Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin replaced longtime trainer Abel Sanchez with Emanuel Steward protege Johnathon Banks following his second fight with Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez. And after four fights with Banks, GGG expects to bring some added Kronk Gym mojo into the ring for Saturday’s trilogy fight against undisputed super middleweight champion Caneko on DAZN PPV at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“Johnathon has added the traditions of the Kronk Gym to my training,” said Golovkin. “He has opened a different world to me. Johnathon has not changed my style of fighting but has added weapons to my arsenal. I had the honor of knowing Emanuel Steward. Johnathon brought his memorable experience of Kronk to me. It has been my privilege for Johnathon to share that with me. With Johnathon behind me, it does not matter who is in front of me. I trust him completely.”
Banks added, “This is our fifth fight together. We have been building on what Gennadiy has learned while incorporating what made him so special as an amateur, working on the basics — timing, rhythm, and speed. In boxing, to remain at the elite level, you either evolve or die. He’s not depending solely on power punching.
“I still remember sitting with Emanuel Steward at amateur tournaments and both of us marveling at Gennadiy’s all-round abilities inside the ring. He was an extraordinary power-punching boxer. He could do anything he wanted.
“Even at 40, he still approaches training like he’s a young and hungry top-rated contender. He is all smiles and always the first one in the gym. He really enjoys training and it shows in his work ethic and the results. He is a fast study and an eager student. He has an incredible thirst to learn new things. Gennadiy is an athlete’s athlete.
“And while 40 may be the new 30, thanks to the science of nutrition and strength and conditioning, come Saturday night, 40 may also be the new world super middleweight champion.”
After viewing adjustments Abel Sanchez made to Cecelia Brakus rematch with McCaskill – only a freaking idiot would stay with him.
Now I am a bit worried. The 4 fights having Banks as his trainer GGG has not looked good at all. Have not seen anything better in GGG. Hopefully it all somehow all comes together and whatever Banks has trained into GGG finally works.
although ggg landed his jab at will and couldnt miss canelo with it in the 2nd fight, he will need to be able to actually land his right hand, and alotttttttttt, with his jab to have any chance in this one.
Agree, jab and straight punches the whole fight. Don’t hook with the hooker, only now and then to have some diversity in his punches.
I don’t believe he could KO Canelo! So with that being said he’ll have to clearly outbox him over 12 which I don’t see happening either??!!??
Nobody is immune from a KO. Duran, who had one of the best chins ever was knocked cold by Herns. Marciano knocked down but not counted out. Never saw Robinson flat out but Fullmer sure remembered his ( Robinsons) left hook. Dempsey was knocked out in his first fight. Harry Greg fought from welterweight to heavyweight and never was knocked out cold In over 500 contests.
Correction: Harry Greb “ The Pittsburg Windmill”.
An upset in this fight would NOT surprise me, Possibly by a KO.. Just have that feeling that GGG will end up being victorious. Hope that I’m wrong.
Hope that you’re right..
hope you are right, but not likely…
GGG by KO
that would be awesome…
Not sure why people would blame switching to Banks as worse performances. Maybe the altitude of Big Bear is the thing Golovkin is missing now, but I don’t know what altitude he’s trained at for this fight. Plus a new trainer from 37 to 40 years old, maybe blame age if you think Golovkin has worse performances. Still has power, but Canelo took it for 24 rounds already. If anything, Canelo May bust up Golovkin’s face, if he can’t, doubt Canelo gets a TKO either.
Sure, altitude, age, will affect a fighter, but also GGG is not using his straight punches (jab and straight right) as much anymore, which against a hooker like Alvarez leaves GGG more open to getting hit so much.
GGG will k.o Canelo in this fight. I know Canelo has never been K.O’d,HOWEVER there is a 1st time for everything.if it goes to a decision we ALL know Canelo/Delahoya has already bought a judge/OR TWO!!!!
If he couldn’t KO Canelo while in his prime seems very unlikely he could do it now.
It would be a first time for GGG too, to be honest, as a GGG fan, it’s much more likely that GGG will be KO’d than the other way around.
Agreed…
I still find it odd that GGG switched from Abel Sanchez. Abel got him to where he needed to be. Yes, I’m a Canelo fan BUT we all know that GGG won that first fight. And so he lost the 2nd. Why switch trainers? You have 1 loss and think it was bad training? That was pretty stupid and disloyal.
Umm…to set the record straight he did not leave Sanchez ,Sanchez left him because he did not like what GGG wanted to pay him so he declined to resign with GGG.I think it was the right decision ,Abels style didnt take advantage of GGGs boxing talent he just addressed GGGs power which was so great he could destroy most fighters.
There is nothing that attracts me in this fight. We’ve seen it all.
GGG has gone four fights since they met. Neither GGG nor the opposition have impressed, the fight against Sergiy is a chapter in itself.
Canelo has eight fights in the same period. Sure lost to Bivol but the quality of Canelo’s opponents is on a completely different level than the ones GGG has gone up against. .
Canelo is fully match trained which GGG is not. That fact alone is decisive.
If you add that GGG has passed best before date a long time ago, and that Canelo has the mental advantage, there is nothing in this fight that can make me hope for a surprise.
Only a fool would do that.
Boxing’s public perception and paying public needs a GGG triumph hereat. Canelo and his PED’s positive results is still an open wound per se. His slap on the wrist suspension was an embarrassment and erroneous. Moreover, Canleo never addressed said findings to his consumers and admirers. The same for his three teammates positive PED findings and their ‘leader’ E. Reynoso
[ acting like PED positive results in boxing is equivalent to burnt toast ].
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I’m rooting for GGG even against logic. Hoping that the training and improvements sync up for the fight to have at least a great fight at best a good win without receiving much damage. If Know get bring one thing out in fighters, it’s the right hand with a left dip to avoid counter hooks and right uppercuts.
GGG has no chance of winning without a KO. He’s 40 and GGG waited him out.
I DON’T KNOW WHO WINS BUT FORGET THE KO… NEITHER ONE OF THESE GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AS FAR AS I KNOW