By Allan Fox: A thin-looking Saul Canelo Alvarez weighed in at 167.4 pounds on Tuesday for his 30-day weigh-in San Diego, California for his rematch against IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
Canelo Alvarez
Santos Saul Álvarez Barragán, better known as Canelo, which translates to ‘cinnamon’ for his fiery red hair, has spiced up the boxing scene since his debut. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1990, this pugilist has clinched world championships across four weight divisions, making him a staple in the Hall of Fame pantry. Canelo unified titles in three divisions and claimed lineal championships in two, notably overpowering Miguel Cotto in 2015 for the WBC, Ring, and lineal middleweight crowns. Outside the ring, Canelo’s life is just as sweet, sharing it with his two kids, Emily Cinnamon Alvarez and Mía Ener Álvarez, and his wife, Fernanda Gómez, since 2021. According to Forbes, Canelo is worth at least $275 million!
Gennady Golovkin 30-day weigh-in results for Canelo rematch
By Sean Jones: On Tuesday, Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) weighed in at 168.3 pounds for his 30-day weigh-in for his September 15 rematch against former two division world champion Saul Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs). The 168 pounds Triple G weighed in puts him right at the 7-day weigh-in limit for the fight,
GGG Can’t Weight for Canelo!
GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN, the beef-eating undefeated World Middleweight Champion with the positive attitude and the negative random drug tests, can’t weight to return to the ring at T-Mobile Arena to defend his titles for a record-breaking 21st consecutive time. Golovkin’s record breaker will be his revenge rematch against No. 1 contender and former WBC middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs), of Guadalajara, Mexico, on Mexican Independence Day – Saturday, September 15. The world championship fight will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 8 P.M. ET / 5 P.M. PT. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, boxing’s longest-reigning world champion (since 2010), stepped on the scale today and weighed 168.3 lbs. – well below the 176 lbs. limit — for his WBC-mandated 30-day weigh-in. Golovkin’s 30-day weigh-in took place at The Summit, Golovkin’s high altitude training camp in Big Bear Lake, Calif. No weigh-in results have been reported by Canelo’s camp (Weight Watchers meeting ran long?).
Oscar Valdez to be trained by Canelo’s coach Eddy Reynoso
By Tim Royner: WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez will reportedly be trained by Saul Canelo Alvarez’s coach Eddy Reynoso. Valdez, 27, suffered a broken jaw in his last fight in beating former super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg last March.
Jim Gray: Golovkin will have to knockout Canelo to win
By Jim Dower: Showtime interviewer Jim Gray says Gennady Golovkin should have been given a victory in his first fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez last September, and he believes the only way he can beat the popular Golden Boy star is if he knocks him out in their rematch on September 15.
Canelo says Golovkin needs a punching bag for him to score knockouts
By Sean Jones: Saul Canelo Alvarez has been saying for months that he plans on taking the fight Gennady Golovkin in their rematch. However, Canelo now is saying that Golovkin needs his opponents to be stationary like a punching bag for him to score a knockout.
Canelo is going to make GGG pay for his trash talking says De La Hoya
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya says Saul Canelo Alvarez is planning on making Gennady Golovkin pay for his trash talking that he’s been doing about him calling him the dirtiest fighter that he’s ever fought before.
De La Hoya wants Canelo vs. Spence fight, waiting for Errol to talk to him
By Jim Dower: Oscar De La Hoya says he’s very interested in a fight between Golden Boy Promotion’s cash cow Saul Canelo Alvarez and IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. as soon as possible.
Loeffler: GGG is going to be the hunter against Canelo
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.
Abel Sanchez says Canelo’s punches were slaps against GGG
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.