By Sean Jones: Gennadiy Golovkin believes he has a good chance of beating Canelo Alvarez on September 17, as long as the judges are unbiased and professional for his trilogy.
Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs), 40, feels his age will work in his favor because he has the experience and maturity to take down favorite Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KOs) to win his championship. undisputed super middleweight in his fight at 168.
Golovkin says he will be ready to fight any way Canelo wants on September 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
If Canelo plans to fight inside, Golovkin will fight him there, and if he chooses to take him outside, he will accommodate him there as well.
It would be better if Golovkin chose to follow the model created by Dmitry Bivol because it showed that Canelo is basically defenseless when his opponents throw combinations, for which he has no defense, and he can’t match that style due to his low stamina. .
Golovkin has already tried to knock Canelo out in their first two fights and has failed in that task. For the third fight, he should focus on boxing him and hope the judges don’t rob him in Las Vegas.
“I feel better than usual. I feel calm, comfortable and I don’t feel any stress,” Gennadiy Golovkin told Teddy Atlas’s The Fight. “Of course I have my plans, my strategy, but it is not just a boxer who decides how a fight will go.
“We will see what my opponent has to offer. I am ready for anything. If he wants to fight at close range, we’ll do it. If he wants to fight from a distance, we will fight from a distance.
“We will be ready for everything, and he will see everything in this fight. Maybe you can even see a knockout.
“It is difficult to compare the two coaches. We can’t compare the first two fights to the third fight because it’s been a long time and now we’re in a different time.
“I don’t want to underestimate any of my coaches. I can only say that it is not very important what the trainer does during the fight. How he acts during the fight and what strategy is selected. But the whole approach to the training ground.
“For example, the approach during the three months of training, and what it includes. with GB [Johnathon Banks], we are trying many new things. There is a constant evolution in boxing and the approach to training. We work with a conditioning trainer and a nutritionist.
“It’s the overall approach and attention to detail. Yes, I feel more mature. Maybe it’s because of my age and my experience from the fights I’ve had in my career.
“I worked with specialists, who are part of my team in various areas, I learned a lot about myself, and now I feel very comfortable,” said Golovkin.
“It seems that you brought new elements, and your training brought new elements to your training. I hope everything works out great for you,” Atlas said.
“Your first two fights with Canelo, Gennadiy, were at middleweight. This fight is at super middleweight, 168 pounds.
“How does that affect, if at all, how does that affect your strategy for this fight, with your preparation for this fight that you are now fighting a bigger man, where in the past, you were the bigger man? Had I made you guys change anything in the preparation?” Atlas said.
“I would say there is no global change in approach because the difference is not big,” Golovkin said. “It’s pretty much the same fight weight, whether it’s 160 or 168. It’s just how you approach how to lose weight.
“If you need to do the weight at 160, I’ll probably only wear the wetsuit three times instead of once when I need to do 168. So at the same time, I don’t want to lose my power; I don’t want to lose my speed. So now drastic changes,” Golovkin said.
“Gennadiy, obviously we understand that Canelo has received better treatment from the judges than you,” Atlas said. “I always speak from a coach’s perspective that 75% of this business is mental.
“Does that fact have any mental effect on you during your training camp, knowing that you may have to do a little bit more to win and make a decision that he has to do?” Atlas said.
“I don’t think I need to do a little bit more in this fight,” Golovkin said. “I really hope that the judges, who are professionals, will judge this fight in the real sport of boxing.
“They look at the clean shots, they look at the number of shots and we realize that all the people have their sympathies. But I hope that this component will have the least role and that the judges will do their best for the job assigned to them,” said Golovkin.
“Yes, I hope so too, and we all do,” Atlas said. “I had to ask the question because that is the right question as the fans wanted to hear that.
“With all your experience and championship background, I didn’t expect that would change in any way what you have to do, but it can be in an hour. It can be in anyone’s mind.
“Did you see the Canelo-Bivol fight? I know you know what you have to do, obviously. You fought Canelo twice. Is there anything from that fight that you saw that you think might help you in your fight with Canelo? Atlas said.
“I haven’t seen the whole fight yet,” Golovkin said of Canelo’s loss to Dmitry Bivol on May 7. “I just watched the highlights and for me it doesn’t make sense to watch the whole fight because I didn’t like how Canelo looked during that fight.
“I don’t want to disparage Bivol’s performance during this fight, don’t get me wrong. Dmitry Bivol deserved this victory. He won. I just want to say that Canelo didn’t look his best and didn’t show what he’s capable of, probably because his attitude was different during this fight.
“I am sure he will be a different fighter during our fight. Speaking of the decisions of the judges. 115-113, very close, as if it were a close fight. I don’t think it was fair.
“I don’t think so. I don’t know what the reason for that was. If the judges couldn’t believe that Canelo could lose, but that fight showed that Canelo is not unbeatable, that he can be beaten.
“I really hope that the judges will judge our fight without prejudice and be as reasonable as possible. It will be a clear and impartial performance by the judges,” Golovkin said.
“I agree. I hope so too; we all hope so, but we’ve seen favoritism and prejudice toward Canelo in the past,” Atlas said. it’s your job.
“His job is to get in the ring and do what he has to do to win the fight. . Many people will look at the 40 years of age that you are now as something negative.
“I want to ask you, Gennadiy, do you really do better now, and I mean this very seriously, that you are better now at the age of 40? With all the experience you’ve been through and the maturity you talked about.
“Is there something in Gennadiy Golovkin, at the age of 40, is there something that you improve, better?” Atlas said.
“I have been a middleweight champion for over 12 years and I have multiple belts,” Golovkin said. “I have everything. I have experience, I have my age, I have my power, so when I go out and get in the ring, I have nothing to prove to anyone.
“I don’t need to wear the mask of a technician. I don’t need to try to be someone else. I will have to show the real Gennadiy Golovkin.
“Only God knows what will happen in the fight, but I feel very comfortable to be able to enter the ring and the box. I feel better than when I was 30 years old because back then I was still chasing some records and, for example, it was on my mind to get a knockout.
“Now, I have all this baggage with my career and experience that I bring with me that I can use,” Golovkin said.
