Via Craig Daly: Gennadiy Golovkin doesn’t take Canelo Alvarez seriously about his intention to retire him during their trio battle on September 17 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) says he views Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KOs) as a barking dog and he doesn’t care what he has to say about his desire to retire. in their third clash two months from now from DAZN pay-per-view.
If Canelo is going to beat Golovkin to retire, he will need to show better than he did in his recent loss to WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7.
The 31-year-old Canelo looked tired, slow and old, moving forward while making a series of combinations from Bivol.
Some believe Canelo’s main issue with Golovkin was his comments made after the Mexican star tested positive twice for the banned substance clenbuterol four years ago in March 2018.
Canelo was subsequently given a six-month suspension due to positive tests. Not surprisingly, Golovkin was not happy to learn about his positive tests by Canelo.
That incident added to the bad blood already existing from their controversial 12-round draw from their first bout in 2017. Many boxing fans felt Golovkin deserved the win in his first bout. with Canelo.
One referee gave Canelo a staggering 10-2, and it seems some would argue that Golovkin never stood a chance of winning with the officials who worked on the fight.
“I don’t think anything special. I am assessing his reaction and behavior,” Gennadiy Golovkin told ESNEWS when asked for his thoughts on his meeting with Canelo Alvarez before their September 17 trilogy.
“Nothing went through my mind. It’s just words,” Golovkin said of his thoughts on Canelo, adding that he will retire in their next game. “It was like a caravan of camels going through the desert, and there was a dog barking at them. That’s it.
“I looked him straight in the eye during the match. Nothing to say. If he thinks I said something bad about him, he might believe it.
“We just faced each other. If he wanted to say something to me and I wanted to say something, we would have said it, but now give him a message through the career, it won’t be here,” Golovkin said when asked. asked if he had a message for Canelo. .
Gennadiy said: “It’s still not different from other games, but on the other hand, we can’t call my opponent just a normal guy. “Of course, I will be ready for this fight, I will give my best, and we will see how it plays out.
“I don’t think about Canelo at all, and I don’t pay too much attention to it,” Golovkin said when asked about the former four-time world champion Canelo’s place on the balance sheet.
“He [Canelo] lost his last match and had more losses than me, so what else do we need to talk about here? ‘ said Golovkin.
