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,
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?).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By Sean Jones: Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin ripped into Saul Canelo Alvarez this week in calling him the dirtiest fighter he’s ever fought. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) didn’t go into details of what he meant by saying that Canelo is the dirtiest fighter he’s ever fought, but it’s possible that he’s eluding to his two positive tests for the performance enhancing substance clenbuterol last February.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA Super World welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman is expected to be back in action in October, possibly on the undercard of IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia. Showtime vice president of Sports Stephen Espinoza says 29-year-old Thurman could be fighting in October.
By Allan Fox: Saul Canelo Alvarez says he now has the blueprint to defeat Gennady Golovkin from the last fight against him on September 16. Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KOs) plans on using what he learned from that fight on the 36-year-old Golovkin in their rematch on September 15 on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.