Four years after their second fight, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will finally meet in a trilogy fight live on DAZN, but unlike the previous two encounters between the pair, Canelo is being billed as a huge favourite.
A lot has happened since the Mexican’s points win over Golovkin in 2018. Canelo has gone onto win a world title at light heavyweight and become the undisputed super middleweight champion, while Golovkin has become a unified champion at middleweight.
Golovkin will be 40 years old when he walks to the ring in Las Vegas in September, and John Fury believes the nine year age gap between the Kazakh and Canelo will be the deciding factor in this fight.
“For me, Golovkin is an incredible fighter. He should be in the Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, I think Father Time has caught up with him,” Fury told DAZN in an exclusive interview courtesy of FreeBets.com.
“It's a young man's sport and I think Canelo is too strong. He's learned a lot from the game, since they last boxed. I think he's just too young, too strong and he's learned too much for Golovkin.
“If they'd have met each other 6 years ago, Golovkin would have knocked him out. Now he's getting on, I think he's a bit shopworn now. Even though he got a good win last time, when he won that title and took all the stick. But my knowledge tells me that it's time for Golovkin to call it a day. Before he gets permanent damage.”