The time is right for the faster, primer Canelo Álvarez to put it all together against Gennady Golovkin, whose pace and pressure are not what they once wereKevin Mitchell on why Golovkin will beat CaneloThis is a closer fight in the public eye today than it was two years ago when it first became an obligation. Back then, after Gennady Golovkin’s eight-round destruction of David Lemieux and Canelo Álvarez’s career-best win over Miguel Cotto for the lineal middleweight title (at a catchweight of 155lbs), few would have fancied Álvarez over the Kazakh puncher known as Triple G, who’d spent the better part of a decade ripping through the division with a rare blend of patience, technique and concussive power in...
Gennady Golovkin has a rhythm of fighting that almost ignores the activity of his opponent, an ominous pace that will leave Canelo Álvarez with no escapeBryan Armen Graham on why Canelo will beat GolovkinThis is a fight with no bad guys. You don’t get that often in boxing. Saul “Canelo” Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin are bona fide class acts in the ring and now they are pitted against each other in a fight that maybe should have happened a couple of years ago, but at least it’s on. It will be the fight of the year and, if it’s not, some of the blame will be down to the promoters who milked it, who delayed the action until it was...
The upcoming fight in Las Vegas between the aggressive Kazakh and the wily Mexican has the look of a bout from boxing’s golden ageIt is time for boxing to fix its house. Two weeks after Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did each other a mutual favour in a cross-discipline public spar that delivered them an estimated $400m to share (the Irishman getting a quarter slice), Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Álvarez meet in the same ring on Saturday night to decide who is the best middleweight in the world. Related: Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather the only ones enriched by this fight | Kevin Mitchell Related: Golovkin and Álvarez start the hard sell for middleweight title defence in Vegas Continue...
The two have yet to agree on venue, money-split and weight but these details will not concern fans before what Golovkin promises will be a ‘big drama show’Finally boxing has the fight the industry badly needed and the fans have loudly craved for the past couple of years: Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on 16 September, probably in Las Vegas, with other bidders surely lurking.No sooner had Álvarez completed a dominant, untroubled points win over the disappointing Julio César Chávez Jr in Las Vegas on Saturday night than Golovkin, the unbeaten holder of all the relevant world middleweight belts, emerged from the crowd to confirm the news of the showdown. Álvarez said in the ring, “Yes sir, it’s...
The world middleweight champion was taken the distance for the first time since 2008 by Daniel Jacobs and his lack of composure gives future challengers hopeIn most sports that matter – cricket, rugby, tennis, golf, football, tiddlywinks – fans get what they want. In boxing, such moments are rare enough to stand alongside listed buildings as crumbling treasures. Well, fans finally got what they wanted at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Related: Gennady Golovkin's knockout streak ended in narrow win over Daniel Jacobs Continue reading...