Gabriel Rosado

By Jason Kim: Abel Sanchez, the trainer for WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s), sees him having a short night on January 19th if the stubborn brawler Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) elects to slug with him when they meet in an HBO televised fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Sanchez hasn’t seen a puncher like Golovkin before and he thinks he can quickly become a huge star in the sport if he can get the other top fighters to agree to fight him. Golovkin is willing to do anything to make the big fights happen. He wants Sergio Martinez, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Mikkel Kessler, Andre Ward, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Sanchez said to the latimes.com “If a guy wants to stand in front of him and fight, no one hits like that. It’ll be a short fight, and it’ll be entertaining…I’ve always trained my guy to hurt somebody.”

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By Allan Fox: Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) sees himself having an easy fight coming up against WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) on January 19th on HBO at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Rosado doesn’t even see it as a fight, as he thinks his skills and power will be too much for the 30-year-old former Olympian Golovkin.

Rosado said to thaboxingvoice.com “I feel the kind of performance I’m going to have, I’m going to dominate this guy [Golovkin]. I don’t feel this will be close. I’m going to dominate this guy. People are going to be shocked, Man.”

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By Allan Fox: On January 19th, WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) gets his second chance to impress American boxing fans with his fight against Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight will be televised on HBO, and it’s going to be an important fight for Golovkin to quickly pick up boxing fans. The 26-year-old Rosado is the younger guy, and he thinks he can beat Golovkin at his own game by slugging it out with him.

To be sure, Rosado does have very good power in his own right, but he’s going to have to be able to take a lot of big shots from Golovkin in order to win the fight. That’s the problem. Golovkin hits so awfully hard, and with his trainer Abel Sanchez, Golovkin has become a dual threat on the outside as well as the inside.

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By Dan Ambrose: Junior middleweight contender Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) still insists that he’s going to pull off a huge upset next month when he faces WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) on January 19thon HBO at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Rosado is a huge underdog in this fight, mostly because he’s never beaten anyone in Golovkin’s class before, but also because he’s moving up in weight to take the fight.

Rosado has faced one puncher – Alfredo Angulo – during his six year pro career and he was destroyed by that fighter in only two rounds. Rosado’s promoters haven’t put him in with any big punchers since then and he’s done okay against the non-punchers his promoter has put him in with.

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By Allan Fox: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) wants to become a big star in the United States but it may be slow going because he’s not getting the top fighters to voluntarily face him. Instead of a big name for his next fight, Golovkin has to settle for Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) to defend his title against on January 19th at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York, USA.

I don’t really rate Rosado as a true middleweight. He’s been fighting at junior middleweight since he started his career in 2006, and he’ll be stepping up in weight in this fight to take on Golovkin. That’s not the ideal situation, is it? Rosado was blown out in two rounds by Alfredo Angulo just a couple of years ago, and he’s still the same fighter that Angulo destroyed.

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By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael is reporting that a deal has been made for unbeaten WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) to defend his title against junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) in an HBO televised fight on January 19th at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York, USA. This is the same card as the featherweight contest between WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido vs. Mikey Garcia.

I’m glad that Golovkin finally has an opponent for this fight date, but I’m not too impressed with the guy that they got in the 26-year-old Rosado. However, it was down to either him or middleweight contender Fernando Guerrero, a fighter that had recently been knocked out by 40-year-old Grady Brewer. That wouldn’t have been an appealing fight to see Golovkin vs. Guerrero because the outcome would be obvious.

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