As previously reported, the camp of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is targeting a rematch with Canelo Alvarez for September ... and now Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Canelo, has confirmed that's the plan.
Canelo Alvarez is committed to returning to the ring September 15. Alvarez’s comeback from his six-month suspension was confirmed in a statement released by Golden Boy Promotions on Wednesday. That confirmation came in the immediate aftermath of the Nevada State Athletic Commission officially extending Alvarez’s temporary suspension for testing positive for clenbuterol twice in February.
Last week it was announced that Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) would be suspended for six months by the Nevada Athletic Commission. A few weeks ago he withdrew from his highly anticipated rematch with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) which was scheduled to headline an HBO Pay-Per-View on May 5th at the T-Mobile Arena.
Noted trainer Abel Sanchez has never been one to shy away from making bold statements or giving his opinion on any subject. Ask him a question and he'll say what's on his mind. But when Sanchez - best known for training unified middleweight champion
The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to extend Canelo Alvarez’s temporary suspension to six months at its monthly meeting in Las Vegas. His one-year suspension was immediately reduced to six months during the meeting because Alvarez, who didn’t attend the meeting, has cooperated fully with the NSAC’s investigation. Alvarez acknowledged that clenbuterol was in his system when tested twice in February, but not didn’t admit intent.
On Wednesday, Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will take part in a disciplinary hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. He faces a one-year suspension over two drug tests that came up positive for the banned substance clenbuterol back in February. The NSAC placed him under a temporary suspension, which forced him to withdraw from a scheduled May 5th rematch with IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
Gennady Golovkin and his trainer, Abel Sanchez, took shots at Canelo Alvarez’s performance-enhancing drug ordeal in a Jordan Brand commercial released Tuesday. The 40-second commercial opens with Sanchez seated at a table, eating a steak. Sanchez states, “Superhuman power requires a special ingredient.”
Veteran trainer Ronnie Shields, who works with fighters such as Jermall Charlo, Erislandy Lara and several others, believes Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has used performance enhancing drugs. The controversy with Canelo erupted last month, when it was revealed that he came up positive for the banned substance clenbuterol in two separate tests that were taken in February.
The president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaiman, said on Friday that he and his organization will stand in the corner of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs), whom the WBC considers "guilty of negligence," but "not of doping." "Putting everything on the table for the WBC, Canelo is not guilty of doping. Yes, he is guilty of negligence, ignorance, carelessness. Hopefully this April 18 the road is clarified one way or another," said Sulaiman with respect to the date on which the Nevada State Athletic Commission will decide a possible sanction to the Mexican boxer.
At the Palm Restaurant in Los Angeles, IBF, WBA, WBC, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and promoter Tom Loeffler held a small, intimate gathering with the press to make what was basically a non-announcement of the May 5th date that they are still hoping to salvage.