By Dan Ambrose: Former Gennady “GGG” Golovkin knockout victim, Willie Monroe Jr., is predicting that he’ll be stopped in the 9th round b Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) in their fight on September 16. Monroe Jr. says he discovered a weakness in Triple G’s game in fighting him on the inside in their fight two years ago on May 16, 2015, and he believes that the 27-year-old Canelo will be able to take advantage of that by staying in close.
By Mark McCourt: As the hotly anticipated September 16th fight between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez quickly approaches its clear a lot if people want to throw the 50 cents in. You have the likes of Errol Spence Jr., Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto all picking the redhead Canelo to win. There are some even suggesting by Knockout. You then have others, for example, Danny Jacobs, Gabriel Rosado and Kell Brook (yes, all seem to be prior victims of Golovkin) picking Golovkin to win.
By Jeff Aranow: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has improved since Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez first met him 8 years ago when Canelo was only 19, but he’s still not good enough to beat GGG, says Sanchez. Canelo and Golovkin will be meeting up in a big fight in a little over 2 months from now on September 16 on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Dan Ambrose: Andre Berto is picking Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to defeat Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on September 16, and he sees him beating him by a knockout. That’s Berto’s prediction. Berto says that if the fight had taken place 2 years ago, he might have felt differently, but Golovkin is coming off of a performance against Danny Jacobs were he didn’t look so good in Berto’s mind.
By Jeff Aranow: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) has apparently sized up 35-year-old IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), and he’s now guaranteeing that he’s going to be knocking him out on September 16 in their fight on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) is hinting that he plans on fighting Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on the inside on September 16 in their long-awaited fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo says the key to beating Golovkin is to attack him to the body and come up stairs with combinations.
By Dan Ambrose: Last Monday, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) revisited the topic of Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s last fight against former WBA World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs in their fight from last March. Canelo said he thought Golovkin lost the fight by 1 to 2 points. It’s unclear why Canelo is still talking about Golovkin’s fight with Jacobs.
By Dan Ambrose: On September 16, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will NOT be using the safety first blueprint that Floyd Mayweather Jr. used exclusively in beating Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision 4 years ago in 2013, according to GGG’s trainer Abel Sanchez. He says he doesn’t want Golovkin to fight Canelo in the same way that Mayweather did because it would make the fight boring to watch for the many boxing fans that will be purchasing the fight on HBO PPV.
By Dan Ambrose: Former junior middleweight world champion Sergio “Latin Snake” Mora is giving the edge to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez over Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in their fight on September 16. Mora says he previously was picking Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) to win that fight, but he’s now changed his mind after seeing how dominant Canelo was in beating an over-matched Julio Chavez Jr. by a 12 round unanimous decision on May 6. Canelo won every round in beating Chavez Jr. by the scores 120-108, 120-108 and 120-108.
By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is predicting 3 million pay-per-view buys for the September 16th mega-fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin 37-0, 33 KOs) on HBO PPV. This might sound like another one of De La Hoya’s overly ambitious predictions for the number of buy rates, but he could be right this time. It’s a match-up that will show whether Canelo can carry the sport on his back the way De La Hoya believes he can do.