Gennady Golovkin boxing news
By Sean Jones: Tom Loeffler says Gennady Golovkin is angry and he’s going to be taking his frustrations out on Saul Canelo Alvarez in their rematch next month. Golovkin isn’t buying Canelo’s excuses about how the clenbuterol got in his system, says Loeffler, and he’s not happy with being stripped of his International Boxing Federation middleweight title by the IBF.
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Abel Sanchez says Saul Canelo Alvarez’s shots lacked power and were thrown with nothing but pure desperation in unfulfilled contest against middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin last September on HBO pay per view in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sanchez says GGG told him that Canelo’s punches were just slaps without power.
By Sean Jones: Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin ripped into Saul Canelo Alvarez this week in calling him the dirtiest fighter he’s ever fought. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) didn’t go into details of what he meant by saying that Canelo is the dirtiest fighter he’s ever fought, but it’s possible that he’s eluding to his two positive tests for the performance enhancing substance clenbuterol last February.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA Super World welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman is expected to be back in action in October, possibly on the undercard of IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia. Showtime vice president of Sports Stephen Espinoza says 29-year-old Thurman could be fighting in October.
By Allan Fox: Saul Canelo Alvarez says he now has the blueprint to defeat Gennady Golovkin from the last fight against him on September 16. Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KOs) plans on using what he learned from that fight on the 36-year-old Golovkin in their rematch on September 15 on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Sean Jones: Saul Canelo Alvarez posted a warning to Gennady Golovkin on Thursday on social media, saying, ”I’m coming for you.” Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KOs) wants to prove himself as the better fighter, and he’s got a lot of doubters now from the boxing world that don’t believe in him. Golovkin is going to put major pressure on Canelo in this fight.
By Allan Fox: Saul Canelo Alvarez is going to need to find a different way to win against IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin in their long awaited rematch on September 15 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KOs) tried to beat Golovkin by packing on a huge amount of muscle mass for the first fight, but it ultimately slowed him down, making it impossible for him to fight hard without repeated rest breaks in each round.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul ‘Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin II undercard will has the following fights in the works: Jaime Munguia vs. Brandon Cook, David Lemieux vs. Gary O’Sullivan and Roman ‘Chocolatio’ Gonzalez vs. Moises Fuentes.
HBO Sports’ groundbreaking “24/7” reality franchise, which has captured 18 Sports Emmy® Awards, will return for its 24th boxing installment with 24/7 CANELO/GGG 2, it was announced today by Rick Bernstein, executive producer, HBO Sports. The behind-the-scenes show follows two elite fighters – Canelo Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin – as they prepare for their highly anticipated middleweight championship mega-fight title rematch Saturday, September 15 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul Canelo Alvarez says he must adapt to improve his game for his rematch with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin next month in their rematch on September 15. Even though the 27-year-old Canelo believes he should have been given the victory for their fight last years in September, he understands that he needs to make changes to his game for him to defeat Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) to take his IBO, WBA and WBC middleweight titles on September 15 on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.