By Scott Gilfoid: The bulked up Kell Brook might want to think twice about going out and brawling with Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in their fight next month, because the Kazakhstan fighter thinks he won’t last very long if he chooses that strategy. Golovkin has already said he doesn’t think all the weight that Brook has put on will help him in this fight.
Brook has bulked up to 176lbs in hopes that his extra size will help him be competitive with the 5’10 ½” Golovkin on the night. Both Golovkin and his trainer Abel Sanchez think that’s a fail on Brook’s part. Indeed, Sanchez believes that the added weight that Brook has put on will lead to him getting knocked out faster in this fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez spoke boldly after his win over Amir Khan last May, saying that he would fight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin inside the ring that night. Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez liked hearing Canelo speak so boldly because he felt that there was a good chance that he would fight Golovkin. However, Canelo vacated his WBC title shortly after that rather than fight Golovkin, who was his mandatory challenger at the time.
Sanchez says that’s unforgivable that Canelo would vacate his WBC belt without even putting up a fight. Sanchez says that failing is okay as long as you fight bravely. But for a fighter like Canelo to just give up his WBC title without even trying to fight Golovkin, he thinks that’s really low.
By Scott Gilfoid: If former super middleweight champion Carl Froch is tired of yapping on the sidelines about boxing, he’s got a big money match against unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) waiting for him. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler says he’s open to making a fight between Golovkin and the 39-year-old Froch after the Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) fight next month on September 10.
Loeffler says that he’d be willing to match Golovkin against either Froch or Chris Eubank Jr. if everything goes right with the Brook fight next month at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Dan Ambrose: Despite Golden Boy Promotions head honcho Oscar De La Hoya saying that a fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO middleweight champion Gennady “GGG: Golovkin will take place in the fall of 2017, Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez doesn’t see that happening at all. Sanchez believes that Golden Boy is going to wait until Golovkin is 60-years-old before they make that fight.
Obviously, Sanchez is just joking, but what he seems to be saying is that Golden Boy will wait for Golovkin to age enough to where they feel that they have the advantage I putting their franchise fighter Canelo in with him so that it’s him in a strong position to win, not Golovkin.
By Dan Ambrose: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin says he doubts that Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will fight him in 2017 like his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions said he would. Instead, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Golovkin believes that a fight between them could take place in five years, which would make the Kazakhstan fighter 39-years-old. Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) doesn’t see Canelo (47-1-1, 33 KOs) as being serious about wanting to fight him right now. He sees the 26-year-old Canelo as being motivated by business rather than for the sport.
As far as his next opponent Kell Brook goes, Golovkin thinks he’s too heavy at 176, and he thinks it won’t be too much for him to deal with on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, England. Golovkin sees Brook’s bulking up as a strategy from his team. He says he’s currently at 165lbs, and he’s feeling very good.
“A long time ago, we trained together. I had a lot of respect for him,” Golovkin said about Canelo. “Right now, it’s just business. He showed his face. He showed strategy of Golden Boy. It’s not respect. This is not business. Eubank is like Canelo. He’s just talking. It’s just show. It’s not real. He’s not serious, just commercial, like circus; so many clowns here, just dancing. As soon as he was given contract, it’s ‘no.’ Too much talking. He knows he’s not fighting me. He knows. Why you talking? Why you say you’re calling me tomorrow? He’s not serious. I don’t want talking. These are just clowns. I know Canelo is not ready until next year; maybe in five years later. Maybe just like that,” said Golovkin.
By Scott Gilfoid: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) says he thought it was funny some of the negative comments former super middleweight champion Carl Froch made about him this past in the media. Froch apparently said that Golovkin needs to move up in weight and fight guys his own size despite the fact that he’s a small middleweight that could actually fight at 154lb if he wanted to.
Golovkin said that he thinks Froch talks too much and that he’s a clown. Golovkin has no interested in fighting Froch right now because he sees him as finished and retired from boxing. Golovkin’s main focus is on his September 10 fight against Britain’s Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former world champion Johnny Nelson thinks that Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) should attack IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) straightaway in their fight on September 10, because he believes that his best chance of winning the contest is to not fight passively.
Nelson notes that two of Golovkin’s past knockout victims, Matthew Macklin and Martin Murray, were forced onto the back foot, and they were eventually knocked out by the Kazakhstan fighter. Nelson believes that it would have been different if Murray and Macklin had gone straight into the teeth of Golovkin’s offense to return fire rather than run and spoil the way they did.
By Dan Ambrose: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is clearly the 900lb gorilla in the middleweight division right now without question. He’s proven that he’s the best without even having to fight the top three fighters in the division. However, there’s a lot of disagreement with boxing fans in who are the best fighters overall in the division in their pecking order.
I believe the difference between Golovkin and the rest of the pack is like difference between planet Earth and planet Pluto. Never the less, there is a No.2 guy in the division right now, and I don’t see it being Saul “Canelo” Alvarez despite him being a very popular fighter. I see Canelo as being overrated as a fighter. I think Canelo is more of the next generation’s version of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. In other words, Chavez Jr. 2.0.
By Scott Gilfoid: Boxing fans essentially see Kell Brook as the token lamb for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) to slaughter on September 10 in their UK fight at the O2 Arena in London. Brook doesn’t see it that way though. He feels that he’s going to beat Golovkin, and show the critics how wrong they are. Brook also thinks this fight will show the fans that h doesn’t care about taking on dangerous opponents. He’ll do it anyway.
Like with anything, people judge a person on what they’ve done in the past. If they failed at something or if they didn’t look impressive, then they’re going to predict failure for that person. All we know from watching Brook’s past fights is that he’s only fought one good opponent in his entire career in Shawn Porter in 2014, and that he was forced to spoil all night long by holding him.
By Phil Chadwick: On September 30th, Gennady Golovkin (35-0) will for the first time step foot on UK soil, and will walk into a sold-out 02 Arena in front of 20,000 fans to lock horns with IBF Welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0).
Many boxing pundits are predicting an easy night’s works for the man best known as ‘GGG’, and if forced to bet heavily on this fight, I wouldn’t bet against the fearsome Kazakhstan KO artist. The smart money says GGG to win by KO, within the first 6 rounds.
