Canelo vs GGG RESULT: Alvarez WINS by unanimous decision

The trilogy was the closest of their fights but it ended in another wild night of Mexican celebrations for a Canelo victory on this famous Strip.

In its whole it was the least splendid of the three encounters but it was brought to a thrilling climax by Triple G’s late rally which brought him within touching distance of what he would have seen as justice.

It was close enough to be another draw on my card but in those circumstances a narrow win for Canelo Alvarez does not classify as a controversy.

One judge’s score of 116-112 was out of kilter but the other two cards of 115-113 win a unanimous victory can sit easy on everyone’s conscience.

Canelo thrilled the seething T-Mobile Arena with a barnstorming start which looked to have the fight won by half way. If two of three more of his wild lefts swings had landed he might indeed have pulled off the definitive KO which he craved.

Quite where Golovkin found the energy in his 40-year-old body to mount a grandstand finish only the Kazakh can know. There were moment when he hushed the throng but it was maybe just a little too little too late.

In the end the outcome was acceptable all round. Golovkin put his grievances behind him to congratulate his conqueror as ‘a great fighter.’

Canelo held the man who had been his most bitter rival down the years in an embrace, paid an equivalent compliment and thanked him for sharing history with him.

And we all went into the night happy.

Re-live Sportsmail’s live blog for the undisputed super-middleweight clash between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin.