The much anticipated massive showdown between two hard-punching middleweights in the persons of Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan and Saul Canelo Alvarez of Mexico has been in the minds of mainstream fans for quite a full two years already. Gennady Golovkin (37-0,33 KOs) is the current undisputed middleweight champion while Saul Canelo Alvarez (48-1,34 KOs) holds the WBO light middleweight world championship belt. Unfavourable circumstances would however kept on preventing the moment of truth from happening. For one, Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. said he will bar the fight from happening.
Close to a week ago, Daniel Jacobs battled Gennady Golovkin in defense of his IBO, WBC and WBO middleweight world crowns. Golovkin nearly lost in a fight initially believed as an easy fight for him, most probably even knocking out Jacobs. Even so, the demand for the Golovkin-Alvarez tussle appeared to have remain unaffected.
Indeed, despite the poorest of Golovkin's performances having shown last Saturday the boxing world would still like to watch the anticipated middleweight boxing event. Thus the immediate,although, unofficial resumption of talks about the clash materializing. Gennady Golovkin, 34, expressed his willingness and enthusiasm to fight Saul Canelo Alvarez, 26, but only after he snatched the WBO version of his current collection of boxing belts. The heavy- punching Golovkin is confident he can beat the British former Olympian , afterwards pursue Alvarez.
But aside from Gennady Golovkin having to battle first Billy Joe Saunders, Saul Canelo Alvarez himself has a tough immediate assignment ahead such that in the event he losses, the megafight with Gennady Golovkin - and all opportunities therein - will most likely fly out the window, into the air. Canelo Alvarez is scheduled, on May 6, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, to battle fellow Mexican, Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr. at a catchweight of 164.5 lbs.
Julio Caesar Chavez said the future of his career depends on this fight and that losing is certainly not an option - He declared he will not allow Golovkin-Canelo from happening. It's certainly a tall order for Chavez Jr., but coming into the fight extremely focused, bigger, and heavier than Canelo, his intention is certainly has some reality in it.
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