Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez has not been one of the most active critics of the recently announced bout between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. Canelo said that he still has a great deal of respect for both athletes, but he doesn't agree with their fight. Mayweather and McGregor finalized a deal to fight each other in a boxing match on August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) is a few short months away from challenging WBA, WBC, IBO, IBF middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) on September 16th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The HBO Pay-Per-View fight has been discussed for at least two years and many felt it would never happen.
NEW YORK – This is one of the few times in his career that Canelo Alvarez will enter a fight as an underdog. Las Vegas and Internet sports books list Gennady Golovkin as a slight favorite over Alvarez (-170) with nearly three months remaining before their middleweight championship showdown. Alvarez is a +140 underdog in their 12-round fight for Golovkin’s IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC 160-pound championships September 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
NEW YORK – Going 12 rounds in his last fight and showing some more flaws helped his cause. That’s the silver lining Gennady Golovkin took away from the most difficult fight of his career three months ago. According to Golovkin, had Daniel Jacobs not survived that fourth-round knockdown March 18 at Madison Square Garden, Canelo Alvarez “probably” wouldn’t have finally agreed to fight him.
Promoters believe the showdown between unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez could turn into a series of classic clashes but Alvarez says he needs just one meeting to prove he is superior to the vaunted 'Triple G'.
There's a very simple reason why trainer Abel Sanchez is not on the Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) vs. Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) press tour that concludes in Los Angeles on Thursday evening. No, he's not being wooed by Team 'Canelo' to work on their side on September 16th.
Gennady Golovkin has revealed his fight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez could be his last if their rivalry does not develop into a series. Their WBC, WBA, IBO and IBF middleweight unification match-up at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena on September 16 has long represented the most enticing head-to-head for the boxing purist.
Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto is not worried about his upcoming return fight going head to head with one of the biggest sporting events of the year, when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor collide on August 26th. A deal was finalized last Wednesday, for the former five division world champion to make his return to the ring, in a boxing match against UFC champion McGregor - who is the biggest MMA star in the world.
NEW YORK – Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin offered the same advice to anyone who’ll have to choose between buying their pay-per-view fight or Mayweather-McGregor three weeks earlier. Mexico’s Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) and Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) don’t consider Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s return to the ring against McGregor on August 26 to be “a real fight.” Golovkin went as far as to call the bout between the man who retired as the best boxer in the world and the mixed martial arts superstar “a comedy show.”