Rosado: I proved I’m on the elite level now with the Golovkin fight

rosado9By Dan Ambrose Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) thinks his performance in losing a 7th round knockout to WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovin (25-0, 22 KO’s) last weekend proved that he’s an elite fighter. Rosado believes he won a lot of new fans by staying in there until the 7th when he fight was halted by his corner. Rosado says he’s going to move back down to 154 where he hopes he can get fights against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo based on his performance against Golovkin.

Rosado told ringtv “I gave fans a good fight and I believe I do have more fans after Saturday night…Fans will want to see me again. I stood up against the toughest guy at 160…The Golovkin fight puts me on that elite level.”

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Did Rosado ruin his chance of beating Golovkin by running?

rosado2By Allan Fox: Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) was in line for a title shot at 154, but instead he chose to move up in weight to fight WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (25-0, 22 KO’s) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rosado lost the fight to Golovkin by a 7th round stoppage. However, Rosado looked like he wasn’t really trying to win the fight.

Rosado opted to box/run for seven rounds instead of mixing it up with Golokvin, and the end result was Rosado getting slowly beaten down until his corner threw in the towel in the 7th. The question here is did Rosado ruin what little chance that he had by choosing the game plan to run instead of trying to fight? Rosado likely would have lost the fight anyway if he had chosen to fight, but he’s had stood a better chance of winning than by simply running.

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Golovkin expected back in action in March or April

golovkin14By Allan Fox: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (25-0, 22 KO’s) will be fighting in March or April, according to Steve Kim. There still isn’t an opponent picked out for his next fight but his promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions has some possibilities he’s looking at. Golovkin’s next fight might not be televised on HBO due on account of them possibly not having an open date for him during those months.

Golovkin defeated Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO last Saturday night in Madison Square Garden in New York. It was pretty much a one-sided fight considering Rosado chose to circle the ring for most of the fight rather than attempting to engage Golovkin.

Rosado was able to land some nice shots in the 5th round when he attempted to engage Golovkin for the first time in the fight in a sustained manner.

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Rosado wasn’t the smaller man against Golovkin

golovkin201By Allan Fox: Much has been made about WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (25-0, 22 KO’s) facing a junior middleweight in Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) last night in Madison Square Garden, New York.

Some fans mistakenly feel that because the 6’0” Rosado had been fighting at junior middleweight during his career that meant he was smaller than the 5’10” Golovkin in height and weight. However, it you looked at the fight last night you’ll see immediately that Rosado not only was the taller fighter but he also looked like the heavier fighter as well.

Boxing fans don’t realize that some fighters like to fight at weights smaller than their size so that they can gain an advantage from taking on the smaller fighters. These guys dehydrate to make weight and then put the water weight back on after the weigh-in.

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Golovkin stops Rosado in 7th in blood bath

golovkin12By Jim Dower: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (25-0, 22 KO’s) successfully defended his title on Saturday night in stopping a game Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) in the 7th round at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight was halted when Rosado’s corner threw in the towel to save Rosado, who was bleeding badly from his left eye and also bleeding from his nose. Rosado had stopped fighting back and was just running.

Rosado had talked about wanting to come and slug with Golovkin but instead of slugging, Rosado chose to run for the entire fight. He was able to land an occasional good shot, but for the most part Rosado was just moving punching bag.

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Golovkin dominates Rosado; Garcia defeats Salido

golovkin200By Jim Dower: In the main event on Saturday night, Undefeated #1 WBO Miguel “Mikey” Garcia (31-0, 26 KO’s) triumphed over WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KO’s), beating him by an eight round technical decision in a four knockdown performance at Madison Square Garden. Garcia suffered a broken nose from a head clash in the 8th, and it looked like his trainer/brother Robert Garcia was able to get the fight to be stopped and go to the cards.

Having the fight go to the cards no doubt saved Garcia from potentially taking a lot of punishment to the nose in the remaining four rounds of the fight. But perhaps more than that, it saved Garcia from taking punishment period considering Salido was starting to land more of his own power shots.

The judges scored the fight 79-70, 79-69, 79-69, all for Garcia. Salido was knocked down twice in the 1st round from left hooks by Garcia. Salido was walking into the shots and getting dropped. In the 3rd, Garcia knocked Salido down with a perfect right uppercut to the head that he never saw coming while they were in close.

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Golovkin will look to put Rosado out of his misery early on Saturday

golovkinmedia-11By Dan Ambrose: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) has been polite with Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) all week long and showing excellent manners but on Saturday night things are going to change rapidly when Golovkin shows his dark side and looks to obliterate Rosado on HBO at Madison Square Garden in New York. It’s not personal with Golovkin; it’s just business.

Golovkin needs to get Rosado out of there ring quickly in this fight and he can’t afford to let the fight go into later rounds so that Rosado can make it a messy fight.

Rosado is going to probably make it easy for Golovkin by looking to slug with him. That seems to be Rosado’s game plan judging by his comments. He’s been talking about how he’s going to dominate Golovkin and stop him by the 9th round, but that can’t happen unless Rosado takes the fight to Golovkin.

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Golovkin: Rosado will be a tough fight for me

golovkinmedia-3By Allan Fox: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) doesn’t see himself having an easy fight on Saturday night against his junior middleweight challenger Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Rosado is moving up in weight from the 154 pound division for this fight and he’s going to try and do what other fighters have failed to do and that’s beat the hard hitting Golovkin.

Golovkin said to RingTV “I think it’s a difficult fight for us.”

Golovkin has been letting his trainer Abel Sanchez do all the talking for him in terms of predictions, as Sanchez doesn’t seen the brawling Rosado lasting longer than the 3rd round on Saturday night. Golovkin has been dominating super middleweights and light heavyweights in sparring for this fight, so it’s going to be tough for a career junior middleweight fighter like Rosado, with his slugging style of fighting, to be able to stand in and trade with the harder hitting Golovkin.

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Golovkin in a win-win situation even if he struggles to beat Rosado

golovkinmedia-17By Dan Ambrose: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) is in a good position to make out well against Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) this Saturday night even if he struggles to beat him. Right now Golovkin can’t get any of the big names in the division to fight him.

His trainer Abel Sanchez believes that’s because Golovkin is considered too dangerous for the better known guys to take a chance and fight him, but if he struggles to beat Rosado then it could open the door for some bigger fights.

Sanchez said to RingTV “If that happens [Golovkin struggles], if Rosado is able to take Golovkin rounds…maybe we’ll get the other middleweight champions to take a chance on him.”

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