By Craig Daly: Gennadiy Golovkin revealed last Saturday night that he plans to drop back down to 160 to defend both of his titles in that weight class after his disappointing loss to Canelo Alvarez.
Despite a poor performance, the 40-year-old Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) seemed optimistic about his future, but he might find that the paydays he was used to receiving as part of his DAZN contract have faded. drying. up.
Golovkin’s contract with DAZN is up, and it’s unlikely he’ll be re-signed for the amount of money he was receiving before. If PBC signs Golovkin, they’ll probably want to see him fight either Jermall Charlo or David Benavidez.
Golovkin would be walking the board against any of those fighters. It would be a bad way for the popular middleweight star to end his career, getting hit by Benavidez or Charlo.
If Golovkin signs with Top Rank, they will likely insist that he face WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly. That would be a really tough fight for Golovkin because of the way he looked against Canelo and Ryota Murata.
DAZN has had some lackluster fights involving Golovkin over the last four years with him fighting these guys:
Steve Rolls Kamil Szeremeta Sergiy Derevyanchenko Ryota Murata
In hindsight, DAZN should have made sure they had control over the opposition Golovkin fought so they could make sure he was fighting guys the boxing public really wanted to see.
“We were looking for a competitive fight, but five years, 35-40 for Gennadiy Golovkin has put himself out of reach for a top-notch Canelo, and he really couldn’t start,” Gareth A. Davies told iFL TV. “He couldn’t start, and Canelo wouldn’t let him start.
“I thought Canelo was dominating the fight. Although there weren’t huge amounts of action, the hitting stats were also very low. I thought Canelo dominated the first eight rounds, and I had to give him the first eight rounds.
“I thought Golovkin then came out and gave it his all, and I thought he won rounds nine, ten and eleven. He had it 117-111, nine rounds to three for Canelo. In any case, the controversy in this fight was that the judges did not give Canelo more importance.
“You can understand 116-112, eight rounds to four, but seven rounds to five, 115-113. If they had given one more round for Golovkin, we would have had a majority draw, which again would have caused so much consternation around the world.
“It felt a little flat because we didn’t get much out of Golovkin in the first two-thirds of the fight. The good thing for Golovkin is that he can go back to middleweight and fight Charlo now or fight one of the middleweights. All is not lost for him, but I think it is very close to the end of his career,” Davies said of Golovkin.
