Gennadiy Golovkin is in Japan and appears all set to tackle Ryota Murata in an essential middleweight title unification conflict on April 9 on the Saitama Area. After greater than a 12 months of inactivity, ‘GGG’ will face one other world champion who final fought in December 2019.
Whereas each males will carry some ring rust, the 39-year-old Golovkin wants a dominating win with a possible trilogy in opposition to Canelo Alvarez on the road. Gennadiy Golovkin already appears stoked as he posted glimpses of his coaching on Twitter. The caption reads:
“The primary coaching session in Japan – achieved. The battle week is nearly right here”
Within the clip, you may see ‘GGG’ doing a little skipping and mitt work as we stand days away from his battle. Within the second clip, Golovkin will be seen engaged on his health drills.
Gennadiy Golovin will flip 40 on April 8, someday earlier than his scheduled battle. It is protected to say that he’s within the remaining years of his professional boxing profession. It will not be surprising if he hangs up the gloves after two extra fights to any extent further.
That mentioned, the one in opposition to Murata will carry loads of significance. Boasting an expert resume of 16-2, the Japanese boxer is clearly not the most important opponent for ‘GGG’. Therefore, the Kazakh-born fighter can’t afford a loss to Murata or it might spell the top to his pugilistic journey.
Gennadiy Golovkin presently holds the IBF and IBO Middleweight Titles. If he beats Murata, he’ll add the WBO Title to the gathering. After that, Golovkin appears to be like more likely to face Canelo Alvarez for the third time within the super-middleweight division. Nevertheless, for the trilogy to occur, Alvarez should additionally beat Dmitry Bivol on Could 7.
Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez 3 is one for historical past
After a controversial draw within the first battle, Alvarez beat ‘GGG’ within the rematch, which was Golovkin’s maiden defeat as a professional. After the battle, each males took separate paths of their respective careers. Canelo Alvarez has gone on to turn into the pound-for-pound greatest within the sport, whereas the Kazakh has been on an apparent if not clear decline.
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Alvarez has fought seven occasions throughout a number of weight lessons because the rematch in opposition to ‘GGG’. Nevertheless, Gennadiy Golovkin has fought solely thrice. A number of components favor Alvarez’s skill to dominate Gennadiy Golovkin at this level. Nevertheless, sleeping on the Kazakh boxer could be an enormous mistake on for anybody.
