Gennady Golovkin boxing news
By Sean Jones: Abel Sanchez notes that Saul Canelo Alvarez talked bravely before his last fight against Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin on September 16th on HBO PPV, saying he was going to go out and knockout the Kazakhstan star in front of the boxing fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. When Canelo chose to run from Golovkin, Sanchez was disappointed because he failed to live up to his bold words.
By Scott Gilfoid: Billy Joe Saunders is going to need to deal with a MASSIVE pressure from Gennady ‘GGG” Golovkin all night long, and the Kazakhstan fighter’s trainer, the highly respected Abel Sanchez, has doubts whether he’ll be able to do that. However, Sanchez has doubts whether Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) will even get to that point where he faces Triple G, because he thinks he’ll get greedy for money and price himself out by asking for $12 million for the fight, which he feels is a totally absurd number.
By Jeff Aranow: Billy Joe Saunders hasn’t changed his view on Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin not having much of a chance of winning a decision against Saul Canelo Alvarez in their May 5th rematch if the fight is close affair, which it wasn’t last time and GGG still didn’t get the win.
By Sean Jones: Trainer Abel Sanchez has made it clear that Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin is going to go after Golden Boy Promotions star Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez from the first bell on May 5th in their rematch and push a much quicker pace than in their last fight against each other on September 16th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Hector Gonzalez: Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin II has officially been set for this upcoming Cinco De Mayo on May 5th, and as expected, the boxing community is coming together weighing in on what fight number 2 is going to look like. Heated debates are happening on all forums and media outlets, mostly based on what appeared to be a controversial draw from their first encounter.
By Dan Ambrose: Super featherweight prospect Ryan Garcia says middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) can’t change how he fights, and he sees Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) as having learned how to beat him from their last fight on September 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 19-year-old Garcia says the only thing Canelo has to do is get in good condition to fight 12 hard rounds for him to beat Golovkin, because he doubts that he’ll be able to knockout him out.
By Sean Jones: Teddy Atlas is once again banging the drum for Saul Canelo Alvarez to defeat middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin in their rematch on May 5. Atlas is predicting a win for the 27-year-old Canelo, and he’s hitting on the same theme he had for the previous Canelo-GGG fight last September, saying that Golovkin is over and slipping.
By Harry Hogg: After long drawn-out negotiations, Golden Boy Promotions along with Tom Loeffler finally announced the much-anticipated rematch between Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin on Monday, scheduled for May 5th (Cinco de Mayo), with the venue yet to be revealed.
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya is making a major push to have the rematch for the Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady “GGG’ Golovkin second fight on May 5th to be staged in Las Vegas, Nevada once again, and it’s looking like he’s going to get his way. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler would prefer the fight take place in New York at Madison Square Garden or the Cowboys Stadium in Texas, but he’s fine with it also taking place in Las Vegas again.
By Jeff Aranow: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is already talking about a trilogy fight between middleweights Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul Canelo Alvarez no matter happens in their May 5th rematch. There isn’t a rematch clause for the Canelo-Golovkin 2 fight, but De La Hoya sees that as a non-issue preventing them from facing each other in a third fight.