Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought 24 rounds in the space of a year, with little to pick between them. When the scorecards were totaled Saturday night, though, the judges crowned a new middleweight champion of the world — but just barely.
Las Vegas (AFP) – Mexican middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was handed a six-month ban by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday over the failed drug test which forced his rematch with Gennady Golovkin to be cancelled.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Canelo-Triple G rematch, expected to be the fight of the year, is off.
Los Angeles (AFP) – Mexican middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, prepping for a May 5 title rematch with Gennady Golovkin, has tested positive for banned clenbuterol, his promoters blaming tainted meat.
Boxing promoter and former boxer Oscar De La Hoya called out Donald Trump, inviting the president to attend the upcoming May 5 Canelo Alvarez – Gennady Golovkin bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to show he cares about Mexicans. De La
Los Angeles (AFP) – World middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin will fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on May 5 in a 12-round rematch of their epic draw last September, promoters announced Monday.
President Trump has turned into quite the promotional tool for Mexican sports fans.
Oscar De La Hoya, a man who knows something about the dangers of a quicker man taking on a bigger one, says Amir Khan can beat his “golden boy” Saul Alvarez despite the significant size disparity.
Oscar De La Hoya said that the idea for the biggest boxing match of 2016 thus far came to him while watching a Republican presidential debate.
Canelo Alvarez made a case for himself as boxing’s next star Saturday night, landing the bigger punches to take a unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto and win a piece of the middleweight title.
Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez fight on November 21 to determine the best middleweight not named Gennady Golovkin. Their heavyweight promoters lay down a heavy bag of change on a bet on the fight.
