Briefly: Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Alvarez fight to controversial draw

Gennady Golovkin retained his middleweight titles Saturday night in Las Vegas, fighting to a controversial draw with Canelo Alvarez that ended with each fighter with his hands aloft in victory.

The middleweight showdown lived up to its hype as the two fighters went after each other for 12 rounds. The two were still brawling as the final seconds ticked down and the fight went to the scorecards.

The judges saw the bout wildly differently. One judge had Alvarez winning 118-110, a second had it 115-113 in Golovkin's favor and the third had it 114-114. The Associated Press scored it 114-114.

Golovkin, a Kazakh who has never lost in 38 fights, retained his middleweight titles with the draw.

"Congratulations, all my friends from Mexico," Golovkin said, referring to the crowd, heavily in support of Alvarez, a hero in his native Mexico. "I want a true fight. I want a big drama show."

Alvarez seemed to rally late and rocked Golovkin with uppercuts and big right hands.

"I won seven, eight rounds easily," Alvarez said.

"Today, people give me draw. I focus on boxing," Golovkin said. "Look my belts, I'm still champion. I've not lost."

In front of the largest crowd to attend a stand-alone MLS match, Josef Martinez had his second hat trick in a row and his third of the season to help Atlanta United hold on for a 3-3 draw against Orlando City in Atlanta.

Atlanta United set the record with 70,425 on hand at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The previous record was held by the Los Angeles Galaxy for the 69,255 who attended their first-ever match at the Rose Bowl in 1996. Mercedes-Benz Stadium opened last month.

Marc Leishman got up-and-down from a tough lie behind the 18th green for one last birdie Saturday. Call it piling on.

That final flourish gave him a 3-under 68 and extended his lead to five shots over Jason Day and Rickie Fowler going into the final round of the PGA Tour's BMW Championship in Lake Forest, Ill.

• Moriya Jutanugarn shot a 3-under 68 to lead the LPGA's Evian Championship in Evian-Les-Bains, France, and could join her younger sister, Ariya Jutanugarn, in golf's record book. They would become the first sisters to each win a major title.

Tennis: Two-time Grand Slam champions Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3) and gave France a 2-1 lead over Serbia in the Davis Cup semifinals in Lille, France. In the other semifinal in Brussels, Australia also needs one more point to reach the final. John Peers and Jordan Thompson breezed past Arthur de Greef and Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.

Auto racing: Sebastian Vettel took the pole position for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, while championship rival Lewis Hamilton struggled and qualified fifth. Vettel took his 49th career pole, finishing in a lap record of 1 minute 39.491 seconds.

Soccer: Crystal Palace became the first club in Premier League history to lose its opening five games without scoring as Roy Hodgson's first match in charge ended in a 1-0 loss to Southampton. Hidgson replaced Frank de Boer, fired 77 days into his tenure.