By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Marquez picks Canelo Alvarez to defeat Gennadiy Golovkin by knockout on September 17.
Marquez believes undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KOs) has the fighting style of the 40-year-old Golovkin’s resolute mindset and will face him to pummel him in the center of the ring. .
As Marquez points out, it wouldn’t do for Canelo to lose to Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs), given that he lost his last fight to WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7.
Another loss for Canelo would be catastrophic for his career and he needs to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Although Marquez did not touch on this issue, it is crucial that Canelo win without controversy this time because the boxing public’s perception is that Golovkin was robbed in the first fight with the Mexican star and was given the business again in the rematch when the judges in Hand in hand a victory was scored for Álvarez.
“One is not always going to run with the same luck of winning, but now I think you are going to win by way of knockout,” Márquez tells TV Boxeo with him predicting a knockout victory for Canelo Alvarez over Gennadiy Golovkin on September 17. . .
It’s going to be tough for Canelo to knock out Golovkin because he doesn’t throw enough punches. Canelo tends to take one shot at a time, taking a breather after expending energy.
Fighting like this will not produce a knockout against a fighter like Golovkin because he will be able to recover if he is hurt.
“It’s motivating for Canelo to have lost to Bivol because another loss for a fighter like him would not be good,” Marquez said.
Canelo is definitely worried about not letting Golovkin beat him, but there will be nothing to be done about it if he beats him again like he did in the first two bouts. The only thing Canelo could hope for is that the Nevada judges give him a decision regardless.
“In the second fight with Golovkin, he showed that he could beat him in the center of the ring,” Marquez said. “In the second fight, he found out his style and he’s going to beat him.”
“Canelo, because of the speed, the counterattacks and the combinations, so he [Golovkin] it will not resist the attacks,” added Márquez.
