Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler is still working on a deal to make the rematch with Saul Canelo Alvarez happen for September, and he’s hopeful the fight can get made for the good of boxing.
Two-time world title challenger and 2004 Olympian VANES “THE NIGHTMARE” MARTIROSYAN (36-3-1, 21 KOs), from Glendale, Calif., challenges undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Saul Canelo Alvarez’s reputation is finished in boxing after his two positive tests for clenbuterol. Hearn believes that the highly popular Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) got off lightly with the 6-month suspension that was given to him by the Nevada State Athletic Commission earlier this week on Wednesday at their disciplinary hearing.
IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin isn’t happy with the situation Saul Canelo Alvarez has left him in with him testing positive twice for clenbuterol and then pulling out of their May 5th fight.
Gennady Golovkin plans on not allowing the judges to score his May 5th fight with Saul Canelo Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin both were slow in adapting during their previous fight on September 16. Canelo was stuck moving along the ropes, failing to take the fight to Golovkin in center ring.
Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin will NEVER outbox WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, says the British fighter. Saunders states that Golovkin isn’t 28 anymore; he’s 35, and he will not be able to beat him in a boxing match.
There are already a few fights we can look forward to in 2018, these bouts being either officially announced or heavily suggested: Errol Spence-Lamont Peterson, Keith Thurman-Jessie Vargas, Jeff Horn-Terence Crawford and Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz (suggested for the spring but not yet official).
Gennady Golovkin is going to stay inactive for the next 7 months and wait until the Saul Canelo Alvarez rematch on May 5, 2018, says his promoter Tom Loeffler.
Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy says the rematch between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will be a “reincarnation of the Andre “SOG” Ward vs.