Saúl Canelo Álvarez confirmed a new fight with Gennady Golovkin and made the trilogy a reality

It’s official. Saul Canelo Alvarez confirmed on his social networks that he will return to a ring against the Kazakh Gennady Golovkin on September 17. In this way, something the boxing environment has long awaited will be fulfilled: the trilogy between two boxers.

“I am very happy to bring you the best fights and this will be no exception. It is time to finish what we started and defend our titles”, the Mexican wrote on his Twitter account. Moreover, he added that the match has not yet confirmed the venue.

This way, the Jalisco collar will return to weight super middleweight where he is the undisputed champion. In this battle, the belts world boxing organization (OMB), the International Boxing Federation (FIB), the World Boxing Council (CMB) and the world boxing organization (WBA).

In his last fight in the light heavyweight category, the 31-year-old Mexican surprisingly fell against Russian Dmitry Bivol, on May 7, in what was the second defeat of his career and left with a 57-2 record. 2. for against this cinnamon he lost the status of the best pound-for-pound boxer of the moment.

“Unfortunately, I lost, but that doesn’t mean I won’t try again. The important thing here is perseverance and I will do it again,” Álvarez said on that occasion. But now he has to focus on the trilogy with Golovkin.

cinnamon He had already given indications that the third round against Triple G was about to take place: “For sure we will be back in September, we will be back soon. We have a date in September and these days, today, tomorrow, the next day, we’re going to talk about the match, which obviously will have to wait a bit. I think the two most important fights in boxing today: the fight with Golovkin and the rematch with Bivol, ”he said.

The trilogy

The first rivalry between Saul cinnamon Álvarez and Gennady Guennadievich Golovkin were in September 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, United States. At that time, the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Organization (IBO) belts and the title of The Ring were at stake.

When 12 rounds were over, the jurors tied the scorecards. Don Trella sealed the tie 114-114, Dave Moretti saw Golovkin win 115-113 and Adalaide Byrd gave up the match in favor of Álvarez 118-110. The loose distinction of the latter raises controversy.

But a year later, in September 2018, the Mexican won by split decision and the thorn was removed. On that occasion the judges gave 115-113 and 115-113 in favor of cinnamon and 114-114 on equality. Thus, the Jalisco native won the WBA, IBF, IBO and The Ring belt at the T-Mobile Arena, in addition to snatching his rival’s undefeated record. A battle with a special flavor.

Meanwhile, Kazakh Guennadi Golovkin, who turned 40 in April, has only won his last four matches since losing to cinnamon (looking at Steve Rolls, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Kamil Szeremeta, and Ryōta Murata) thus regaining the middleweight titles of the International Boxing Federation, International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association.