Rosado explains why Canelo chose Chavez Jr. instead of GGG

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By Dan Ambrose: Gabriel Rosado has his own theory about why Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is fighting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next instead of the fighter that the boxing world wants to see him face in Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. Rosado says that the sport has changed and it’s now more business oriented with the best fighters no longer facing the best. So instead of Canelo fighting the best fighter in the middleweight division, he’s facing Chavez Jr., whose career hasn’t been the same since his loss to Sergio Martinez in 2012.

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Kellerman & Lampley talk Canelo-Chavez Jr. and Golovkin

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By Jim Lampley: Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman chimed in with their thoughts this week on the May 6th fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs), as well as the situation with middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) waiting on the sidelines hoping to get a fight with the redheaded Mexican star if he wins.

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Canelo: “Golovkin has to prepare for me, I don’t have to prepare for him!”

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By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) seemed a bit over sensitive earlier on Wednesday when he was asked at a media workout in San Diego, California about whether he’s getting ready for a with middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin for later on this year. It was a harmless question asked of Canelo, but he took it in a negative way by saying GGG is the one that needs to be considered with getting ready.

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Gilberto Ramirez: Golovkin fight will happen this year; Canelo match not ever happening

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By Dan Ambrose: WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) feels pretty certain that he’ll be fighting unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) at the end of this year or at the start of next year, but he doesn’t believe he’ll ever face Canelo. Ramirez, 25, has to get past his opponent Max Bursak (34-4-1, 15 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight on the undercard of the featherweight match between WBO champion Oscar Valdez vs. Miguel Marriaga at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

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Lemieux still an option for Canelo’s September fight

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By Jeff Aranow: Despite all the talk about middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin being the fight that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez wants this September, Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez says that former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) is still an option for Canelo to fight after his May 6th match with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Lemieux remains one of the strong options for Canelo.

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Chavez Jr explains why Canelo will never fight Golovkin

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By Dan Ambrose” Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (50-2-1, 32 KOs) has a theory on why Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will never in his career face middleweight knockout artist Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), and it it comes down to him being simply afraid of getting in the ring with him. Chavez Jr. says that Canelo sparred with Golovkin in the past, and the power was too much for him and he decided he didn’t want to face him.

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Watch: McGirt explains how Golovkin can erase Jacobs fight

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By Allan Fox: Trainer Buddy McGirt says that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) needs to fight the winner of the May 6th fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and prove that he can beat them in order to erase the stigma surrounding his fight with Daniel Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) last March.

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Most Exciting Fighters Today

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By Angel Flowers: Most Exciting Boxers to Watch

Boxers have many different styles that the boxing public appreciate. There are all action pressure fighters like James Kirkland, defensive minded fighters like Floyd Mayweather, fighters with incredible hand speed like Amir Khan, technical boxers like Wladimir Klitschko or one punch knockout fighters like Deontay Wilder. While many people are a master of their respective styles a lot of styles are meant for boxing purist, this article is for the casual fans.

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Billy Jo Saunders: A man without a fight

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By Angel Flowers: Billy Jo Saunders: Nowhere to turn

Poor Billy Jo Saunders, in today’s boxing world he finds himself with nowhere to turn despite being champion. Saunders is the undefeated middleweight champion from the U.K. and should be a star by now but finds himself having a lack of quality fights. Sure there are tough fights out there, he could move up to super middleweight or take on a string of hard punching slick boxers in his own division but none of those situations will garner him any type of respect.

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