Gennadiy Golovkin can only take satisfaction from his previous two results against Canelo Alvarez by ending the trilogy Pacquiao vs. Marquez style.
After getting mugged in the first fight and possibly earning a draw in the second, GGG has to put an exclamation point on the rivalry.
If he walks away from the saga without a win, having certainly beaten Canelo in the first fight, Golovkin would be furious.
So he has to go for the jugular early on and put Canelo away at some point in the fight.
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Golovkin responded to Canelo planning his own KO victory by discussing the clash during fight week.
“I don’t pay attention to the nonsense he says, and I haven’t in a long time.
“Do you think you are in a position to say you can knock me out and end my career?
“Who is he to end anyone’s career? – It does not depend on him.”
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Juan Manuel Márquez had suffered a similar fate with his trilogy against Manny Pacquiao. Heading into the fourth fight, Marquez hadn’t won any of the three matchups when he had solid claims of at least two wins.
Marquez was behind on the scorecards in the final match when he unleashed a powerful knockout punch that left Pacquiao with a count of twenty or more.
It was a hit that was heard around the world.
Expressing his views on Canelo vs Golovkin, however, Marquez backs Canelo to get back on top.
“One is not always going to run with the same luck of winning. But now I think he [Canelo] he is going to win by knockout,” Márquez told TV Boxeo.
“It’s motivating for Canelo to have lost to Bivol because another loss for a fighter like him would not be good.
Unemployment
“In the second fight with Golovkin, he showed that he could beat him in the center of the ring,” Marquez added.
“In the second fight, he discovered his style and he will beat him.
“Canelo, for the speed, the counterattacks and the combinations. So he [Golovkin] will not resist attacks.
At 40 years old, Golovkin still has something to prove, thanks to the judges in that fateful first fight. On the WBN scorecard, Golokvin won the contest handily.
The fact that he didn’t get that decision still hurts the Kazakh puncher today. He needs to channel Marquez to end the pain.
The views expressed in this article are the views of Phil Jay.
WBN editor Phil Jay has over ten years of boxing news experience. He follows WBN on Facebook @officialworldboxingnews, Instagram and Twitter @worldboxingnews.
