On at last: Golovkin vs Canelo II – and GGG says no judges will be needed this time!

01/30/2018 James Slater

It’s always great when you awake to big boxing news, and it was in the early morning hours UK time when confirmation news broke regarding the anticipated return meeting between middleweights Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez. This of course is great news indeed.

Fans needed this fight to get done and now, venue aside, all the details are pretty much in place. May 5 is the date, over Cinco de Mayo festivities, and another absolute blockbuster is all but guaranteed. But will we see a great fight? Will we see a comprehensive winner? Will we see a KO?

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Breaking News: Canelo vs. GGG a done deal for May 5

01/29/2018 Golden Boy Promotions

A sequel to the most anticipated boxing event in years will arrive on Cinco De Mayo as Lineal and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) will clash in a historic and highly anticipated 12-round rematch Saturday, May 5. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

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Billy Joe Saunders still hoping to land mega-fight with GGG or Canelo; says their handlers don’t want to take the risk

01/25/2018 James Slater

Reigning, undefeated WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders hoped his hugely impressive December statement win over dangerous puncher David Lemieux would finally allow him to nail down a massive fight with either Gennady Golovkin or Canelo Alvarez. Instead, the gifted southpaw today took part in a press conference to hype his upcoming April defence against Martin Murray.

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Canelo-Golovkin: Which one will adapt better in rematch?

12/24/2017 Rob Smith

Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin both were slow in adapting during their previous fight on September 16. Canelo was stuck moving along the ropes, failing to take the fight to Golovkin in center ring.

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Fights we need to see in 2018

12/23/2017 James Slater

There are already a few fights we can look forward to in 2018, these bouts being either officially announced or heavily suggested: Errol Spence-Lamont Peterson, Keith Thurman-Jessie Vargas, Jeff Horn-Terence Crawford and Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz (suggested for the spring but not yet official).

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Gomez says Canelo-Golovkin could be done by Christmas

12/21/201712/20/2017 Andy Brooks

Eric Gomez of Golden Boy promotions thinks he might have the negotiations completed for the Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) rematch by Christmas on December 25. He says he’s going to keep working right through the holiday until he gets the fight made for May 5. This is what Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KOs) wants. He gave Gomez the green light to make the rematch with Triple G.

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Saunders won’t be fighting Canelo says Gomez

12/21/201712/20/2017 Rob Smith

Saul Canelo Alvarez won’t be fighting WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders next on May 5th. Eric Gomez says Golden Boy Promotions is focusing on making the Canelo vs. Gennady Golovkin rematch isn’t ruling out a future fight between Canelo and Saunders.

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Canelo-Golovkin rematch close to being finalized

12/20/201712/19/2017 Andy Brooks

We could see the Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin rematch finalized this week, according to the latest boxing news. Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez is hoping to wrap up a deal with Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler to get the rematch done for May 5.

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Saunders: I’ll school Canelo and Golovkin

12/18/201712/17/2017 MTK Global

Billy Joe Saunders has vowed to “school” both Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez following his master-class WBO world middleweight title victory over David Lemieux in Montreal on Saturday night. MTK Global-managed Saunders oozed class as he cruised to a dominant unanimous-decision points win over former IBF world champion Lemieux.

The Hatfield native, who is now based in Sheffield under trainer Dominic Ingle, was awarded every round on one judge’s card, 120-108, while the other officials scored the bout a lop-sided 118-110, 117-111 to make it a shutout.

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De La Hoya says “we’re working for Cinco de Mayo of next year,” Canelo vs GGG II “gonna be huge”

11/19/2017 James Slater

Although Oscar De La Hoya recently said that talks regarding the demanded return fight between middleweight king Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez were “slow going,”it was a more upbeat De La Hoya who spoke with TMZ Sports yesterday. The Golden Boy head said that the fight the whole world wants to see “is definitely gonna happen” and that the rematch will take place at the exact same venue as the first fight: The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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