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Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin set for September fight to cap trilogy

Canelo Álvarez v Gennady Golovkin
Canelo Álvarez will meet Gennady Golovkin for a third time on 17 September. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

Canelo Álvarez will meet Gennady Golovkin for a third time on 17 September in one of the biggest fights that can be made in boxing today.

Álvarez, the sport’s biggest star who holds all four major belts at super middleweight, suffered his first defeat in nine years earlier this month when he moved up to light heavyweight to challenge for Dmitry Bivol’s title.

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