The red-hot rumor circulating among boxing websites says former middleweight king Gennady Golovkin has been offered a massive fight with Terence Crawford, which will take place in Saudi Arabia.
Gennadiy Golovkin says he’s still not retired and will return to the ring “if something comes up.” The former unified middleweight champion (42-2-1, 37 KOs) looked excellent in his last two fights, two years ago, against Canelo Alvarez and Ryota Murata in 2022.
Future Hall of Famer Gennady Golovkin would undoubtedly consider fighting again if the Saudi Boxing League were formed. As fans may have read, the powerful Saudi money men have spoken of their desire to bring multiple rival promotional companies together under one umbrella, changing the entire boxing landscape.
It is sad that the great sport of boxing may soon be axed from the Olympic program. But as fight fans have no doubt read or heard over the past months, there is a very real chance, a very real threat, of boxing being removed from the Olympics after the upcoming Paris Games.
As fight fans may have read or heard, former long reigning middleweight king Gennady Golovkin has a new role, an important one.
Fighting a prime Gennady Golovkin was a tough enough job for a middleweight, so imagine how extra-tough the job must have been for a welterweight.
Will former middleweight king Gennady Golovkin fight again? We do not know. For now, however, the 41 year old known as GGG has been dropped from the Ring Magazine middleweight rankings, this after Golovkin had been ranked at the top of the pile by The Bible of Boxing for ten long years.
Six years ago yesterday it began – the at times bitter rivalry between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin.
Boxing trainer Abel Sanchez, known for his insights into the sport we all love so dearly, spoke to Little Giant Boxing about Canelo vs Charlo, Bud Crawford & Gennadiy Golovkin.
Gennadiy Golovkin suddenly finds himself in huge demand by UK fighters Chris Eubank Jr. & John Ryder, who both hope that they can face the famous former unified middleweight champion next back home in England.