Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
When WBA 'regular' middleweight champion, Ryoto Murata, faces Rob Brant this Saturday night from the Park Theater in Las Vegas, there will be an interested observer in attendance. Tom Loeffler, who represents former unified middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs).
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) officially received his WBC middleweight world title on Monday at Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. Canelo captured the title last month at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, when he won a twelve round majority decision over Gennady "GGG" Golovkin.
The godfather of Mexican boxing, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., sees nothing wrong with Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) moving up to 168-pounds to pursue another world title. Last week, Canelo announced that he was moving up to super middleweight to challenge WBA "regular" champion Rocky Fielding (27-1, 15 KOs).
It's no secret that promoter Eddie Hearn is looking to sign marquee names to feature on DAZN. And two notable names who are currently unattached in terms of a network are Gennady Golovkin and Manny Pacquiao.
Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs), the universally recognized middleweight champion of the world, will make his New York City debut as he faces WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Rocky Fielding (27-1, 15 KOs) in a special 12-round super middleweight attraction on Saturday, Dec. 15 at Madison Square Garden.
Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) is not happy with the World Boxing Council's recent decision on his request to secure a direct rematch with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Last month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Canelo won a twelve round majority decision over Golovkin to capture the WBC, WBA world titles. Their first contest ended in a controversial twelve round split draw.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has made it clear that Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) will have the final word on whether or not a trilogy fight takes place with Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs). Last month, Canelo captured the WBC, WBA middleweight titles with a twelve round majority decision over Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, who handles Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs), is not ruling out the possibility of a trilogy fight with Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) in 2019. Last month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Canelo won a twelve round majority decision over Golovkin to capture the WBC, WBA middleweight world titles.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, the World Boxing Council will allow their middleweight champion, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, to make a voluntary defense of the title. And they also ordered a final middleweight eliminator between WBC interim-champion Jermall Charlo and once-beaten Gennady Golovkin. Canelo will have to fight the Charlo vs. Golovkin winner.
The WBC announced during its convention Wednesday in Kiev, Ukraine, that Canelo Alvarez can make a voluntary defense of its middleweight title in his next fight. Mexico’s Alvarez is expected to make that defense against David Lemieux, a former IBF 160-pound champion.