Abel Sanchez: record, next fight and profile →
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBO/WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), says the upcoming defense against Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) is a completely difference fight from the May encounter between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Amir Khan.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA/WBC/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), says he - and GGG - were never expecting to face Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) in the fall. They were anticipating the likelihood of Canelo vacating his title.
Abel Sanchez, trainer for IBF/WBA/WBC/IBO middleweight king Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin, believes unbeaten Errol Spence (20-0, 17KOs) would drill WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia (32-0, 18KOs) if they met in the ring.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA/IBO/IBF/WBC middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), denies the longstanding discussion that his team requested a catch-weight of 164-pounds for a potential fight with ex-super middleweight king Andre Ward (29-0, 15KOs).
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA/IBO/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin, believes Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward (29-0, 15KOs) will get punished in his upcoming fall fight with WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (29-0, 26KOs).
BoxingScene.com's Steve Kim first reported that a middleweight showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez was going to be pushed back to the fall of 2017. Fans were hoping to see them battle this coming September. Earlier this year, the World Boxing Council ordered Canelo (47-1-1, 33KOs) to face Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), the mandatory challenger, in the fall.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), rejects the idea that Amir Khan exposed the flaws of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) in last month's fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Abel Sanchez, trainer for WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), sees nobody on the horizon - from junior middleweight to super middleweight, capable of lasting twelve rounds with his fighter.
Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-1) has been back in the gym for several weeks as he eagerly awaits the phone call that will give him his next assignment. Barrera is looking to bounce back from his first career loss which took place in March against Andre Ward. There is no shame in losing to a top three pound-for-pound fighter and Barrera is ready for any of the top names in the division.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), says his boxer is only going to be better when he moves up in weight to 168-pounds.