Comments Thread For: Report: Canelo, Golovkin Agree To Third Fight After Interim Bouts

[joseph5620]

GGG fans about to get a sad ending. Canelo is going to beat the **** out of him but he's going to get paid well

I agree. I think Golovkin gets stopped this time. It's time for him to get out of boxing anyway since he has no interest in fighting any top fighters outside of Canelo.

[Dolor]

Does anyone actually want to see this? Golovkin is old and shot by now.

I know fights like that have happened throughout boxing history, but I actually think they are a disgrace to the sport.

The first fight was arguably still at a reasonable time (though it would have been better 1-2 years earlier, at the time Canelo fought Cotto); by the time of the second fight, Golovkin had already declined considerably, especially in terms of speed.

That third first is completely unnecessary, will be a one-sided beatdown, and the only question remaining is whether it will be a UD or a TKO in favor of Canelo.

It is beyond me how anybody that is not a mindless Golovkin hater or Canelo fanboy could be interested in that. Canelo is the best boxer P4P at this point in time - he should fight younger opponents that have an actual chance against him.

[REdrUm0351]

Does anyone actually want to see this? Golovkin is old and shot by now.

I know fights like that have happened throughout boxing history, but I actually think they are a disgrace to the sport.

The first fight was arguably still at a reasonable time (though it would have been better 1-2 years earlier, at the time Canelo fought Cotto); by the time of the second fight, Golovkin had already declined considerably, especially in terms of speed.

That third first is completely unnecessary, will be a one-sided beatdown, and the only question remaining is whether it will be a UD or a TKO in favor of Canelo.

It is beyond me how anybody that is not a mindless Golovkin hater or Canelo fanboy could be interested in that. Canelo is the best boxer P4P at this point in time - he should fight younger opponents that have an actual chance against him.

I get that GGG wants to cash it out but yea these kind of fights just tarnish your legacy. If he wasn’t going to fight mexican style and leave it all in the ring in the second fight it isn’t happening now.

[Tatabanya]

I didn't know that Golovkin had been accused of beating up a woman.

[Zaroku]

Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin agree to meet in blockbuster third fight, per report
Will GGG finally get his revenge on Canelo in a massive third fight?
Brian Campbell
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16 mins ago • 2 min read

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With Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez having already delayed the announcement for his May super middleweight title bout against Billy Joe Saunders due to the coronavirus outbreak, the four-division champion has reportedly come to terms financially on the opponent he will face later this fall.


Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs), will square off with fellow middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin in a much-anticipated trilogy bout, sources told The Athletic's Lance Pugmire on Tuesday. Golden Boy Promotions, Alvarez's promoter, are hoping to stage the bout Sept. 12 during Mexican Independence Day weekend inside AT&T Stadium outside of Dallas, although the date, site and weight class have not been finalized at this time.


The 29-year-old Alvarez, who currently holds the WBA middleweight title and secondary WBA belt at 168 pounds, is still expected to fight Saunders (29-0, 14 KOs), even if the fight is pushed off to June from its originally planned date of May 2 in Las Vegas. Should the planned fight with Saunders not reach its June destination point, however, Alvarez could bypass the bout altogether and head straights towards the GGG trilogy fight in the fall.


Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) and Alvarez have a heated backstory filled with dislike, failed drug tests and a pair of contentious pay-per-view bouts that were hailed as instant classics. Alvarez settled for a controversial split draw in their 2017 meeting in which most felt GGG had won. One year later, Alvarez took home a majority decision that seemingly could have gone either way.


Despite both fighters having signed huge deals over the past two years to fight exclusively on the streaming app DAZN in the United States, top officials with the all-sports streaming platform proved unsuccessful in getting Alvarez to agree to a third fight.


Alvarez, who has feuded publicly with his promoter over the last year, reportedly negotiated with Golden Boy for extra compensation to take the fight which exceeded the base guarantee being paid to him by DAZN after he signed a landmark 10-fight, $350 million deal.


It originally took Golovkin two years of chasing Alvarez to secure the initial 2017 fight, which led to critics attacking the 29-year-old global star for waiting on GGG to age. Now, Golovkin will have turned 38 by the time they meet for a third time this fall and has shown visible signs of slipping since the loss to Alvarez despite hanging on to outpoint Sergiy Derevyanchenko last October in a brutal fight for the vacant IBF title.


Alvarez enters 2020 fresh off a campaign worthy of fighter of the year votes when he edged Daniel Jacobs in a middleweight unification bout before knocking out Sergey Kovalev in November 2019 to claim a title at 175 pounds which he later vacated.


https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/new...ht-per-report/

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Sunspace??? You still posting

You are that rapper??? You got skills

[kidbazooka]

Ask yourself this, can a 35 year old Canelo fight and compete and arguably beat a prime Canelo in his 20s in two fights? GGG did something a 36 year old Canelo would never do.

That’s a nice fantasy but canelo whooped ggg in the rematch those are the facts.
Nuff said.

[Shadoww702]

I've got nothing against gheys but keep them type of thoughts to yourself. I only talk about boxing here not men ejaculating...

This is what you look and sound like when you try and talk boxing.

[pretty ste]

I'm not beasting for this fight because I know Canelo is going to stop that old men im going to enjoy every bit of it

[pretty ste]

Watch and see GGG looks worse and worse clearly should had lost to Sergey Canelo is got to retire the old men

[angkag]

Does anyone actually want to see this? Golovkin is old and shot by now.

I know fights like that have happened throughout boxing history, but I actually think they are a disgrace to the sport.

The first fight was arguably still at a reasonable time (though it would have been better 1-2 years earlier, at the time Canelo fought Cotto); by the time of the second fight, Golovkin had already declined considerably, especially in terms of speed.

That third first is completely unnecessary, will be a one-sided beatdown, and the only question remaining is whether it will be a UD or a TKO in favor of Canelo.

It is beyond me how anybody that is not a mindless Golovkin hater or Canelo fanboy could be interested in that. Canelo is the best boxer P4P at this point in time - he should fight younger opponents that have an actual chance against him.

I guess its just a case of Golovkin putting a price on the potential damage he gets in the fight given its time for him to hang them up - which I'm pretty sure he will do after the fight.