Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
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Gennady Golovkin didn’t watch 40-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Conor McGregor on Saturday night. The undefeated middleweight champion still can see himself fighting until he is Mayweather’s age. Golovkin is 35, but if he beats Canelo Alvarez next month the Kazakh knockout artist probably would need to fight only another year or year-and-a-half if wants to break Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 straight middleweight title defenses before he retires.
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Gennady Golovkin’s detractors point to an unblemished record that, while loaded with impressive knockout victories, lacks elite-level conquests. Golovkin’s trainer thinks that all will change when the long-reigning middleweight champion is able to “dominate” Canelo Alvarez in their middleweight title fight September 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is slightly favored to defeat the 27-year-old Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) in their HBO Pay-Per-View main event, a 12-round fight that’ll be contested for Golovkin’s IBF, IBO and WBA 160-pound titles two weeks from Saturday night.
Gennady Golovkin’s age and supposed slippage is one of the primary storylines entering his showdown with Canelo Alvarez next month. The Kazakh knockout artist turned 35 a few weeks after Daniel Jacobs became the first fighter in Golovkin’s 11-year pro career to take him 12 rounds. Some suspect that the unbeaten middleweight champion’s performance against Jacobs was as much an indication that he’s not the same fighter he was a few years ago as much as it was a testament to Jacobs’ ability to make their fight difficult for Golovkin.
“We have been talking about this fight for years. The last two years, I lose interest, because after every fight, Golden Boy said, 'No. OK, maybe next fight.' I remember the situation after the Amir Khan fight, when I go into the ring. Oscar De La Hoya said, 'This is a good day for us and I will call GGG's manager tomorrow.' I think it was hard on the fans too.
WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is preparing for a war with Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs). Canelo will challenge Golovkin for the middleweight championship of the world, on September 16 and it will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
Several years ago in Big Bear, California, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) had a much talked about sparring session at the Summit Gym with Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs). The two have gone on to bigger and better things and now they meet on September 16th in what is a highly anticipated clash that will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Gennady Golovkin says defending his world titles against Canelo Alvarez in his first fight in Las Vegas may be the most difficult bout of his career. "It is the biggest fight of my career," said Golovkin. "Canelo is the biggest champion and the biggest name out there." Four-belt champion Golovkin and Alvarez will meet for middleweight supremacy at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on September 16.
LOS ANGELES - Hosted by sports commentator Beto Duran, Staredown brings together Eddy Reynoso, trainer to lineal and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs), and Abel Sanchez, trainer to undefeated WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), in an intimate setting to talk about the importance of Canelo vs. Golovkin to the sport of boxing and what each fighter needs to do to win the night of Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.