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Before Gennadiy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez exchanged fists in the center of the ring last weekend, Bob Arum had a feeling the reigning unified middleweight champion was in a state of insecurity. Although both Alvarez and Golovkin fought 24 competitive rounds against each other in previous years, the Mexican star proved to be several steps ahead of his 40-year-old foe.
For long durations of their matchup, Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) fought with apathy. As a result, Alvarez seemingly had no problem controlling the pace of their fight before reaching a close but clear unanimous decision.
While Golovkin couldn’t record the win, Arum dismisses the idea that the future Hall of Famer is completely out of date. However, considering his age, Arum admits that Golovkin is definitely at the end of his rope.
“GGG has a lot of boxing ability,” Arum told BoxingScene.com. “So I think he is still an elite fighter. But 40 for a fighter, particularly in the middleweight division, is a big number. So have his abilities eroded? I think the answer is yes.”
With the final chapter of the book Golovkin vs. Alvarez officially closed, Golovkin will now look to move on. Moments after suffering his second career loss, Golovkin, who moved up to 168 pounds to face Alvarez, declared that he has every intention of defending his unified middleweight throne.
Though not under Arum’s promotional control, the Top Rank honcho is having a hard time envisioning Golovkin’s next move. Last weekend, with the former Olympic silver medalist gambling somewhere in the $30 million ballpark, Arum sees his inflated purses over the years as a real impediment to making matchups desirable for Golovkin in the future. immediate.
“He’s used to winning so much that it would be hard to get him in the ring with a normal middleweight who doesn’t have that kind of money.”
