Golovkin talks Canelo vs. Khan fight

1-golovkin-wade (16)By Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is conflicted about whether it would be a positive thing if welterweight Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) defeats WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in their fight on May 7.

While Golovkin says it would be interesting to have a new WBC 160lb champion in Khan, he thinks it would be bad because of Khan not being a real middleweight and lacks the size of normal fighters in the division.

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Dominic Wade: I ain’t scared of Golovkin

1-golovkin-wade (11)By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten #3 IBF challenger Dominic Wade (18-0, 12 KOs) showed up on Thursday for his press conference in New York City with IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) and he made it clear that he’s not afraid of the Kazakhstan fighter despite being much younger than him. The 25-year-old Wade will be challenging Golovkin on April 23 on HBO Championship Boxing from the Forum in Inglewood, California.

Wade is a huge underdog in this fight, and one reason for that is he is fighting what many fans see as the best fighter in the 160lb division. Wade has not established himself as one of the top fighters in the middleweight division.

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Loeffler says Golovkin has contract to fight Canelo-Khan winner

Image: Loeffler says Golovkin has contract to fight Canelo-Khan winnerBy Tim Fletcher: Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler says he has a contract for Golovkin to fight the winner of the May 7 fight between WBC middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan.

Loeffler says it’s in writing that Golovkin will get to fight the winner of that fight. The winner has 15 days to decide whether they want to take the fight with Golovkin or not. If they choose not to, then they’ll either vacate the WBC title or be stripped of it.

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Golovkin: Canelo-Khan is business fight; not serious

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By Jeff Aranow: Despite the huge amount of attention WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) has received since his fight against British welterweight Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) was first announced two weeks ago, IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) refuses to consider it as a serious fight that is a competitive match-up. Canelo meets Khan on May 7 on HBO pay-per-view from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Golovkin can’t take it seriously because of Canelo’s weight advantage, and power advantage. In Golovkin’s mind, the Canelo-Khan fight is only for business purposes to make money and not one meant to be a serious fight that can be one by either fighter.

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Golovkin: Canelo-Khan is not good for the sport

golovkin77777(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jeff Aranow: If you ask what IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin thinks of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Amir Khan fight, you’re going to get a negative reaction. Golovkin hates the fight, as he sees it as a mismatch due to Canelo being so much heavier than Khan.

Golovkin believes the Canelo-Khan fight is bad for the sport of boxing due there being such a large weight disparity between the two fighters. Khan, 29, will be moving up from the 147lb division on May 7 to fight Canelo at a catch-weight of 155lbs for Canelo’s WBC middleweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Sanchez: The Diva [Canelo] must fight Golovkin at 160 without catch-weight

1-CottoCaneloArrivals_Hoganphotos13By Tim Fletcher: Trainer Abel Sanchez says that there absolutely will not be a catch-weight for a fight between his fighter IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) and WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) for later this year in September.

Sanchez says that Golovkin will not be fighting Canelo at 155lb catch-weight, period. Sanchez says that the World Boxing Council rules that are in place says Canelo has 15 days to agree to the fight after the two of them fight their interim fights. Sanchez says the WBC’s rules say nothing about a 155lb catch-weight division.

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Golovkin-Wade: 6000 tickets sold first day for 4/23 fight

golovkin8133(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Allan Fox: Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions says that over 6,000 tickets were sold on the first day that they went on sale for the April 23 fight between IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) and challenger Dominic Wade (18-0, 12 KOs) for their fight at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

Loeffler, the promoter for Golovkin, expects the fight to be a sellout. The Forum has a seating capacity of 17,505. That would be a real show of Golovkin’s ability to sell tickets if the fight turns out to be a sellout.

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GGG and Chocolatito Return to the Forum April 23rd

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By Michael Montero – On an unseasonably hot Tuesday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles, the boxing media gathered for the kickoff presser announcing Gennady Golovkin’s upcoming fight against Dominic Wade. The middleweight championship bout headlines an HBO Championship Boxing broadcast on April 23rd, with pound for pound kingpin Roman Gonzalez defending his flyweight title against McWilliams Arroyo in the co-feature. The one-two combo of the “Big Drama Show” and the “Little Drama Show” return to The Forum in Inglewood almost a year since they debuted together last May.

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Golovkin on Canelo’s 155lbs demand “This is not respect to boxing!”

golovkin#236By Tim Fletcher: IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) says he thinks that WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) is disrespecting the sport of boxing with his demands for a catch-weight of 155lbs when defending his WBC middleweight title.

Golovkin feels that Canelo is more than ready to fight at the full weight for the middleweight division without the need of a catch-weight handicap of 155lbs. Golovkin sees it totally disrespectful for the 25-year-old Canelo asking to fight at a catch-weight.

There’s talk that Canelo will give Golovkin a take it or leave it offer regarding the 155lb catch-weight that he’s been fighting at. If Golovkin wants the fight against him, he might need to agree to a catch-weight of 155lbs.

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The Best Boxing Can Offer?

1-CANELO ALVAREZ 05By The Commissioner: The date is May 1st 2015, the stage is set for the most anticipated fight of all time. The ‘fight of the century’, the fight of all fights, the fight that has dominated sports media for near on a decade. Floyd Mayweather Jr, Pretty Boy Floyd, Money Mayweather finally squares off against the people’s champion; Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino Whirlwind, whom to many observers, is Floyd’s kryptonite.

Fast forward to May 3rd 2015 and social media is awash with negative opinion regarding the supposed ‘Fight of the Century’, many labeling it boring and devoid of any real engagement. The bout came to a predictable ending, at least to the unbiased eye, one uninfluenced by matters of the heart and solely based on logical thinking. Personally, I had always believed that Mayweather was too skilled a boxer to be beaten, or even troubled by Manny but I still tuned in, more to see if Pac-Man could be prove me wrong rather than to see Mayweather prove me right.

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