Fightful will be bringing you live coverage of the first press conference between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. They will fight on September 15 in Las Vegas with the unified WBA and WBC middleweight titles on the line. The event, which Fightful has been invited to participate, will be streamed live at 4 PM EST on the Golden Boy Promotions Facebook Page.
This presser is a split-site conference with Canelo Alvarez in Guadalajara, Mexico and Gennady Golovkin in Big Bear, California #CaneloGGG2
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Oscar De La Hoya calls the rematch a continuation of their first fight, round 13 #CaneloGGG2
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Tom Loeffler said the event will be bigger than the first one #CaneloGGG2
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Tom Loeffler on #CaneloGGG2 negotiations: “It was a tough negotiation, but the rematch feels like a much bigger fight and both guys don’t want to leave it in the judges’ hands.”
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Canelo Alvarez doesn’t want to further address his failed drug test back in February which canceled the rematch originally set for May 5 this year #CaneloGGG2
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#CaneloGGG2 PPV card will begin at 8 p.m. EST per Oscar De La Hoya
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Canelo Alvarez said Gennady Golovkin’s May 5 fight against Vanes Martirosyan was not even a fight. Golovkin knocked out Martirosyan in the second round on May 5 #CaneloGGG2
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Tom Loeffler said he’s received lots of comments asking for Gennady Golovkin to knock out Canelo Alvarez #CaneloGGG2
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Abel Sanchez: “On the 15th, when Oscar and Canelo are having breakfast, and Oscar is gonna have to remind him to bring his courage to the arena that night.” #CaneloGGG2
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Eddy Reynoso on why Canelo is the better fighter: “He is more versatile… He has the total package.” #CaneloGGG
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Abel Sanchez on the rematch possibly ending in a knockout: “I hope that September 15 is different because I think the fans deserve what we have promised them.” #CaneloGGG2
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Oscar De La Hoya: “We’ve seen GGG, we’ve seen him do one thing and that is to come forward. Canelo can do so much more” #CaneloGGG2
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Oscar De La Hoya calls Canelo Alvarez the only PPV boxer in the world. #CaneloGGG2
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Canelo Alvarez on this fight being more personal than in the first fight: “They disrespected me with all that they have been saying and their actions. It’s personal now.” #CaneloGGG2
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Canelo Alvarez on Abel Sanchez: “He knows what I think of him, I have nothing more to say.” #CaneloGGG2
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Canelo Alvarez’s message to Gennady Golovkin: “Nothing. I’ll see you on September 15.” #CaneloGGG2
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Gennady Golovkin said they are not having a face-to-face press conference with Canelo Alvarez because they are in a space that is comfortable. “I assure you we’ll see each other face to face before September 15. We had already done a tour. I’ll see him very soon.” #CaneloGGG2
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Canelo Alvarez said his knee wrap is just a support, a part of his rehabilitation post-surgery. Added that he is training very hard still. #CaneloGGG2
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Abel Sanchez said changes to Gennady Golovkin will be minimal for this rematch #CaneloGGG2
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Canelo Alvarez said he doesn’t think the knee he had surgery on will not affect him, but if it does become a problem, then they will have a gameplan for that #CaneloGGG2
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