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Mitch Abramson
July 18, 2016
A salty Canelo Alvarez tossed aside his buttoned-down persona on Monday and slammed Gennady Golovkin’s level of opponents, including welterweight titleholder Kell Brook. It was a surprising turn for Canelo, who has been attacked for giving up his WBC middleweight title and putting off a fight with Golovkin (35-0, 32 knockouts) until next year.
“All of his opponents have been the easy road,” Alvarez told Ring TV in a phone interview. “He has never fought someone who has really pushed him or taken him to the next level. All of his opponents have been easy opponents.”
Canelo (47-1-1, 33 KOs) thinks Golovkin is continuing to cherry pick opponents in facing the undefeated Brook on Sept. 10 in London at 160 pounds for his WBC and IBF titles. Canelo, 26, absorbed mountains of criticism for fighting Amir Khan at 155 pounds back in May, including by Golovkin, who described Canelo’s choice of facing Khan as basically a money-grab.
“The main difference is that Brook is going up two weight classes,” said Alvarez, who has been roasted for facing 154-pound titleholder Liam Smith on Sept. 17. “I only made Amir Khan go up one weight class. People say it was two but it was only one and this guy Brook is moving up two to fight GGG at 160. And that’s the reason it’s good not to speak or make comments on things that are out there.”
Canelo said he has a good idea when Golovkin will finally face a quality foe: When he fights him, possibly in the fall of 2017. “Of course,” Canelo said, “I’m going to beat him.”
http://goo.gl/z22WWf
July 18, 2016
A salty Canelo Alvarez tossed aside his buttoned-down persona on Monday and slammed Gennady Golovkin’s level of opponents, including welterweight titleholder Kell Brook. It was a surprising turn for Canelo, who has been attacked for giving up his WBC middleweight title and putting off a fight with Golovkin (35-0, 32 knockouts) until next year.
“All of his opponents have been the easy road,” Alvarez told Ring TV in a phone interview. “He has never fought someone who has really pushed him or taken him to the next level. All of his opponents have been easy opponents.”
Canelo (47-1-1, 33 KOs) thinks Golovkin is continuing to cherry pick opponents in facing the undefeated Brook on Sept. 10 in London at 160 pounds for his WBC and IBF titles. Canelo, 26, absorbed mountains of criticism for fighting Amir Khan at 155 pounds back in May, including by Golovkin, who described Canelo’s choice of facing Khan as basically a money-grab.
“The main difference is that Brook is going up two weight classes,” said Alvarez, who has been roasted for facing 154-pound titleholder Liam Smith on Sept. 17. “I only made Amir Khan go up one weight class. People say it was two but it was only one and this guy Brook is moving up two to fight GGG at 160. And that’s the reason it’s good not to speak or make comments on things that are out there.”
Canelo said he has a good idea when Golovkin will finally face a quality foe: When he fights him, possibly in the fall of 2017. “Of course,” Canelo said, “I’m going to beat him.”
http://goo.gl/z22WWf
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