Canelo vs Golovkin
Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin
(„Supremacy“)
The fight for the middleweight world championship took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on 16 September 2017. Canelo Alvarez held the Ring Magazine title and was lineal middleweight champion. Gennady Golovkin was the undefeated middleweight world champion of the WBC, WBA (Super), IBF and IBO associations. The fight ended in a disputed draw (118-110, 113-115, 114-114).
The bout generated more than 1.3 million PPV purchases in the United States. Ticket sales reached the third highest revenue mark in boxing history, with the live gate bringing in $27,059,850.
This artwork was reproduced on the cover of Ring Magazine in November 2017.