Golovkin’s trainer: Canelo has 15 days to make up mind for fight

1-canelo-cotto-results (18)By Dan Ambrose: If Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) wants to hold onto his newly won WBC middleweight title then the clock is ticking for him, as he only has 15 days to make a decision whether to keep the WBC title or defend it against mandatory challenger Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs), and one of those days are now gone.

Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez doesn’t mean to put pressure on the 25-year-old Canelo, but he says that Canelo has to make his mind up within two weeks whether he’s going to face Golovkin or give up his WBC title.

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Golovkin’s trainer responds to Mayweather

1-GolovkinLemieux_Hoganphotos2By Dan Ambrose: This week, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he wants to see IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) take risks with his career by moving up in weight to the 168lb division and face the bigger Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) in order to prove himself to him that he’s as good as people think he is.

Until Golovkin makes this move in facing Ward at a higher weight, Mayweather says he won’t be convinced that he’s as good as people think he is. Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez was asked about Mayweather’s comments, and he said without mentioning Ward’s name specifically that Golovkin can’t face fighters that have legal issues or injuries.

Ward had promotional problems with his former promoter for a while. Ward also had injury problems in the past, including right now that has kept him from fighting.

“It’s all about taking risks and taking chances,” Mayweather said to Fighthype.com. “I did it. I took risks. I took chances. I’m just waiting to see if Triple G is going to go up and fight Andre Ward. I’m going to be convinced when he can go up and beat Andre Ward. Until then, I’m not convinced,” Mayweather said.

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Golovkin’s trainer: Canelo would have a responsibility to defend WBC title if he wins it

sanchezBy Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez says Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) will have a responsibility to defend the WBC middleweight title against Golovkin, the WBC #1 mandatory challenger, if Canelo defeats the current WBC 160lb champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) in their catch-weight fight at 155lbs this month on November 21st.

There’s been talk that the winner of the Cotto-Canelo fight will ignore the World Boxing Council’s mandate that they fight Golovkin next, and instead will vacate the title so that they can continue to fight whoever they want to fight, which could very well be each other in a series of rematches until the boxing public tires of paying to see them fight each other on HBO PPV.

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Kovalev beats Ward, says Sanchez

wardBy Dan Ambrose:
IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) defeats Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) next year, says Abel Sanchez, the well-known trainer for IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.

Ward and Kovalev are on a crash course for late 2016. Both fighters sighed a 3-fight contract with HBO Boxing this week. Their third fight will be against each other next year provided that they win their first two fights of the contract.

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Sanchez: Gennady’s IQ is higher than Lemieux’s

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By Tim Fletcher: Abel Sanchez, the trainer for IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) thinks that his important match against David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KO) this Saturday night will come down to Golovkin’s boxing IQ, which he feels is a lot higher than the 26-year-old Lemieux.

Sanchez respects Lemieux’s punching power, but he doesn’t rate him high as far as his ring intelligence goes. Sanchez sees the Canadian Lemieux as little more than a George Foreman type banger, a fighter who goes out there and tries to wear down his opponents with his looping shots to the head and body.

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Ward is just using Golovkin’s name to stay relevant, says Sanchez

ward6666By Dan Ambrose: In a real surprising bit of news, IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez says that WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward is using Golovkin’s name to stay relevant by name dropping his name to get attention from boxing fans and the media.

Sanchez says that Ward was lying when he recently said that Golovkin’s promoter turned down a fight offer from him to fight him. Sanchez says that Ward didn’t start talking about a fight against Golovkin until after he’d already signed for a unification fight against IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) on October 17th.

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Golovkin’s trainer wants Lemieux to backup his tough talk

1-GolovkinLemieuxLAPC_Hoganphotos11By Dan Ambrose: IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) has made a lot of noise lately in saying that he’s going to come punching in his unification fight against IBF/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) on October 17th this month in their fight on HBO pay-per-view.

Abel Sanchez, the trainer for Golovkin, wants the fight to be an exciting affair with both guys throwing leather from start until the bitter finish. Lemieux has always been a slugger during his career, and that’s why Sanchez is hoping that he sticks to his original style of fighting so that Golovkin doesn’t have to chase him around the ring all night long like he’s been forced to do against some of his opponents.

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Lemieux: Golovkin’s trainer is immature for predicting 4th round KO win for GGG

1-GolovkinLemieuxLAPC_Hoganphotos3By Dan Ambrose: IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) got worked up this week after learning from the media that Abel Sanchez, the trainer for IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs), is predicting an easy 4th round knockout victory for Golovkin over Lemieux in their fight on October 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Lemieux thinks it’s very immature of Sanchez to be making such a bold prediction because he feels that he’s a very good opponent and not the type that Sanchez should be making a prediction like that about. But Lemieux has been pretty bold himself in saying that he absolutely believes in his mind that he’s going to beat Golovkin.

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Sanchez expects Lemieux to be careful against Golovkin

golovkin63By Dan Ambrose: IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) has a reputation of starting quickly in his fights and going out looking for fast knockouts. With his big power in either hand, Lemieux frequently is able to score early knockouts or knockdowns in his fights.

Abel Sanchez, the trainer for WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs), suspects that Lemieux will be told to take it easy and not try and slug with Golovkin early on when they face each other on October 17th on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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Golovkin to fight in October, fight to be announced in next two weeks, says Sanchez

golovkin433By Dan Ambrose: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez says Golovkin will be fighting in October against a soon to be announced opponent in the next two weeks. Tom Loeffler, the promoter for Golovkin, is currently negotiating with Golovkin’s potential opponent for the October fight.

Sanchez didn’t drop any hints about who the fighter could be, but Golden Boy Promotions are reportedly in talks with Loeffler about a unification fight between their fighter IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux and Golovkin. It would be interesting if Lemieux winds up being the opponent for Golovkin in October on HBO. Golovkin-Lemieux would be a big fight, but probably not big enough for HBO pay-per-view.

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