IBF and IBO world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) from Kazakhstan, in an interview with journalist Ariel Helwani, answered a question about the third fight with the undisputed middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (57-1- 2, 39 KO), and also spoke about the relationship with the Mexican.
Golovkin and Canelo signed a contract for a third fight. Have a date and a place
It was previously reported that the trilogy is scheduled for September 17th. The bout itself will take place in the Super Middleweight (168 lb) limit, with Alvarez's four titles on the line.
However, before that, both boxers need to win their spring bouts: Golovkin will meet with WBA super middleweight champion Japanese Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) in April, and Canelo will fight Russian Dmitry Bivol (19- 0.11 KOs) for his WBA light heavyweight belt.
- Here is a 100% guarantee that if you win in April, and Canelo in May in your fight, then you will meet in September. An agreement has already been signed, are all the agreements on paper?
- I have already spoken about this more than once. It is too early to talk about it. Let's wait until the end of May, and then we'll see. There will be a topic for conversation. It's too early to talk about a trilogy, I don't want to jump over anyone.
- Is it very important for your career that this third fight with Canelo still takes place? Is this the reason why you don't retire from boxing?
- Absolutely not. I stay in boxing because I feel good. I don't rely on anyone else's advice. As soon as I feel that something will not suit me, the same proposals, I will just end with it.
- Recently, Canelo said in the media that you said all kinds of nonsense about him, and therefore considers your fight already "personal". How do you feel about this confrontation, because Alvarez says all kinds of bullshit about you?
- Let's be honest. If he (Alvarez) thinks I'm talking nonsense about him, then where was he before? What is he waiting for? Three or four years have passed. He chooses himself with whom to box. If he has "personal", as he says, then where was he? What is he waiting for? If he thinks that I speak badly about him, then this is not so. I haven't said anything about him lately. When there were those nuances, scandals (with doping) associated with his name, then there were arguments, facts and evidence. Why does he think it's "nonsense". It turns out that the whole world speaks badly about him. Now he has the opportunity to talk about our third fight or give an interview, and he is only now starting to talk. It looks ugly and unworthy. I don't feel any resentment towards him. It's up to him whether he used something or not. Everything that was then, it was said in fact. What was wrong, I don't understand what he likes?
I also wanted to add. The same problems he experienced, with the same DAZN stimming, signed a contract for our rematch. Where were they? They avoided the fight, went to court, tried in every way to avoid the fight, and now they are screaming. From their side, it all looks low and vile. Unworthy.
Canelo threatens Golovkin
Recall that their previous two fights took place in the middleweight limit. The first in September 2017 ended in a controversial draw, and a year later the Mexican won the minimum.
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