Premium • Preview Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin weigh in ahead of their fight on September 17 (Ed Mulholland/Matchroom) Canelo and GGG have unfinished business that could spell the end for the loser, writes Matt Christie TWO supermen, Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, are dealing with the realisation that they might be mortal
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Feature • Premium Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin go head to to head at Thursday’s final press conference (Ed Mulholland/Matchroom) It has spanned five years and always been tarnished by controversy, but now Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Gennadiy “Triple G” Golovkin are ready to settle their rivalry once and for all, writes Elliot Worsell
Opinion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin pose after Thursday’s final press conference (Ed Mulholland/Matchroom) Stung twice already by Las Vegas and its peculiar ways, Gennadiy Golovkin is back with renewed hope this weekend, writes Elliot Worsell from The Strip THIS morning on the Las Vegas Strip I found myself walking behind Elvis Presley
Feature • Premium Gennadiy Golovkin shadowboxes during a media workout on March 20, 2018 in Big Bear, California (AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. Brown) Gennadiy Golovkin tells us to forget about the first two fights with Canelo Alvarez. This third encounter is different, he insists, it’s a contest where they both start afresh, but it’s one where
Premium • Preview Lyndon Arthur on fight night Ageing Sequeira surely no match for Arthur, writes Matt Bozeat WASSERMAN have added Lyndon Arthur to their stable and bring the Manchester light-heavyweight back from the first loss of his career in Bolton on Saturday night. He meets Argentine veteran Walter Gabriel Sequeira (25-9-1) over 10 rounds
Premium • Preview Denzel Bentley in action (Morgan Harlow/Getty Images) Bentley and Morrison set to clash two years after the pair were initially supposed to fight, writes Matt Bozeat BATTERSEA box-puncher Denzel Bentley starts his second reign as British middleweight champion with a defence against Marcus Morrison at the York Hall on Friday night. BT
Feature Gennadiy Golovkin (Michael Owens/Matchroom) Still going strong at 40, Gennadiy Golovkin’s career has been a great one, but could have been so much more, writes Elliot Worsell THERE was a time maybe a decade ago now when if you said the name Gennadiy Golovkin out loud people would stop you saying it a second
News Kieron Conway (Matthew Pover Matchroom Boxing) Middleweight Kieron Conway has travelled from Northampton to Las Vegas to fulfil a lifelong dream against Austin Williams, writes Elliot Worsell BOXING last year on the undercard of a Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez main event in Arlington, Texas was quite the shot in the arm for Northampton’s Kieron Conway,
News Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Ahead of Saturday’s trilogy fight against rival Gennadiy Golovkin, Mexican superstar Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez reveals the root of the animosity between them and says the fight almost happened in 2019, writes Elliot Worsell THERE comes a time in every great fighter’s career when it is
News Win, lose or draw, the legacy of Gennadiy Golovkin will not be decided on Saturday night against Canelo Álvarez, according to his trainer IT says a lot for the career of Gennadiy Golovkin that the fight billed as “Legacy”, scheduled for this Saturday (September 17) against Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, is one that Golovkin’s coach,
Letters • Premium Canelo Alvarez (L) and Gennady Golovkin (R) pose with boxing promotor Eddie Hearn during a news conference on June 24, 2022 in Hollywood, California (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Expect both Canelo and Golovkin to find mental strength from their previous meetings, writes sports psychology Chris Marshall SAUL “CANELO” ALVAREZ heads into Saturday’s fight
Letters • Opinion • Premium Anthony Joshua heads into battle in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Derek Williams has some sage advice in an open letter to Anthony Joshua I’VE DONE it, I’ve come up with an ingenious yet simple way that Anthony Joshua can fight his way back to the top of
Feature • News Mayweather hands Alvarez his first pro loss in 2013 The feeling at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is that Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez is the “next best thing”, writes Elliot Worsell AS boxing fans inside the Lobby at the MGM Grand this afternoon used two hands to hold aloft their phones like
Letters • Premium Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) With Fury and Joshua in talks for a two-fight deal, George Gigney wonders if Usyk will be happy to sit on the sidelines in the meantime? A LOT can happen in a week, though just how much we can never be sure.
Letters • Premium To celebrate the career of Gennady Golovkin, set to fight Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez this weekend at the age of 40, we take a look at the 10 best boxers from Kazakhstan currently active 1 Gennady Golovkin By far Kazakh boxing’s greatest export, Golovkin, now 40, has terrified the middleweight division since 2010,
News Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall attend a press conference at Banking Hall, Cornhill, London (Lawrence Lustig) The middleweight title fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall, originally set to take place tomorrow (September 10), will now go ahead on October 15 AS expected, tomorrow’s all-female BOXXER event at London’s O2 Arena, headlined by the
Feature • Premium Alycia Baumgardner appears at a public workout at Albert Hall, Manchester on April 13, 2022 (Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images) Alycia Baumgardner has come up the hard way. She doesn’t believe the same can be said about Mikaela Mayer, writes Lewis Watson THEY say that the eyes are the window to the soul, and
Opinion Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall pose in London while filming an episode of The Gloves Are Off (Lawrence Lustig) Though the event itself is now in the balance following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, the motivation for tomorrow’s all-female fight card in London remains a worthy talking point, writes Elliot Worsell LOOKING