Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will complete their trilogy when they meet Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (DAZN pay-per-view, 7 p.m. ET).
Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs), of Mexico, and Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs), from Kazakhstan, first fought to a disputed split draw in 2017. Their rematch in 2018 ended in a majority decision victory for Alvarez in what was a very close fight (114-114, 115-113, 115-113 on the scorecards). Both of those fights were contested at middleweight.
This time Alvarez, 32, will defend his undisputed super middleweight championship against the 40-year-old Golovkin. Alvarez is coming off a loss in a challenge of Dmitry Bivol for the WBA light heavyweight title in May, but he’s still in his prime. Golovkin has four victories since the last meeting with Alvarez, including a TKO victory over Ryota Murata in April, but seems to be on his way out of the sport.
There is also bad blood between the fighters that has been boiling since the end of their first fight, through an Alvarez suspension for testing positive for clenbuterol ahead of the rematch and the long time it took to get this third meeting done.
Former two-division champion and current ESPN boxing analyst Timothy Bradley Jr. breaks down the super middleweight matchup, and Ian Parker offers up his best bet on the fight.
