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GIANT

In this June 20, 2017, file LOSER
photo, Canelo Alvarez,
of Mexico, sits beside a
portrait of his upcoming
opponent, IBF and WBC world
middleweight champion
Gennady Golovkin, during an
interview in New York.
Associated Press
Freak show

over, the

real fight is

finally here

By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Sports Columnist
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The freak
show of a fight is over, and
for that everyone in boxing
should be glad. That Conor
McGregor managed to
make it into the 10th round
against a retired 40-year-
old who can’t knock real
boxers out isn’t much to
celebrate, unless you’re
McGregor’s accountant.
Yes, McGregor and Floyd
Mayweather Jr. captured
the nation’s attention with
a spectacle that played L.A. drops 11th
out pretty much how most
boxing experts predicted. consecutive
It made for a grand time
in living rooms across the game in 8-6 loss to
country, providing some
entertainment in tense
times for about 50 million San Francisco
people.
Now comes the real fight
— and what a fight it will
be. Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel
Canelo Alvarez against Puig (66) can’t make the catch on a triple
Gennady Golovkin is as by San Francisco Giants’ Hunter Pence
good as it gets in the Sweet during the third inning of a baseball game,
Science, a sport that is in
the midst of a renaissance Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in San Francisco.
of sorts. Associated Press
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