By Barry Holbrook: DAZN is in a weak position right now with Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin delaying their eventual trilogy clash between them. The streaming giant has invested massive money in contracts to the famous Mexican star Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) and former undefeated middleweight KO artist Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) and it’s turned out to be a poor ...
By Allan Fox: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says he would like to see WBC Franchise champion Canelo Alvarez take on Jermall Charlo. But at the same time, Sulaiman states that the Franchise tag that his organization gave to the 29-year-old Canelo is so that he can fight the best opponents to help the sport of boxing grow. Charlo is the ...
By Dan Ambrose: Canelo Alvarez still intends on fighting this September, but it won’t be against Gennadiy Golovkin. The IBF middleweight champion Golovkin already has plans to defend his belt against Kamil Szeremeta. Canelo may end up fighting an unknown guy if he can’t sign a quality fighter due to their high purse requests. Saunders still an option for Canelo ...
By Barry Holbrook: Former world champion Miguel Cotto says Gennadiy Golovkin will need to do a lot more in his third fight with Canelo Alvarez if he wants to win. Cotto wants to see more effort from Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) in the trilogy against Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) to set himself apart from the Mexican superstar. Golovkin, 38, made ...
By Barry Holbrook: A unification fight between Jermall Charlo and Canelo Alvarez much interests Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions, and he believes it can happen soon. Charlo is the purest puncher in the middleweight division by far, and the most dangerous for the 5’9″ Canelo. Jermall Charlo with a lot of weapons Charlo (30-0, 22 KOs) holds the WBC ...
By Sean Jones: Canelo Alvarez will be retiring from boxing at 36 or 37 rather than staying around the sport as long as Gennadiy Golovkin, who just turned 38 on April 8. Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) wants to retire and play golf. The popular Canelo will be turning 30 on July 18 next year and is already talking retirement. For ...
By Barry Holbrook: Trainer Johnathon Banks revealed this week that Gennadiy Golovkin will be facing his IBF mandatory Kamil Szeremeta next instead of facing Canelo Alvarez. It’s believed that one of the MAJOR reasons DAZN signed Canelo and Golovkin was for them to fight each other. For them still not have to have done that, it’s sad. Canelo has had ...
By Greg Houghton: Amid the madness that the whole world is going through right now, it’s imperative to have something to look forward to when we return to normal life, whatever that will look like. What looks likely in times of such uncertainty, however, is that us lucky boxing fans have more to look forward to than most. There has ...
By Sean Jones: Canelo Alvarez is fortunate that he’s fighting in this era at 160 and 168 rather than the 1980s, which would have forced him to mix with incredibly talented opposition. In this era, Canelo’s only real threat is Gennadiy Golovkin, who he didn’t fight until he 35. Canelo could have fought GGG when he was in his early ...