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MGM Grand, LAS VEGAS, NV - WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0) has trained under the guidance of Abel Sanchez since 2012, when he made his debut on U.S. soil against Grzegorz Proska. That was also his debut on HBO.
LAS VEGAS – Abel Sanchez doesn’t just want Canelo Alvarez to stand in the center of the ring against Gennady Golovkin. The middleweight champion’s trainer also wants Alvarez to stand between rounds during their scheduled 12-round title fight Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Sanchez was perplexed when Alvarez avoided sitting down between rounds throughout his domination of Mexican rival Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6 at T-Mobile Arena.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), believes a knockout victory is easily within his fighter's reach - if Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) makes good on his promise to go for a knockout by fighting in a Mexican style.
Gennady Golovkin (37-0) will defend his WBC, WBA, IBA and IBO titles against Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. The pressure will be on Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to ensure his superfight with Gennady Golovkin goes down as of the greatest middleweight bouts of all time, says Abel Sanchez.
LAS VEGAS – Abel Sanchez knows Canelo Alvarez is dangerous. Gennady Golovkin’s trainer has watched Alvarez develop over the past couple years into a masterful counter-puncher capable of taking opponents out with his left hook. Sanchez has warned Golovkin throughout training camp to be wary of Alvarez’s uppercuts and body shots, too.
LAS VEGAS – Abel Sanchez expects Canelo Alvarez to out-weigh Gennady Golovkin by five or six pounds when they enter the ring Saturday night. Golovkin’s trainer is not nearly as worried, though, about Alvarez’s weight advantage over his fighter as he was when Golovkin fought Daniel Jacobs on March 18. Sanchez suspects Jacobs was at least 182 pounds by the time their middleweight title fight started at Madison Square Garden.
MGM Grand, LAS VEGAS, NV -The last time we saw Gennady Golovkin in the ring he went 12 round for the first time in his career against former middleweight champion Danny Jacobs. Golovkin won a razor thin decision at Madison Square Garden in New York and retained his WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight belts.
LAS VEGAS – Nothing is going to distract Gennady Golovkin from the biggest fight of his career. Not even the birth of his daughter. Golovkin wasn’t present when she was born Friday in the Los Angeles area. With training camp winding down for his high-profile fight against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena, Golovkin opted to train as scheduled Friday afternoon in Big Bear Lake, California.
LAS VEGAS – As far as Abel Sanchez knows, Gennady Golovkin has never been hurt in an amateur or professional fight. Sanchez started training Golovkin for his 16th professional fight and has been well-informed by those close to Golovkin about his first 15 pro bouts and an acclaimed amateur career that spanned 350 fights. Kazakhstan’s Golovkin has a proverbial iron chin, but his veteran trainer understands that any fighter can be hurt if caught by powerful puncher with the right shot.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- A lot has been made over the sparring sessions between Boxing’s No. 1 superhero and undefeated WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight world champion GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN (37-0, 33 KOs) and The Ring magazine and lineal middleweight champion CANELO ALVAREZ (49-1-1, 34 KOs) which took place many years ago. Golovkin, boxing's longest-reigning world champion, has discounted the significance of those sessions.