Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
After having learned that Canelo Alvarez's Cinco de Mayo match was canceled because he failed a drug test—which he blamed on having eaten meat tainted with the banned substance clenbuterol—PETA Latino sent the boxer a gift basket brimming with delicious animal-free meats and treats as well as a letter urging him to go vegan.
Promoter Frank Warren has confirmed that talks are in progress for WBO Middleweight World Champion Billy Joe Saunders to face WBA, WBC, IBO and IBF Champion Gennady Golovkin in the autumn, should he come through his fight with Martin Murray at London’s 02 Arena on June 23rd. Golovkin was due to fight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on May 5th in Las Vegas, but the Mexican withdrew from the rematch on Tuesday, causing widespread rumours that Saunders would step in as a late replacement.
Gennady Golovkin might fight a Mexican opponent on Cinco de Mayo after all. ESPN.com reported Thursday morning that Tijuana’s Jamie Munguia is likely to replace Canelo Alvarez as Golovkin’s opponent for his upcoming defenses of the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBC middleweight championships.
As BoxingScene.com reported yesterday, Canelo Alvarez has withdrawn from his proposed May 5 super-fight with unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin. The rematch, that was scheduled to follow a blockbuster first encounter ending with a controversial draw between the two last September in Las Vegas, got in jeopardy following a pair of positive doping tests by the Mexican Alvarez in February.
The President of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, is crossing his fingers that a rematch between WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) will be pushed back to September - for Mexican Independence Day weekend.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed that WBC middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin has been approved to make a voluntary defense of his belt on May 5 against an opponent to be determined.
The President of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, does not want people to jump to conclusions - with the looming suspension of Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs). On Tuesday, Canelo officially withdrew from a rematch with WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin - which was scheduled for May 5th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan has agreed to Golden Boy Promotions’ offer to challenge Gennady Golovkin on May 5. According to O’Sullivan’s Twitter message Wednesday, all that’s left to cement him replacing the suspended Canelo Alvarez is for Golovkin to agree to the fight. O’Sullivan would be a huge underdog against Golovkin if the IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion accepts O’Sullivan as Alvarez’s replacement.
Oscar De La Hoya addressed a small group of reporters Tuesday at his promotional company’s headquarters in Los Angeles. Canelo Alvarez’s promoter might as well have been pleading his fighter’s case to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Two weeks before Alvarez will meet with the NSAC, the Golden Boy Promotions founder and CEO made an impassioned plea for the public’s leniency now that his company’s cash cow has withdrawn from one of the biggest fights of his career.
Canelo Alvarez heard and read every derogatory thing Gennady Golovkin said about him a couple weeks ago. The besmirched former two-division champion claims he didn’t pay it much mind. However Golovkin feels about Alvarez twice testing positive for a banned substance, Alvarez insists he hasn’t let any of Golovkin’s criticism bother him.