Who won the fight in your opinion and why?

[Street]

Oh the butt hurt GGG fan boys can't come to accept reality. Canelo survived GGG and disappointed your predicted KO. I'm lmao at your pathetic idol worship overrated idol

[Jubei]

Like 90% of the press row and everyone in the sport thats worth a damn I had GGG winning.

He fought for the full 3 mins of every round and put on the pressure, he outlanded Canelo who was very inactive, Canelo won 4 rounds, 2 at the start and 2 at the end, the rest belong to GGG.

[Jubei]

Oh the butt hurt GGG fan boys can't come to accept reality. Canelo survived GGG and disappointed your predicted KO. I'm lmao at your pathetic idol worship overrated idol

I gave it to GGG let's see what happen

— Terence Crawford (@budcrawford402) September 17, 2017

GGG getting a Draw in Las Vegas vs the cashcow means he won clearly on neutral ground.

[Street]

I gave it to GGG let's see what happen

— Terence Crawford (@budcrawford402) September 17, 2017

GGG getting a Draw in Las Vegas vs the cashcow means he won clearly on neutral ground.

Crawford's opinion is as worthless as all ours. We saw what went down tonight. Canelo took GGG's best and did not get stopped. That is clear and many GGG fans are salty about that

[A-Wolf]

Didn't score it. Closely inspected but I can't enjoy a fight and accurately score it at the same time. No idea how anyone can. Golovkin seemed to win. This was one of the more clear cut cases of ring generalship being the difference if there ever was one. Golovkin kept it close in terms of actual scoring punches most of all.

I'd say Canelo handed this fight over. So much for "I'm willing to die" or whatever **** he said back in the day. No. I didn't see that.

[respectthebrush]

GGG worked the jab, was busier, looking to fight. Canelo looked really good at times, but looked to win running away. It was close, but he never looked like he wanted to take it to the MW champ. You need to take it!

[lieutenant]

I gave it to GGG let's see what happen

— Terence Crawford (@budcrawford402) September 17, 2017

GGG getting a Draw in Las Vegas vs the cashcow means he won clearly on neutral ground.

What's the next big money fight for Canelo after beating GGG? I don't see any viable big PPV opponents out there for Canelo to fight, so wouldn't it be in the best interest for both promoters to get a draw? Rematch would easily sell over 1.5m PPVs.

If the scores were rigged this was the most likely outcome. It benefits both promoters. ODLH had a pretty big grin on his face knowing the cash cow will get milked again soon. And this time there won't be a Mayweather fight to steal all the pre-fight hype.

[Mr Objecitivity]

The main criteria for judging any boxing bout over anything else is effective punches landed in total. How do we determine effective punches. By the punch which effects the opponent. So any punch that knocks an opponent out, down, stuns an opponent, causes visible damage or snaps / forces their head / body back are all effective punches. For the most part, GGG did better in this department than Canelo Alvarez. For the most part, GGG's punches were forcing Canelo Alvarez's head / body back more frequently than vice versa. Thus, GGG landed not only more punches in total, but also more effective punches.

Canelo Alvarez's short moments of a few clean punches doesn't change the fact that GGG landed more frequently, despite Canelo Alvarez's landed punches looking flashier (but not more effective).

So as long as that main criteria (who landed the more effective punches) is fulfilled, those other factors such as who made who miss more, who got more tired, or who countered more and etc. all become irrelevant.

So barring those irrelevant factors, GGG was the one who won the fight without a doubt.

[Mr Objecitivity]

It's also ridiculous to discover that the standards applied to two boxers are different. As if one boxer has to KO the other otherwise he doesn't deserve the win or isn't impressive. Whereas if the other boxer himself also doesn't get the knockout then somehow it is enough to warrant a win and is considered impressive, only because he himself didn't get knocked out.

GGG doesn't have to KO Canelo Alvarez, anymore than Canelo Alvarez has to KO GGG to win. Both are following the same rules. One doesn't have an extra rule that he has to follow (such as one has to get the KO to win whilst the other has the luxury of being warranted the win by decision). So why should it matter that GGG failed to KO Canelo when Canelo also couldn't KO Golovkin? Why should it be more impressive that Canelo survived and didn't get knocked out by GGG, when GGG himself also survived and didn't get knocked out by Canelo either?

[Poppo168]

Canelo landed the cleaner harder punches was the ring general and had much better defense

He did... in the first 3 rounds..