Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
SAN DIEGO – There was a lengthy period where Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez never again wanted to hear any talk of a possible third fight with Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin.
Veteran trainer Abel Sanchez doesn’t exactly approve of the stylistic changes his former charge, Gennadiy Golovkin, has made to his approach in the ring.
Veteran trainer Abel Sanchez has been in the opposite corner against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on two separate occasions. Sanchez is the former longtime trainer of middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin.
Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez would like to see the best fighters at middleweight and super middleweight collide with each other - with Canelo stepping in the ring with the overall winner.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom is very much looking forward to the tense buildup for the trilogy fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin.
Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, boxing's most dominant middleweight of his era, is bringing the Big Drama Show and his IBF and IBO world title belts to his opponent's backyard, Japan, where he will rumble with two-time WBA middleweight kingpin Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs), in a long-awaited title unification fight.
Canelo Alvarez has officially returned to DAZN. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Mexican superstar has agreed to a lucrative two-fight deal with the streaming service that once signed him to a 10-fight contract that could’ve been worth $365 million. The undisputed super middleweight champion will box unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7 and then, if the favored fighter beats Bivol, he will finally face rival Gennadiy Golovkin a third time September 17.
Gennadiy Golovkin can still taste the acridness in his mouth from the tendentious verdicts of his past two duels with Canelo Alvarez. The IBF middleweight titleholder from Kazakhstan has long expressed his dismay with the results of his two bouts with Mexican superstar Alvarez, the current undisputed champion in the 168-pound division.
Former 168-pound titlist George Groves has seen far better versions of Chris Eubank Jr. than the one that recently showed up in the ring against Liam Williams.
Gennadiy Golovkin may never be in a mood to shake the hand of Canelo Alvarez ever again, but that does not necessarily mean that the Kazakh puncher isn’t looking forward to throwing sanctioned punches at his bête noir.