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Tonight, pound-for-pound boxing stars Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin meet in a highly-anticipated middleweight championship showdown, live on HBO PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bloody Elbow will have live fight night coverage all night, including round by round results and recaps.
Here’s how rounds 4-6 played out:
Rounds 4-6:
Round 4 - Two good jabs by Alvarez. GGG misses on two power shots. Uppercut and a body shot by GGG. Sweeping body shot by Canelo. The Mexican evades a right hand. Golovkin lets his hands go with Canelo up against the ropes! Right hand by GGG and Canelo shakes his head! Alvarez gets tagged with a left. Nice right hand sneaks through for Golovkin. Canelo answers back with one but I think it missed. Jab by GGG. This is a Golovkin round. 38-38.
Round 5 - Golovkin with a check hook. Nice left by Canelo. Golovkin continues flicking the jab. He misses a series of shots against the ropes. Golovkin is being more aggressive. Two lefts by Golovkin and a rare clinch. Canelo with a body shot on the break. Uppercut by Golovkin. Straight right answered by Canelo. Hard right hand by Golovkin, who shakes his head again! Golovkin with a left. He whiffs with a right. Canelo misfires on a right. Alvarez walks forward with a three-punch combo but maybe one landed. Right hand by Golovkin. Nice body shot by Canelo. 48-47 Golovkin.
Round 6 - Right hand lands for Golovkin. He’s teeing off against the ropes. Canelo just misses on an uppercut. He lands on one and then a left to the body. Great combo by Alvarez. Left hook to the body again. Right hand by Canelo is blocked. Golovkin with the jab. They trade jabs again. Canelo threw a glove behind GGG’s back in a clinch. GGG off-target on a haymaker of a right. Left hook upstairs and then a right downstairs by GGG. Jab and body shot but it was low according to Kenny Bayless. A 1-2 by GGG but Canelo lands a good shot. An overhand right by Canelo. Left hook by Golovkin against the ropes. Canelo evades a right. The fight is halfway over and I have it 58-56 Golovkin.