GGG vs Canelo Rematch, SKY, Sunday
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#12
Canelo: My plan was to knock him out

By Miguel Maravilla

Newly crowned WBC and WBA middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) was victorious over longtime champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez spoke to the media on his decision victory at the postfight press conference.

“Thank you all and everyone that believed in me,” said Canelo. “I am happy with the victory. It wasn’t easy. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the knockout. We worked hard to get the win. I want to thank my trainer Eddie and Chepo Reynoso who took me in as a kid and showed me everything I do.”

“My plan was to score the knockout. I had a tough opponent but we got the victory. I am satisfied with the work we did today. I’m happy that’s what got us the win. This is a very important victory for me and my country,”

“Today is one of the happiest days in my life!”

Canelo expects to return to the ring quickly. “I will speak with my team and see what the plans are. The idea is to fight in December,” he revealed.

Canelo’s trainer Eddie Reynoso spoke briefly. “We studied the last fight and we changed and worked on strategy to have Golovkin fight off his back foot…moving him back.”

Promoter Oscar de la Hoya commented, “We had an amazing event. It lived up to its expectation. They gave us a hell of a fight. Canelo didn’t run like everyone said. He boxed and held his own this time.” (Spanish)

Oscar confirmed that Canelo is scheduled to return in December. “First we have to analyze what’s next. He’s cut so it all depends. A fight with Lemieux is possible for December in New York,” he concluded.
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#13
Golovkin: I feel I did enough to win

By Miguel Maravilla

Former WBC and WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) spoke about his defeat to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) after coming out on the short end of a majority decision.

“We can say a lot of things but first we have to congratulate Canelo,” said Golovkin. “We can talk about a lot of things. I feel like I’m a champion and he is a champion. I felt really comfortable in there and feel that I did enough to win. I really don’t feel that he fought a Mexican style fight. Nothing special but I want to congratulate him.”

As for his future, Golovkin stated, “As a fighter and boxer, I will continue to do my job to prove I’m the best. We would like to have a third fight. It would be great to fight him again. I will be back.”

Trainer Abel Sanchez stated, “We have to congratulate Canelo. Hopefully, we can do it again. I was expecting Canelo to fight. You can’t take nothing away from him. He is the champion today. Canelo fought the fight he had fought in his previous fights. He fought an exceptional fight. I feel the public deserves a third fight.”

Promoter Tom Loeffler added, “I think it was a tremendous fight. We on the Gennady side feel he won. Canelo fought a tremendous fight. He deserves credit. He brought the fight to Gennady. We have to give both of these guys credit. We feel Gennady is still the champion but we have to respect Canelo. He fought the fight that he said he would.”
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