Purses Golovkin-Martirosyan: GGG $1 million, Vanes $225,000

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By Sean Jones: Middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) will be getting a guaranteed purse of $1 million for his voluntary defense against career junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) tonight in their fight on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

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GGG looks to tie Hopkins’ record on Saturday

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By Jeff Aranow: Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) won’t be getting the big money fight that he wanted against Saul Canelo Alvarez this Saturday night, but he does have an opportunity to make history by tying former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive title defenses in his fight against replacement opponent Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

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Hopkins says Errol Spence must earn Canelo fight

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By Dan Ambrose: Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions says welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. hast to earn a fight against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez instead of having it given to him by merely asking for it. Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) recently said that he’d be willing to move up to 160 lb. division for a fight against the 27-year-old Canelo.

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Golovkin: The best middleweight since Hagler

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By Sean Jones: Middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) is fast approaching breaking Bernard Hopkins’ record for title defenses, and it seems clear already that he’s the best fighter that 160lb division has seen since Marvin Hagler.

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Hopkins: Canelo will KO GGG like Ward did with Kovalev

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By Dan Ambrose: Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions expects his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) to beat IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) by a knockout just like Andre Ward stopped former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev by a stoppage in their rematch.

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Hopkins: Nobody is saying GGG got robbed

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By Jim Dower: According to Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions, the boxing fans don’t feel that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) was robbed of a decision win in his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Hopkins: Broner should out-slick Garcia if his mind is clear

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By William Mackay: Former world champion Bernard Hopkins says Adrien “The Problem” Broner could out-box Mikey Garcia if he comes into their July 29 fight with his mind clear, and him focusing mentally on boxing. Hopkins thinks there’s a chance that Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) could have some kind of nervous breakdown inside the ring against Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) due to him having a lot of things on his plate in terms of outside the ring issues.

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