Tag Archives: Golovkin

  By Scoop Malinowski Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin may put on a great fight on Saturday night but today’s press conference could not have been any more boring or bland. Neither fighter seemed capable of saying anything interesting other than the same old cliches about “big fight” and “belts.” ...

By Scoop Malinowski Last week, after months of calm waters and little tension or grudge, Gennady Golovkin suddenly generated some turbulence by directing some choice words at his arch-rival Canelo Alvarez. Golovkin said this:  “I am not Julio César Chȧvez, Jr. and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs.  There are no survivors ...

  By Scoop Malinowski There are required ingredients for a boxing match to be considered a “super fight.” First, you have to have two great fighters at their career peaks ready to rumble. Two, there has to be some degree of tension, grudge or better yet, some bad blood between ...

  By Scoop Malinowski Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez is a month away but it should have happened two years ago. The middleweight superfight has been completely overshadowed by the Mayweather-McGregor pre-fight hype which has been colorful and fascinating on so many levels. Meanwhile, Golovkin and Canelo have both remained ...

By Scoop Malinowski Challengers and sparring partners discuss their memories and impressions of what it’s like to be in the ring with the unbeaten Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin…   Grzegorz Proksa:  “To struggle with such an athlete as Golovkin is a great honor. I sparred with many World champions and ...

Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya have bought another year of safety from Gennady Golovkin by agreeing to finally face Golovkin in September of 2017. This two years long duck-in-progress by Canelo (and Golden Boy) should provoke all fans to boycott Canelo and Golden Boy shows UNTIL Golovkin vs ...

A boxing insider who was present at the Big Bear (CA) gym on the day when Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez sparred has shared his account of what happened:  “Golovkin hurt Canelo twice – first liver and then head. Canelo came out strong trying to hurt him right away. Then Golovkin ...

A boxing insider who was present at the Big Bear (CA) gym on the day when Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez sparred has shared his account of what happened:  “Golovkin hurt Canelo twice – first liver and then head. Canelo came out strong trying to hurt him right away. Then Golovkin ...

Canelo Alvarez has to fight Gennady Golovkin now right? He got another freebie from the WBC last night with the knockout win over Amir Khan and now it’s time to stop playing and give the people what they want – the Alvarez vs Golovkin superfight. While Canelo said the right ...

WBC 160-pound champion Canelo Alvarez and his team of protectors have used a long list of excuses and step aside payments to duck and dodge a fight with mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin.    Here is an unofficial list of all the excuses used by Canelo and his team . . .       ...