Golovkin Hoping That There Won’t Be Any “Bias” Judging In Third Canelo Showdown

While some chose to enjoy the sights up close and personal at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, others spent their hard-earned money to purchase the pay-per-view. In any case, there seemed to be a general agreement, Canelo Alvarez would defeat Dmitry Bivol.

Regarded as a heavy favorite heading into their May 7 matchup, Bivol ignored numerous pessimistic critics and would go on to earn the unanimous decision victory over the pound-for-pound star.

Now, more than four months later, most of the boxing world, at least to some extent, has watched Alvarez’s matchup against Bivol. Well, besides Gennadiy Golovkin.

The hard-hitting middleweight champion congratulated Bivol after his upset victory. But, the recently turned 40-year-old doesn’t feel the need to turn on his TV, grab his pen and paper, and take notes. Although Golovkin will try to record his own upset victory against Alvarez on September 17, he believes he has nothing to gain by rewatching the video of Alvarez’s last loss.

“I haven’t seen the whole fight yet,” Golovkin said on THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas. “I just saw the best moments. For me, it doesn’t make sense to watch the whole fight. I didn’t like how Canelo looked during that fight. I don’t want to disparage Dmitry Bivol’s performance during this fight, don’t get me wrong, Dmitry Bivol deserved this victory. I just want to say that Canelo did not look his best. He didn’t show what he’s capable of. I am sure that he will be a different fighter during our fight.”

Alvarez, who currently holds every major world title at 168 pounds, admitted his body didn’t respond to his brazen move up to the light heavyweight division. Still, regardless of his recent shortcomings, Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) has vowed to violently end Golovkin’s Hall of Fame run on Sept. 17.

However, Golovkin smiled at what he considers to be empty threats. On two separate occasions, despite the late results, the Kazakhstan native maintains that he has done more than enough to prove that he is the better boxer.

After a hard-fought 12 rounds against Alvarez during their first meeting in September 2017, Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) was incredulous at the final scorecards and settled for a split decision draw. About a year later, Golovkin was again forced to deal with what he believed to be an unfair ruling, losing to Álvarez by majority decision.

Although disturbed by the end result, Golovkin is unwilling to dwell on the past. As the former Olympic silver medalist puts the finishing touches on an arduous training camp, he is hopeful that this time, there will be no fun business from the judge.

“I really hope that the judges judge our fight without prejudice. They will be as reasonable as possible.”