Gennadiy Golovkin will need to put in an exceptional performance by knocking out his opponent Ryota Murata on December 29th for him to have a shot at facing Canelo Alvarez in a trilogy match next May.
Golovkin needs to look good, but not too good that he scares Canelo away. If Golovkin obliterates Murata in one or two rounds, Canelo may elect to go in the direction of a softer target.
Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) needs an opponent for his next fight, and he’s done with his mission to become the undisputed champion at 168.
Now, Canelo can afford to take a fight that DAZN and the boxing public are interested in, and Golovkin could be the guy that he picks.
What could spoil the 39-year-old Golovkin’s chances of getting the fight with Canelo is if he loses or looks bad against WBA middleweight champion Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) on December 29th.
Canelo won’t want to face Golovkin if he’s coming off a controversial 12 round decision as we saw two years ago against Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Although Canelo has been involved in a handful of questionable decisions over the last five years, he can get away with it due to his popularity.
Canelo is the A-side against Golovkin or any fighter for that matter, so it’s less important for him to win decisively.
“I think we need to see a vintage GGG knockout victory, just to make the fans salivate for that Canelo fight,” Ak said to DAZN Boxing Show.
“You need people to want that fight. If you see Canelo coming off a Caleb Plant and you see GGG going the distance – struggling with a Murata – guess what? That fight is going to lose a little steam.”
Golovkin has already lost a great deal of popularity over the last three years due to his inactivity and the marginal opposition he’s faced.
Fighting rarely has definitely Golovkin’s popularity, but he’s made things worse for himself by facing obscure fighters that the boxing world had no interest in seeing him fight.
When you get a fighter that fails to take the fights that the fans are demanding from them, they wreck their careers. You can say that Golovkin has done more harm to his career with his soft match-making and his inactivity than what he dealt with in his defeat at the hands of Canelo in 2018.
“You’re 39 years old. And you got somebody in there that’s kind of like you, you know, he’s the Japanese version of GGG,” Barak said.
“He’s [Ryota Murata] got that high guard and he moves forward. He’s a knockout artist, he’s got a high knockout percentage and chases his guys down.”
Golovkin could lose to Murata if he fights the way he did in his controversial victory over Derevyanchenko. Murata hits harder than Derevyanchenko, and he’s capable of putting his hands together to nail Golovkin with combinations.
Remember the famous image of the green gloves with fingers clearly visible through the leather gloves? The padding repositioning advantage? The floppy gloves flopping around all over the place? The eggweight loaded gloves? The cranium bones broken along with the sports doctors statement that the injuries were inconsistent with and could not be caused with fists ?
This clown should be stripped of the WBC belt fined and imprisoned.
Don’t believe this directional propaganda. Remember the flopping gloves? padding repositioning advantage?
All those long counts? The dented skull bones? No investigation? Deontay Wilder was robbed, fury cheated and should be stripped of the WBC belt, fined and imprisoned for attempted murder and assault with intent to cause bodily harm.
Yep
Untill this day , Fury the Champ. Brown bum couldn’t do it.
Still believe that line of b. S.? Deontay Wilder has boxing skills, he has extremely good endurance, a lot more than fury by a long shot. Deontay Wilder is a lot better boxer than just a one demential fighter.
Deontay Wilder was cheated again and again and again, right under your noses, and no one said sword except what you were psyched into saying.
So we all agree that Deontay Wilder has boxing skills
Canelo has a contract that has the opponent agree to pay one million dollars for every pound of weight gained after the weigh-in and fury has a contract that requires his opponents to have padding in their gloves while fury fights bare knuckle and both are proven drug cheats and both avoid fighting the best.
Yes sir
YOU’RE SO FULL OF SH… IT DRIPS NOT ONLY DA CORNERS OF YOUR MOUTH BUT YOUR EARS ALSO. IT’S SO ANNOYING TO HAVE CHAMPIONES LOOSE A FIGHT & CRY LIKE A REAL SORE LOOSER & WORSE WHEN COMMENTS WITHOUT FOUNDATION LURK AROUND BY COMMENTS & UNTO THE FANS. I DON’T HAVE A THING AGAINST WILDER HE’S HELL OF A GOOD BOXER & WON’T TAKE A THING AWAY FROM HIM, EVEN THOUGH I WAS BETTING ON HIM. HE LOST. HE LOST. HE’S NOT A SUPERMAN I MUST ACCEPT MY LOSS. AS FAR AS CANELO – HE’S A REAL CHAMP ALSO & YOU KNOW IT. THING OF IT IS, PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO ACCEPT A MEXICAN CHAMPION LIKE NOBODY ELSE IS. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN SO LITTLE TIME, BUT THROUGH EXTREMELY HARD WORK ETHICS & DISCIPLINE. NE A SPORT & ACCEPT REALITY & ASK GOD FORGIVENESS FOR JUDGING & CONDEMNING.
