canelo vs Golovkin II form

Canelo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dmitry Bivol on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Caleb Plant on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had beat Billy Joe Saunders on 8th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Before that, he had defeated Avni Yildirim on 27th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida.

He had won against Callum Smith on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at Alamodome, Texas.

Golovkin had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Ryota Murata on 9th April 2022 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA Super World Middleweight and IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Kamil Szeremeta on 18th December 2020 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Florida, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had won against Steve Rolls on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 4th round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had been beaten by Canelo Alvarez on 15th September 2018 by majority decision in their WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Canelo Alvarez had been fighting more than Gennady Golovkin.

Going to this contest, Canelo Alvarez had last fought 8 months and 28 days ago, while Gennady Golovkin's last outing had been 9 months and 26 days ago.

Canelo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

Golovkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Canelo vs Golovkin II start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Canelo vs Golovkin II?

Canelo vs Golovkin II was broadcast on HBO PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BT Sport Box Office.

What were the odds on Canelo vs Golovkin II?

Canelo Alvarez was a 91/100 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Gennady Golovkin made his way into the ring at 91/100 (-110) with oddsmakers.