One judge scored GGG winning 133-115, another had it tied, but a third judge, Adalaide Byrd, saw things much differently. She scored the bout 118-110 in Canelo’s favor, a ruling that drew much criticism.<\/p>\n
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ESPN <\/i>boxing writer Dan Rafael said afterwards, “I can deal with 114-114 even though I strongly felt Golovkin won. But Byrd’s card? Indefensible.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The NSAC subsequently sidelined Byrd from judging for the remainder of the year. Her polemic card fueled the May 5 rematch.<\/p>\n
“Before the first fight, I knew he was not clean,” GGG opined. “It was pretty obvious when Alvarez’s muscles were all enlarged and with the traces of injections, which were visible.”<\/p>\n
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Golden Boy Promotions President Eric Gomez, who is organizing and promoting the fight, responded to GGG’s comments by declaring, “[Golovkin] doesn’t sound like a confident fighter.”<\/p>\n
GGG stated that as long as the NSAC signs off on Alvarez being clean, he will be in the ring. Gomez says he’s blushing.<\/p>\n
“Sounds like he wants to try to find a way out of the fight,” Gomez told ESPN<\/i>. “If that’s what he wants, he should just say so.”<\/p>\n
Gomez, however, hopes that’s not the case, as the May 5 bout should be a massive revenue generator. Their September clash generated the third-highest gate in boxing history, and is believed to have made over $100 million in PPV money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gennady GGG Golovkin says he’s ready to get back into the ring with Canelo Alvarez, but only if his opponent is clean and playing by the same rules. In interviews this week, the boxer voiced plenty of concerns. It was revealed earlier this month that Alvarez had failed two random urine tests conducted by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":73472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13592,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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