Gennady Golovkin will lose his 0 to Saul Alvarez in May

As long as it's a fair/reasonable decision that's fine as far as I'm concerned.

I like Gennady and hope he pulls it off, but am not as emotionally invested in him as some on this forum. I got Canelo too, he just needs to get fitter and keep his intensity.

 

So long as the winner actually deserves the W, works for me. Fan of both guys!

 

Golovkin has always been a slow starter and he abandoned body work in the Jacobs fight as well. I doubt Golovkin will make the necessary adjusts and turn back to clock. I don't see any reason why he'd be more motivated in the rematch than he was in the first fight.

As much as I'd like to see Golovkin win my head is with Canelo. Not a bad way to lose the 0 though. Canelo is a very good fighter and is worthy of carrying on the MW crown. I'm sure if Canelo wins that Saunders or Charlo will get their chance like Lara and Trout did at 154.

 

True, however to go into more detail:

I think the last fight did the most to knock off the excesses in both underrating and overrating GGG.

Brook looked good for a bit but no one knew exactly how good Brook was as he was pretty much untested except for vs Porter. Also no one knew how well a top 147 with a good beard ought to do against a top 160, it sort of makes sense with his speed advantage he can get some nice shots in before getting worn down. Jacobs was also an unknown, he hadn't fought enough elite opponents either. He blitzed Quillin in 1 but that could've been a freak result, and Pirog KO'ed him. Of course the armies of casuals were surprised when GGG actually failed to stop him.

But with the Canelo fight we actually have a better idea of where this version of Gennady is at.

No one can say that Canelo is not p4p/elite and for Golovkin to fight on equal (or perhaps slightly better according to a number of people) terms is highly credible, especially at this stage of his career. He did not get schooled like some predicted. At the same time, probably an even larger number thought Golovkin would get an easy KO and they were undeceived that night.

 

It will be similar as the first fight, except Golovkin will get robbed worse.

 

I think it's basically a foregone conclusion that Golovkin will lose his 0.


The problem is, it will most likely be a highly controversial decision.

 

I just wanna buy some Tix to this one. If it's nosebleeds I will just watch it at the MGM close circut. I'll be in Vegas for Box Expo, maybe I can pimp out Todd and Kevin and make them blow old guys for my ticket money.

 

Why less motivated for the rematch ?
Because of tons of $$$ he made in his last fight ?

Hmmm...could be

 

Very possible...or pick up his 2nd D if not first L.

 

Let's hope he doesn't get beaten by judges instead of his opponent.