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By Thomas Gerbasi - When Max and Oleg Hermann showed up at Abel Sanchez’ gym in Big Bear, California with their rising star Gennady Golovkin in 2010, the renowned coach was impressed by the Kazakhstan native, both as a fighter and a person.
“We spoke a little bit, talked about boxing, he showed me videos of his past fights, and I told him what I thought, what he could do different, and what we could do if we worked together,” recalled Sanchez. “Then we had dinner that night, we said good night, and then had breakfast that next morning. By then I had researched him.”
He was intrigued - by the talent, the mindset, and the power of Golovkin - but when the trio left him with the words that they would see him in a couple months, Sanchez, a boxing guy too long to believe such promises, assumed the only time he would see Golovkin again was on television.
“I thought, sure, we’ll see you in a couple months and the check’s in the mail too.”
Sanchez laughs. He’s in New York City at the moment, preparing Golovkin for the 11th defense of his WBA middleweight title, this one against Australia’s Daniel Geale in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The Californian was called back two months later, on a Saturday, with a request to pick Golovkin up the next day. [Click Here To Read More]
“We spoke a little bit, talked about boxing, he showed me videos of his past fights, and I told him what I thought, what he could do different, and what we could do if we worked together,” recalled Sanchez. “Then we had dinner that night, we said good night, and then had breakfast that next morning. By then I had researched him.”
He was intrigued - by the talent, the mindset, and the power of Golovkin - but when the trio left him with the words that they would see him in a couple months, Sanchez, a boxing guy too long to believe such promises, assumed the only time he would see Golovkin again was on television.
“I thought, sure, we’ll see you in a couple months and the check’s in the mail too.”
Sanchez laughs. He’s in New York City at the moment, preparing Golovkin for the 11th defense of his WBA middleweight title, this one against Australia’s Daniel Geale in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The Californian was called back two months later, on a Saturday, with a request to pick Golovkin up the next day. [Click Here To Read More]
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