Gennady Golovkin will want to stay undefeated as a professional boxer when he places his WBA (Super), WBC, and IBO middleweight titles online on Saturday in a highly anticipated rematch with Canelo Alvarez as a -155 favorite on the Canelo-Golovkin chances.
Golovkin was denied that the success in his first tangle with Canelo when their September 2017 battle ended in a draw. The controversial decision by the judges marks the only blemish on the native of Kazakhstan’s professional boxing record, which sits in 38-0-1 moving into Saturday night’s bout at T-Mobile Arena.
Golovkin has mastered the middleweight division since storming onto the professional stage in 2006, completing competitions by KO or TKO. Because claiming the WBA interim middleweight crown in 2010 the 36-year-old has held a minumum of one title belt. His latest ring look came in May, when he needed fewer than five minutes to knock American Vanes Martirosyan as a huge -2500 favorite.
Martirosyan stepped into confront GGG as a replacement competitor because tilt, replacing Canelo, who was made to withdraw from a planned rematch with Golovkin after getting handed a six-month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for failing two drug tests.
The suspension farther added to the existing controversy that unfolded after one of the judges watched Canelo as a lopsided 118-110 winner over GGG within their first conflict, believed by many observers to be a far more tightly contested struggle. With his suspension now functioned, the platform is set for your own 28-year-old to come back to act as a +125 underdog on the GGG vs. Canelo combat odds.
Canelo Boasts a Stellar Record in the Ring
Like GGG, Canelo appreciates a near-perfect pro boxing record, with a narrow majority decision loss to the mythical Floyd Mayweather Jr. as a +235 underdog in September 2013 symbolizing the only defeat on his 49-1-2 record.
The Mexican celebrity followed up that reduction with seven straight victories, including four knockouts, but needed all of 12 rounds to make the unanimous decision over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr as -425 chalk in his final winning trip to the ring in May, 2017.
A former holder of the empty The Ring middleweight title, which is also up for grabs from Saturday’s fight, Canelo also formerly held the WBA (Unified), WBC, WBO, and Ring magazine light middleweight titles.
While four of his past seven conflicts have been settled by the judges, the 28-year-old has also shown punching power, knocking out opponents on 34 occasions. But if Canelo would be to emerge victorious it isn’t anticipated to be within the space. The Mexican star is a protracted +800 wager to claim victory by KO, TKO, or disqualification on the Golovkin vs. Canelo chances, even though a victory by decision or technical decision overlooks +185 chances.