JAKARTA - The third fight between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez should be one of the most anticipated fights of the year. However, the boxer from Kazakhstan called Canelo's behavior ahead of the fight disappointing.
Having faced each other on two previous occasions - one of which was a draw and the other a controversial points win for Canelo - the hatred between them has yet to dissipate ahead of their second meeting in September.
“When you see someone behaving like that, it's disappointing,” Golovkin explained in an interview with talkSPORT.
"I would never react that way, maybe because of the way I approach the fight or because of my personality, but I won't."
Canelo wants to retire Golovkin
What's unusual about this fight preparation is how Canelo seems to have dropped his usual calm demeanor and tried to make the fight as personal as possible with GGG (Triple G).
Golovkin, who suffered the only defeat of his career to Canelo, was accused of faking good by the Mexican, who also stated that the only thing he was thinking about was knocking out Kazakhstan and retiring him.
"He pretends to be good when he's not," Canelo detailed in a press conference quoted by Marca, Tuesday, July 4.
"It's personal for me, because of everything he talks about.
"I can't wait for the day to come, I'm just thinking about dropping it and retiring it."
Golovkin has a plan
Meanwhile, Golovkin was quick to assert that he needed to have a solid plan to take revenge on the Mexican.
"We both have a lot of ability and we know boxing," he added.
"I realized that to win this fight I had to follow the right strategy.
"That will be the key to winning, I am happy to do this fight and will not regret it when I retire."
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