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One of Canelo Alvarez’s former opponents believes the Mexican superstar will end his historic rivalry with Gennadiy Golovkin for good.
Alvarez, the undisputed 168-pound champion, will defend all four of his belts against the striker from Kazakhstan in their trilogy on September 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on DAZN Pay-Per-View. Álvarez and Golovkin fought to a controversial draw in their first fight in 2017, while their second meeting ended with Álvarez winning a close decision.
For Amir Khan, the outcome of the third Alvarez-Golovkin fight is all too obvious. The recently retired former 140-pound world champion from Bolton, England, believes the 32-year-old Alvarez has too many upsides at this point in his career to lose to the 40-year-old Golovkin. In fact, Khan thinks Alvarez will even earn a stoppage. Khan, of course, has personally felt the power of Alvarez, when he was knocked out in the sixth round by the Mexican in their junior middleweight title fight in 2016.
“I see Canelo stopping Triple G,” Khan said in a live video chat on his Instagram. “Look, a lot of people are going to have things to say about this, ‘Oh, Amir doesn’t know anything about boxing.’ But you know what the thing is, I really think that. It is my opinion. Everyone has their own opinion.”
Khan, who announced his retirement from boxing in May, believes Alvarez has too many superior qualities to see him lose to Golovkin.
“So it’s a third fight, you have to remember that Canelo is at the peak of his career,” Khan said. “You understand me? He is old, he is strong, now he is settled. The weight of it is amazing. He holds the weight well. Power, speed. I think in that fight I could see Canelo [stopping Golovkin]. No disrespect to Triple G, what a beast he is, but you have to remember that he is getting older and has been in the game for a long time. He was in the same Olympics as me in 2004… I feel like Canelo is the coolest guy who hasn’t been in as many wars.”
Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) is coming off a unanimous points loss to light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in their 175-pound title fight in May. Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) last fought in April, a stoppage of Ryota Murata to unify the IBF and WBA middleweight titles.
