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            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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