The majority had GGG winning the 2nd fight. I remember seeing something like over 90% of journalists on the night had it down as a GGG win. And pretty much everybody had GGG winning the first.
Almost as many had it a draw having just looked at the list on reddit, lets not forget GGG had the media fully on his side going into the rematch, it was clear what result they wanted before the fight(I remember the commentary from box nation was atrocious). It's obvious most people were still mad it didn't go the way they wanted it to in the first fight, along with the failed drug test. Lets also not forget that controversy sells for the journalists. It's pretty telling they couldn't create the same frenzy about the second fight's result.
There's no way GGG won the second fight IMO, I had it draw but if anyone edged it, it was Canelo(where the opposite was true for the first fight... both draws for me). In the second fight the compubox stats(which can be misleading since they were counting shots that were slipped in the first fight) showed it was close but Canelo had the edge. Canelo had a 143-116 edge in power shots and landed a higher percentage of what he threw. More than that, he controlled the centre of the ring and dictated the pace of the fight, which took away one of the biggest reasons people scored so many rounds to GGG in the first fight. I found it funny how that reasoning disappeared for them when scoring the second fight(not keeping the same energy).
I had the first fight a draw too as did many
others btw. Rounds 1-3 were edgy rounds where Canelo edged it for me(better defence, more power shots), most people had Canelo taking at least 3 of the last 4 rounds(I gave him the last 3, some people gave him the 9th for the punch of the fight in a competitive round). They were more competitive than the middle rounds of the fight but Canelo stiill won them for me and the fan scorecard averages I've seen seem to support what I'm saying about the rounds I gave him. The compubox stats even back that up too for those rounds(Canelo throwing and landing more power shots). GGG won his rounds more convincingly(while Canelo was either conserving energy or hoping GGG would punch him self out for the late rounds) but not a single one of those rounds was worth more than a 10-9. The draw wasn't the problem because it was close, no matter how many fanboys rant and rave otherwise, it was Byrd's card which nobody can begin to defend.
GGG is a good fighter, but he gets more credit than he's due from some too. There's other fights than Canelo out there for him and he can't hide behind "they are avoiding me" excuse anymore. I had him losing to Jacobs and so did many others and many people had him losing to Derevyanchenko(asterisks) as I mentioned earlier but the same people banging on about supposed "robberies" start singing a different tune for those(not interested). Those are shrugged off with comments like: "Nah, I didn't score it that way, so there's no controversy around that result" or "Those happen sometimes, all fighters have those". Clear and blatant double standards.
I don't mind what your opinion is on Canelo overall(you're entitled to it). I just don't like when people try and control the narrative and apply double standards with any fighter who's earned his place at the top. To be fair, I remember behaving similar with Mayweather. There was always some gripe that stuck out about his wins for me. Not fighting Manny at his peak, the Castillo result being near the top of the list. Beside those, I always got the impression he was strategically waiting fighters out(form and age), then there's catchweights(it did affect Canelo but I think the inexperience weighed against him more, he learned a lot in that fight) and telling opponents what size gloves they have to wear to suit him and his fragile hands, all the A side tactics basically. In the end though, you have to give them their dues, they'd hold their own with anyone, with or without those politics in play.
