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Canelo-GGG rematch booked at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

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Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin's second dance will go down in the same building as their first.

The pair of middleweight pugilists will meet in a rematch at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 5, eight months after their 12-round battle was controversially scored a split draw.

According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, New York City's Madison Square Garden - where Golovkin outpointed Daniel Jacobs last March - had also been posited as a potential home for the rematch, but promoter Tom Loeffler wasn't opposed to running it back in the combat sports mecca.

The long-awaited matchup lived up to its billing, but ended unceremoniously, as much-maligned judge Adalaide Byrd gave Alvarez the nod by a whopping 10 rounds to two, while Don Trella had the boxers even at 114-114, but scored the seventh round - widely deemed GGG's best - for Alvarez. Dave Moretti had Golovkin winning 115-113.

The verdict proved to be the closest thing resembling a blemish on Golovkin's 38-fight record and snapped Alvarez's seven-fight win streak.

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