That fxxxed up drug user already lost two fights and will run as far as he could.
T Ray and I both agree that Deontay Wilder is the best heavyweight champion that ever lived without question.
This is the funniest joke I’ve read..Ever
Canelo, por qué no vienes para trás a America para pelear con los mejores?
Canello is fighting inferior fighters and making a lot of money come back to America and fight the best. North America meaning Mexico, Cuba and the united states of America. Some little dark skinned indian will hit you so hard it will shake your ancestors in Ireland.
Óscar may be guilty of picking and timing his fights and Fighting people who he thought he could beat easily but Oscar couldn’t compare with the outright ducking of the best that is common place now for a decade. No top fighter has fought Luis Ortiz except Deontay Wilder.for example. And Deontay Wilder has been ducked more than anyone else.
Richard Weiner,
Your comment has merit, a good point. No doubt about it, Oscar De la Hoya did fight the best. There’s a lot of playa hating going on. I should know.
T-ray,
This is the guy who you call a lunatic. Deontay Wilder is the best heavyweight champion that ever lived without question.
That baldheaded, potbellied no padding in his gloves eggweight loaded gloves wearing fraudulent interloping intruding foreigner going by the knick name of Shrek, is a cheating cheater who cheats. He cheated so much the British boxing board of control suspended permanently fury’s boxing license in the UK. It’s his legacy. He is a poopi-pants.
Canelo lost both fights he was awarded the 2nd fight because he stood his ground in the fight but he still lost point blank why ggg have to wait so long to get a 3rd fight with canelo he gave him two fight with no problem and had to wait for him the second fight because of the drugs now he making you wait until you old before a fight wow
Triple G clearly won the first fight.The second fight was a draw so the third fight will definitely be a barn burner. If 3G was Mexican or an American ,he would still be undefeated with 1 draw on his record . 3G will have to KO Canelo or it will go to Canelo. Popularity in boxing will normally get you the call if the fight is somewhat close.
GGG won 1st fight Canelo won 2 fight clear as day
You would say that cuz u was watching da fight on a black n white 13″ tv. It’s time to upgrade your tv n thinking. G3 won both hands down!
To me Canelo won both clear as day. Cleaner shots. I don’t care about who’s more aggressive. I saw Canelo landing far more power shots in both fights than ‘Jab-every-Second’ Golovkin.
Alvarez reminds me of Delahoya.
Carefully choosing opponents he can comfortably defeat. The minute Oscar moved up to fight Quartey, he was out of his league
Oscar also won several fights because of his popularity.
And Anthony Joshua and fury’s cheating Shrek look a like ogre looking self.
Absolutely correct
I totally agree
Oscar fought them all. The ordinary, the elite and the legends. Out of his league against Quartey?? He looked fine to most folks…except the predictable Oscar Bashers. They’ve now graduated into Canelo Bashers. The wealthy and wildly successful are often targets of the envious.
Who cares about these little shrimps. We want to see cheating fury get knocked on his backside again by Deontay Wilder while fury is wearing tampered gloves with no padding and Deontay Wilder is wearing gloves that are padded.
Both Canelo and fury have shady, ambiguous contract’s and are overrated big time, bunch of drug cheats the both of them.
You are a lunatic. Wilder’s trainer signed off on the gloves. Wilder has no boxing skill.
Canelo has fighters sign contracts where they have to pay one million dollars for every pound they gain after the weigh-in . And fury has contracts where he fights bare knuckle and his opponents have padded gloves.. plus they are both proven drug cheats. And they don’t fight the best, they avoid the best.
TRex,
Deontay Wilders teams objections were over ruled by the Nevada State Athletic Commission approved them despite the objections. The gloves were not signed off on. Where are you getting your information?
GGG won the first two fights no question. Unfortunately Canelo & Co have played the “Mayweather card” here, to drag this trilogy out in hopes GGG gets too old or on the declining side of his career. GGG is about to turn 40. This is what’s wrong with Boxing.
Canelo won both but, draw on the first is fine.
Yep
Canelo will not go down in weight that much just to fight Triple G, he’s said he doesn’t feel 100% anymore in going too low in weight, anybody would feel weak and perform worst. Maybe if they meet halfway I think Canelo might fight Triple G again but only for the fans because he definitely doesn’t need the money.
Canelo will have to quit drugging to drop in weight. That’s not going to happen.
GGG needs to prove nothing he’s an elite champion who in my opinion beat canelo in both fights with the second fight very close if canelo doesn’t take the trilogy fight with GGG it will be a mistake on his part.He will never get to that level of greatness if he doesn’t fight the trilogy with GGG.Beating guys like plant doesn’t qualify him as great .
GGG already beat Canelo twice, he does to need to prove anything. Canelo will look for a reason to avoid him.
GGG GOT ALOT 2 PROVE HE ANT FOUGHT ANYBODY SINCE HE LOST 2 CANELO THE LASTTIME GGG ANT NO HOFER