Saul Alvarez Canelo will be moving up two weight divisions in the hope of claiming the Russian Sergey Kovalev’s WBO light heavyweight title before setting his sights on a third fight against Gennady Golovkin.
From the moment the fight between Alvarez and Golovkin was rumored, and the Kazakh’s trainer Johnathon Banks shook his head and expressed his doubts.
On top of that, Banks knows Alvarez has his eyes set on some big challenges, including moving up two weight classes to light heavyweight.
“Man, as of right now I don’t think nobody can see it happening,” Banks said.
“Not even Alvarez himself. He said he doesn’t see it happening. And if it does happen, it happens when they’re both 65 years old. That way [Golovkin] won’t be able to hit so hard.” Banks added.
Golovkin returns to the ring for the second time in four months on Saturday as he fights the Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko for the vacant IBO and IBF middleweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Derevyanchenko, meanwhile, he is five years younger, but suffered the first setback in the professional, losing by split decision to Daniel Jacobs in last October.
“A guy like Derevyanchenko, he’s a volume puncher. It’s very rare and very hard to notice any weaknesses, because any weaknesses he does have he makes up for with the volume of punches that he throws.” Banks said.
“I think everybody was talking about how they think he won the Jacobs fight; I don’t think he won the Jacobs fight. I think Jacobs was able to do whatever he wanted to do in the ring.
“I don’t think Derevyanchenko was frightened of Danny Jacobs; I don’t think Danny Jacobs was frightened of Derevyanchenko.
“It made it a good fight because the guys knew each other so well. If Derevyanchenko fights Golovkin like he fought Danny Jacobs, then my opinion is it will be a short night.” he added.
Will there ever be a third fight between Alvarez and Golovkin? Who do you think would win? We just wait and see.
