By Michael Rosenthal - Two important things happened in boxing on Saturday. One was slimy, one was wonderful. Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s announcement that he would fight Manny Pacquiao a second time was slimy, not because of the matchup but because of the timing. Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovki...
Abel Sanchez, trainer for middleweight contender Gennady Golovkin, feels strongly that his boxer did enough to win last Saturday's rematch with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Canelo and Golovkin fought toe to toe in a highly competitive contest for twelve rounds, with the Mexican star securing a twelve round majority decision at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Saturday night was a big night for Jaime Munguia (31-0). The WBO super welterweight champion destroyed a badly over matched Brandon Cook (20-2) in three rounds in the co-featured bout underneath the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin main event that took place in Las Vegas.
Bernard Hopkins has no problem admitting he is biased in this instance. The legendary fighter from Philadelphia is a partner in Oscar De La Hoya’s company, which promotes Canelo Alvarez. And by beating Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night, Alvarez prevented Golovkin from breaking Hopkins’ record for consecutive middleweight title defenses (20).
During a recent edition of The Fight Game, HBO broadcast analyst Jim Lampley gave his thoughts on last week's rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. After twelve fierce rounds of action, Canelo walked away with a twelve round majority decision win at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Golovkin suffered his first career defeat and lost his WBC, WBA, IBO middleweight titles.
Matthew Macklin and Martin Murray are both very familiar with the punching power of former middleweight king Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs). In June of 2013, Golovkin landed a brutal hook to the body to score a third round knockout over Macklin at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Abel Sanchez, the trainer for Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs), was not surprised with cement chin of Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Last Saturday night, Canelo and Golovkin took part in a middleweight classic where they waged war for twelve rounds at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
TWO OF THE finest middleweights in the land showed the world what boxing is all about in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning. It was a demonstration – from both Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin – of skill, strength, stealth, brutality, durability and incredible heart, among many other attributes you might care to mention.
Abel Sanchez, trainer for Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs), says Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has vindicated himself for a pair of failed tests for performance enhancing drugs. Back in February, Canelo came up positive for the banned substance clenbuterol in two separate tests.
One of the most respected trainers in the sport, Hall of Famer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, felt his countryman, Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, was the loser of last Saturday's rematch with Gennady Golovkin. In a closely contested fight, Canelo handed Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) his first career defeat at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.