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The controversy that mired the original contest between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin was thankfully absent in Saturday night's rematch, but there was still precious little to separate the two fighters
Last September's bout in Las Vegas ended as a split draw, with one of the judges, Adalaide Byrd, widely ridiculed for scoring it 118-110 in favour of Alvarez when many observers handed the contest narrowly to Golovkin
This time around, the judges' verdicts only served to illustrate how little there was between the fighters
Judges Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld both scored it 115-113 in favour of Alvarez, while Glenn Feidman had the contest level at 114-114
With so little between them, Golovkin was understandably disappointed afterwards but was magnanomous in defeat, saying: 'I think I did enough to win but I'm not complaining
'Canelo fought a great fight and this is why we have the judges. And the new judges were good judges
' Those watching around the world also found it difficult to split the two. Amir Khan wrote on Twitter: 'What a fight
I gave the fight to Canelo. It was toe to toe action, very exciting. Canelo surprised us all with the come forward pressure game plan
Well done to both Canelo and GGG. Boxing needed this.' Carl Frampton judged it the other way, with his card 116-113 in favour of Golovkin
He wrote on Twitter: 'In hindsight a lot of the rounds were close. I edged GGG but can we please applaud the smaller man Canelo's chin
' Caleb Truax tweeted: 'Canelo never took a step backwards the entire fight, landed the cleaner power shots, and worked the body all 12 rds
Deserving winner. Great fight. GGG is a warrior.' Former heavyweight world champion George Foreman said: 'Canelo Brave as a Bull! Congrats! Made a puncher Box
I didn't expect this. Need one more between these great fighters.' He added: 'Way better fight than the first time around', 'The best against the best
What a fight!' and 'Nothing like two iconic fighters going toe to toe for twelve rounds
' Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison wrote: 'I just can't see that result - Canelo did a great job but he didn't do enough to win in my opinion
Great fight, but GGG can feel that decision should have gone his way. No third fight for at least a year guys (long rest)
' LA Lakers basketball star LeBron James tweeted: 'One of the best fights I've ever seen!! Ultimate competitors in Canelo and Triple-G!! Salute to the both of you
Could watch y'all fight any day.'