Moving forward, in terms of Golovkin’s career, the WBA has ordered him to make a mandatory defense against Daniel Jacobs next.
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Other than Canelo Alvarez-Liam Smith, the Pay-Per-View portion of the broadcast will feature the following bouts: Gabriel Rosado (23-9, 13 KOs) vs.
It wouldn’t be Mexican Independence Day without Canelo Alvarez fighting, now would it? We will see in a couple more fights in how I feel and look. This means that in boxing today, there is no bigger draw, tickets and pay-per-view sales-wise, than Canelo Alvarez, taking the throne previously held by Mayweather. I could tell in the way he blocked, in the way he approached me. “I’m the champion, even though I am the B-side”. “I’ve got a title to lose”.
The fight salvaged the show after a series of awful mismatches on the undercard, but it was also a reminder of what could have been. “It’s something that gets me really excited and I can’t wait to get out there and fight”. “Canelo and this fight is right up my street style wise”. “We can’t count them because we don’t know what’s coming”. They overlooked me, and I know after September 17, the excuses are going to come. I’m not going to not smile because I’m not winning. “I only used sparingly my right hand, but that’s what happened”.
Liam Smith will go into the biggest fight of his career to date hoping to defend his WBO super-welterweight title against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, the superstar Mexican middleweight.
The Mexican dropped down a weight division to take on British boxer Smith and the 26-year-old now wants to face brilliant Kazakh fighter Golovkin, who beat Kell Brook in London last week.
“There will come a time when I have to shut it off and focus on Canelo, but as far as pre-fight and the ring walk and all that, I plan to soak it in”.
“Obviously I’m going to win”. I’m a strong fighter, I’m a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings. I haven’t done much sparring but he was too cute for me. They need to worry.
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“I have always known what he has and what he does not. I’ve never ran from nobody, I’ve never ducked nobody”. “We’re ready for him and he just didn’t want to accept”. He’s not the best defensive fighter in the world, he’s vulnerable when he opens up. “I am a little disappointed about the fact a lot of media members are writing this fight off and not giving it the respect that it deserves”.
