IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) admits he was bored while sitting ringside and watching Saul "Canelo" Alvarez pound away on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo beat on Chavez Jr., round after round, for a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision. Canelo won every single round on all three official scorecards.
There were countless rounds where Chavez Jr. barely threw any meaningful punches and appeared to be more interested in lasting the distance.
In the opinion of Golovkin, Canelo did not do enough to close the show - which in turn allowed Chavez Jr. to survive and disappointed a sold-out crowd and thousands who purchased the pay-per-view for as much as $70 bucks.
“[Saturday] was a little boring, like sparring. Canelo doesn’t want [to finish],” Golovkin said to the Los Angeles Times. “That’s not good for the people. A lot of people bought tickets and the pay-per-view. For what? For a show. Everybody likes drama, like my knockouts. If I see I can beat them, I do.”
Golovkin admits that he was very surprised at the way the fight played out. He expected a repeat of Canelo brutal knockout from last May, when the Mexican superstar headlined at T-Mobile and drilled Amir Khan with a single punch in the sixth round.
“I watch boxing closely. I knew Canelo was going to beat Chavez easy, and I thought he was going to get up there after what he did last year and make another scene, say something like, ‘I did this to Chavez, and I’ll do the same thing to you, Triple-G, ’ ” Golovkin said.
On September 16th, Canelo will finally challenge Golovkin for the middleweight crown. The fight promises to be the biggest boxing event since Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.