The fighter who once owned boxing’s biggest stages has largely vanished from them, writes SIChrisMannix. On Saturday, GGG will be back to face Canelo Alvarez in a career-defining trilogy bout
LAS VEGAS–Gennadiy Golovkin was smiling. And why shouldn’t he? More than three years after he last shared the ring with Canelo Alvarez, Golovkin, months removed from turning 40, was finally getting another shot. Moments after the obligatory stare-down that punctuated Tuesday’s grand arrivals, Golovkin broke out into a toothy grin.It has been 10 years since Golovkin burst onto the U.S.
Alvarez, usually mild-mannered, has been anything but in recent weeks. He has called Golovkin an “asshole.” He says this third fight is “personal.” He told a small group of reporters this week he intended to punish Golovkin. He spoke passionately about becoming the first fighter to knock Golovkin out. Vowed Alvarez, “I’m going to end his career.”
This fight is important to Alvarez. He wants a definitive win against his longtime rival. And he wants to regain the momentum he lost in May, when he fell to Dmitry Bivol, his first loss in nearly a decade. “Nobody likes to lose, right?,” Alvarez said. “But it is what it is. It’s boxing. I keep [moving] forward, training hard and that’s it. Next move.”
But a deeper dive into his resume is revealing. Golovkin’s best win came in 2017, when he defeated Daniel Jacobs. Before that, there was a knockout win over David Lemieux. After that? Kell Brook? A blown-up welterweight. Daniel Geale? An ex-titleholder on his last legs. It can be argued—and everyone in Golovkin’s orbit would—that Golovkin deserved the win in the first fight with Alvarez. It can also be argued he earned a loss in a rock ‘em sock ‘em robot fight with Derevyanchenko.
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