5 - Close round but I think you have to edge it to G. Canelo is on the front foot this round, but G does well to box off the back foot, and spins Canelo quite a few times, showing some good skills. Also makes Canelo miss quite large a few times. Both guys landed a couple hard shots, but G seemed to land a few more overall, and his are almost always clean when they do land, easy to score his shots. 3-2 GGG.
6 - Very good round for Canelo. Dug some good body shots in there. GGG still landing often, clean and upstairs. But you feel like Canelo landed the best shots of the round, with quite a few really good body shots. In G's favor, it didn't seem to affect him at all, and didn't really slow down his output. Otherwise would have been a clear Canelo round. Still, pretty clear - 3-3 after 6.
7 - Close round, but you have to edge it to G at the end. He closed it with about 3 or 4 good clean shots, unreturned, with a couple of them really solid. 4-3 GGG. Could see 4-3 Canelo but not really. Feels like a pretty even fight to this point though.
8 - Close again, but GGG closes it better, landing cleaner. Canelo visibly starting to tire. Canelo landing some early in the round, still going to and attempting to go to the body. But hard to tell how much of that is getting through clean. G starting to cover up well there, which left the head expose for a couple good right hands from Canelo. But G's round. Took it at the end. 5-3 GGG. Could see 4-4. Only 2 scores to this point.

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