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  Press Release: By DAZN – September 21, 2022   – As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez ultimately outboxed Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin this past weekend to bring one of the most compelling rivalries in sport to an end, DAZN Group has confirmed the Canelo vs. GGG III fight night saw a global audience in the millions, with more than 1.06 million buys generated worldwide including PPV and DAZN subscriptions. Credit: DAZN   The event   - in partnership with Matchroom, Canelo Promotions and GGG Promotions -   marks DAZN’s biggest fight yet in 2022 both globally as well as in the United States. It also claims the title of #3 biggest boxing event globally on DAZN since its inception and #2 biggest boxing event in the United States since its 2018 launch.     Moreover, DAZN was once again the most downloaded sports app in the world, in addition to being the highest grossing app of any category in the United States.   Additionally, DAZN saw tremendous growth across its c...

  The official weigh-in for Saturday’s third encounter between Undisputed Super-Middleweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and current unified Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin took place earlier today in Las Vegas, NV. Alvarez, who’s undisputed championship will be on the line in the twelve round bout weighed in at 167 1/2lbs. The challenger Golovkin, who will be making his Super-Middleweight debut in tomorrow night’s bout weighed in slightly heavier at 167 3/4lbs. The twelve round world championship bout will headline a pay-per-view card available on DAZN Pay-Per-View in several countries including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The card however, will be available as part of a standard subscription to the DAZN digital streaming network in other countries.     * Weights for the undercard bouts are unavailable as of this writing.     Alvarez vs. Golovkin III takes place on Saturday, September 17 th at the T-Mobile Arena...

  Unless you are a fan with a mere casual interest in Boxing , one would likely say that one of the most heated rivalry that the sport has seen in the last decade has been between two of Boxing’s biggest stars. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “ GGG” Golovkin. Two fighters that with the exception of two fights against each other have dominated most of their opposition over that span of time.      As is the case with most rivalries, the first fight between the two in September 2017 was much anticipated. While such anticipation can at times be the type that is manufactured in that it is built up in such a way to make a fight appear bigger than it actually is in terms of what is at stake and the ramifications therein for a division and the sport as a whole , the anticipation for the first fight between these two stars was organic and did not need such hype tactics. This was due to Gennady Golovkin carving out what this observer referred to as “A Path Of Destruction” th...