Twitter reacts to Canelo Alvarez’s win over Gennadiy Golovkin in trilogy bout

Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin trilogy bout took place Saturday in Las Vegas – and the combat sports had much to say.

While the combat sports community was focused on UFC Fight Night 210 among other martial arts events, the weekend belonged largely to the highly anticipated trilogy match between [autotag]Canelo Alvarez[/autotag] and “GGG” [autotag]Gennadiy Golovkin[/autotag], which took place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Alvarez defeated Golovkin via unanimous decision (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) after 12 rounds of boxing – and you can check out the card’s full results here via Boxing Junkie.

Of course, as is the case with every major fight in history, the combat sports community had a lot to say about it. Scroll below to see the reactions to the highly-anticipated third meeting between two of the greatest boxers of this generation.