Boxing hasn’t had a good run as of late. Aside from the Mayweather/McGregor bout that seemingly lived up to the height, the sport has largely been gripped with underwhelming match-ups or controversy surrounding what’s left of the main draws. We shaw this earlier in the year between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn when judges favored the Australian boxer Horn in a bout that for the most part should have been one-sided in favor of Pacquiao.
Questionable judging was a factor yet again last night in the much anticipated Gennady Golokin-Canelo Alvarez fight which ended in a draw. Sure no one lost, however judge Adelaide Byrd scored it 118-110 for Canelo in a fight many thought should have outright went to GGG. Because of this we saw a draw which ultimately had GGG retain his middleweight title belts with a record of 37-0-1 but also set up a rematch between the two fighters.
That’s were Twitter went off at the probably fix in a sport that already had a cloud of suspicion hanging over it.
Set us up for a rematch
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/mannypacquiao/status/909267298778701824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fsports-twitter-canelo-ggg-golovkin-fight-boxing-draw-reaction-nba-nfl-mlb-shock-anger
Yooo a draw?!? This rigged and awful. Boxing just ruined one of its best fights smh
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/boogiecousins/status/909267377983979521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fsports-twitter-canelo-ggg-golovkin-fight-boxing-draw-reaction-nba-nfl-mlb-shock-anger
Wow I told y'all lol. Triple G won. But I wanna see them fight again. Like tomorrow
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) September 17, 2017
Draw!!!!! Heck of a fight!!!
— Mark Ingram II (@MarkIngram22) September 17, 2017
WOW!! REMATCH REMATCH REMATCH
— Tristan Thompson (@RealTristan13) September 17, 2017
Terrible terrible terrible…. 118-110? Boxing ain't gone ever get it….
— Andre Iguodala (@andre) September 17, 2017
Wtf!? Ok now Boxing is RIGGED! #GGG IS THE #CHAMP
— Joe Kelly Jr. (@JosephKellyJr) September 17, 2017
And people say boxing is dead pshhh. Draw or no draw there was going to be a second fight. #canelovsggg
— Giovani Bernard (@G_Bernard25) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/909265991020023808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fsports-twitter-canelo-ggg-golovkin-fight-boxing-draw-reaction-nba-nfl-mlb-shock-anger
That was a joke!!!! How is that fight a tie?? GGG dominated that whole bout @HBOboxing
— Blake Hickman (@BlakeHickman18) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/ColbyCovMMA/status/909267401379909632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fsports-twitter-canelo-ggg-golovkin-fight-boxing-draw-reaction-nba-nfl-mlb-shock-anger
https://twitter.com/alliseeisgold/status/909266774494937088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fsports-twitter-canelo-ggg-golovkin-fight-boxing-draw-reaction-nba-nfl-mlb-shock-anger