By Keith Idec

LAS VEGAS – Andre Rozier wasn’t surprised when he learned last week of the split between Gennady Golovkin and trainer Abel Sanchez.

Daniel Jacobs’ trainer explained Tuesday that he thinks Sanchez’s outspoken nature cost him his job as Golovkin’s corner man. Sanchez revealed publicly last week that his long-prosperous partnership with Golovkin ended recently because Golovkin wanted Sanchez to take a significant pay cut for his upcoming fights.

“I was waiting for it to happen,” Rozier said. “[Sanchez is] the worst. It’s just the way he goes about things.”

Rozier and Jacobs discussed the Golovkin-Sanchez split toward the end of their interview session Tuesday at MGM Grand. They met with reporters following “grand arrivals” for Jacobs’ middleweight title unification fight against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena (DAZN).

Jacobs and Rozier both disliked how Sanchez spoke about Jacobs before and after Jacobs lost a close decision to Golovkin two years ago at Madison Square Garden.

“I’ll never forget,” Rozier said, “we were on the phone and we had a conference interview, and he told me that Danny was not ready for the big time. And I was watching [Sanchez] when we fought Golovkin and he was sweating bullets. And I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah, come on, baby. One more time. Let’s keep mounting it up.’ And I don’t wish bad on anybody, I really don’t. But sometimes you could talk so much that you talk yourself right out of a situation. That’s what Abel Sanchez did.”

Jacobs, trained by Rozier since he was a teenager, pointed out Tuesday that Golovkin isn’t the only boxer to part ways with Sanchez recently. Former cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev, heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce and junior welterweight veteran Ryan Martin also have begun working with new trainers since their last fights.

“I thought it was funny because Abel is not the most pleasant guy when it comes to criticizing Triple-G’s opponents, right?,” Jacobs said. “He was talking a lot of negative things about me and Canelo, and saying that we’re fighting for Golovkin’s belts and so many other different, disrespectful things. But, you know, he just lost what, maybe three or four fighters in a row? Four fighters in a row?

“I mean, I’m glad that I got my trainer that’s been here since day one, that made me who I am today. When we get this win, not only I catapult, but he catapults as one of the best trainers in the world. To me, he is. So, when I see all of these other trainers saying so many negative, different things, and then all of this stuff happens, I just smile, man. It’s just funny.”

Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) hasn’t announced who’ll train him for his next fight. The former middleweight champion is scheduled to face Canada’s Steve Rolls (19-0, 10 KOs) on June 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.