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Sanchez: Money for Canelo Fight Not Worth Harm to Chavez's Legacy

•Sep 12, 2017

LAS VEGAS – Abel Sanchez suspects Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fought Canelo Alvarez for all the wrong reasons. Gennady Golovkin’s trainer feels Chavez’s multimillion-dollar purse wasn’t worth all the damage done to his legacy by his poor performance against his Mexican rival. Sanchez, a Mexican-American, figures it too so much out of Chavez to make the 164-pound catch weight for their 12-round fight May 6 in Las Vegas that he had nothing left physically once he entered the ring to fight Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena.

Sanchez: Going 12 Rounds With Jacobs Gave Golovkin Confidence

Keith Idec

•Sep 12, 2017

However you think Gennady Golovkin looked against Daniel Jacobs, Abel Sanchez knows that fight served an important purpose for the Kazakh knockout artist entering his career-defining fight against Canelo Alvarez. Golovkin won a close unanimous decision over Jacobs and struggled at times to deal with Jacobs’ boxing ability and movement during their middleweight title fight March 18 at Madison Square Garden.

Sanchez: GGG Needed Rest, Good Thing He Didn't Fight Saunders

Keith Idec

•Sep 12, 2017

LAS VEGAS – In hindsight, Abel Sanchez is glad Gennady Golovkin wasn’t allowed to squeeze in a fight against Billy Joe Saunders before facing Canelo Alvarez. The ambitious game plan Golovkin’s handlers originally designed included a middleweight championship unification bout with Saunders on June 10 in Golovkin’s native Kazakhstan. Negotiations between Tom Loeffler, the managing director for K2 Promotions, and Frank Warren, who promotes Saunders, advanced to the point where Warren and Saunders thought the deal was basically done.

Video: Abel Sanchez Talks Canelo, Chocolatito, More

BoxingScene Staff

•Sep 10, 2017

Abel Sanchez Video Interview - Srisaket Sor Rungvisai knocked out Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez in the fourth round Saturday with a devastating right hook to retain his WBC super flyweight world title in his second straight win over the former champ.

Abel Sanchez: Pacquiao Was KO'd A lot Worse Than Chocolatito

Radio Rahim

•Sep 10, 2017

Abel Sanchez, trainer of several top fighters like middleweight king Gennady Golovkin, believes Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez is still capable of continuing his career. On Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, the four division world champion suffered his second defeat in a row, when he was knocked out cold in four rounds by WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.

Golovkin: If I KO'd Jacobs, I Would Not Be Getting Canelo Fight!

Random Hits

•Sep 8, 2017

Boxing’s No. 1 superhero and undefeated WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweight World Champion, GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN and lineal and Ring magazine Middleweight World Champion and Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez are entering their epic showdown with each coming off very different performances. On March 18, in front of a packed Madison Square Garden, Golovkin beat fellow world champion Daniel Jacobs by unanimous decision in a hard-fought battle. It was Golovkin's 18th consecutive title defense -- two short of the record -- since becoming world champion in 2010 and the first to go the distance. That had media speculating that age was starting to become a factor for Golovkin, currently boxing's longest-reigning world champion. Two months later, on May 6 -- at a catchweight of 164.5 pounds (the less-than-super super middleweight division?) -- Alvarez won a lopsided unanimous decision over former middleweight champion Julio César Ch?vez, Jr., who barely threw a punch and did everything he could do to survive. Not win.

Sanchez: Canelo-GGG Has Strong Argument as Best in The World

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•Sep 7, 2017

Question: Gennady is the middleweight champion and the No. 1 P4P on most lists. What would a victory over Canelo Alvarez add to that? Why is it that you and Gennady wanted this fight more than any other? Abel Sanchez - “I think the winner of this fight on September 16 clearly establishes the best middleweight in the world as well as a strong argument for the best fighter in the sport. The winner will also be one of the most marketable fighters as well as the top of the pound for pound list, which doesn't always go hand in hand.

Abel Sanchez Laughs at Critics Who Feel Golovkin is Getting Old

BoxingScene Staff

•Sep 5, 2017

Abel Sanchez, head trainer of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), is shocked at the recent flood of opinions from critics who believe his fighter is getting old. Golovkin, 35 years old, has certainly looked more vulnerable in his recent fights. Last November, he defended his titles against Kell Brook, who was moving up by two full weight divisions from 147-pounds.

Golovkin's Coach Reacts To McGregor Over Critical Statements

BoxingScene Staff

•Sep 3, 2017

Two weeks ago, UFC superstar Conor McGregor had some critical comments about two of the biggest names in the sport, Mexican sensation Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Canelo will challenge Golovkin for the middleweight crown, in the most eagerly anticipated fight of the year, on September 16th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Sanchez: GGG Will Do What Mayweather Couldn't, Dominate Canelo

Keith Idec

•Aug 31, 2017

Gennady Golovkin’s detractors point to an unblemished record that, while loaded with impressive knockout victories, lacks elite-level conquests. Golovkin’s trainer thinks that all will change when the long-reigning middleweight champion is able to “dominate” Canelo Alvarez in their middleweight title fight September 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is slightly favored to defeat the 27-year-old Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) in their HBO Pay-Per-View main event, a 12-round fight that’ll be contested for Golovkin’s IBF, IBO and WBA 160-pound titles two weeks from Saturday night.