Tomás Yelmini
This is one of the fights that the boxing universe always looks forward to. In this case, Canelo Alvarez vs Gennadiy Golovkin is a clash with a lot of history which will take place once more on the night of September 17, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the third chapter of a rich history of confrontations.
Canelo Alvarez is a source of pride for all of Mexico, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of recent years and a great champion. However, in his last fight he suffered a tough setback against Russian Dmitry Bivol, who put a stop to his bid for the light heavyweight world title.
Back in the super middleweight division, where he is still king, he will face Kazakhstan’s Gennadiy Golovkin, a formidable boxer who, in his two previous fights with Canelo (a draw and a loss), left the impression that he could have taken something more.
In JefeBet we’ve already offered you our analysis of this fight and also the statistics and predictions of what can happen in the ring. Now we also bring you the predictions of the experts, in this case former world-renowned boxers, so you can draw your own conclusions.
Canelo Alvarez vs Gennadiy Golovkin III: Boxing World Experts’ Predictions
| Expert | Experience | Prediction |
| Julio Cesar Chavez | Former boxer | Canelo |
| Juan Manuel Marquez | Former boxer | Canelo |
| James Toney | Former boxer | Golovkin |
| Bernard Hopkins | Former boxer | Canelo |
| Expert | Source | Prediction |
| Tom Gray | The Ring Magazine | Canelo by TKO |
| Anson Wainwright | The Ring Magazine | Canelo by TKO |
| Lee Groves | The Ring Magazine | Canelo by Unanimous Decision |
| Ron Borges | The Ring Magazine | Canelo by points decision |
| Diego Morilla | The Ring Magazine | Canelo by points decision |
Curious facts about the Canelo Alvarez vs Gennadiy Golovkin 3rd fight
- Gennady Golovkin lost his unbeaten record in his second fight against Canelo Alvarez in 2018 due to a controversial judges’ ruling.
- Before the loss to Bivol, the Mexican had only lost one fight: it was in 2013, by points to none other than Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- Out of Canelo’s last 10 fights, five of them went the full 12 rounds (including the two with Golovkin).
- The two previous fights between the Mexican and the Kazakh also took place at the same venue: the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
- It has been 11 years since Alvarez last fought in his home country. The last time was against Kermin Cintron, at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City.
- Golovkin has not fought in Kazakhstan since 2010. That time, he knocked out Colombian Nilson Tapia in three rounds in Astana.
