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The [UN]Official Canelo-Triple G Drinking Game!


On Saturday, September 16th, boxing fans' long wait will finally end, as Saul "Canelo" Álvarez (49-1-1, 34 KO) will battle Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KO) for middleweight supremacy at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. With the two being come-forward, action fighters, fans should expect plenty of fireworks as the two warriors trade shots throughout the night. However, they don't have to be the only ones doing so. All of you holding fight parties at home can join in as well.

Now, before you accuse me of encouraging us all to engage in backyard brawls, let me just say I am doing no such thing. I bring to you: 

THE [UN]OFFICIAL CANELO-TRIPLE G DRINKING GAME!
Drinking games are always a fun way to spice up any event, and to mark a special event such as seeing two of the best fighters in the game fight each other in their prime (from two regions that have given us traditional alcoholic staples) naturally, a unique game seems an appropriate tribute. 

The game works as follows:

Each fighter is assigned a liquor. Canelo, hailing from Mexico, will be represented by tequila. Triple G, hailing from the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan, will be represented by every teenager's gateway hard liquor, vodka. Each participant in the game will then pick a fighter.

If you've never watched a boxing match before, after every round, there is an unofficial scorecard that flashes onto the screen at the beginning of the next round. Being an HBO Pay-Per-View event, our unofficial ringside scorer will be the legendary Harold Lederman.

Rounds are scored using the 10 point must system. The winner is given 10 points, with the loser receiving 9. In the event of a knockdown, the fighter who was knocked down is deducted one point, resulting in a score of 8 (or lower in a round where multiple knockdowns occur).

To start the fight, each team will take ONE shot of their opponent's drink as a sign of respect, to symbolize the fighters touching gloves. 

Going forward, if your fighter loses a round, you must take ONE shot of your opponent's drink. For example, if you are on Team Golovkin and Lederman scores a round for Canelo, you must take a shot of tequila. Conversely, if you are on Team Canelo and Golovkin wins the round, you must take a shot of vodka.

If your fighter is knocked down, resulting in losing the round by a score of 10-8, you must then take TWO shots. The number of shots the losing team must take is determined by the margin of points their fighter lost the round by (i.e. TWO knockdowns (10-7) would equal THREE shots, etc.) If your fighter loses by knockout, the losing team must take TWO shots.

If the fight makes it to the 12th and final round, each team will take a respect shot as they did at the start of the fight. At the conclusion of the fight, the losing team will again take a shot of the winner's drink.

With all that being said, cheers and enjoy!

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