CANELO ALVAREZ and Gennady Golovkin ‘can’t stand each other’ as Eddie Hearn called their trilogy ‘the biggest fight in boxing’.
The pair controversially drew in 2017 when Canelo was deemed fortunate to walk away without a loss.
Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez drew in 2017Credit: AP:Associated PressBut the Mexican superstar emerged victorious in their rematch a year later in another razor thin Las Vegas classic.
Now, four years on and the pair are lined up for a trilogy blockbuster in September, so long as they win their respected interim fights.
Promoter Hearn told FightHype: “I’m telling you now, the build-up to Canelo versus GGG 3 will be unbelievable. They can’t stand each other.
“In the past, they never really wanted to say anything, but now they don’t really care what they say.
“I want both guys to look great as it builds up towards the biggest fight in boxing.”
Canelo, 31, first returns on May 7 in Vegas and will move up to challenge WBA light-heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol, also 31.
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Meanwhile Golovkin, 39, faces Ryota Murata, 36, in a middleweight unification on April 9 in Japan.
Both have verbally agreed to renew their rivalry later on in the year and Canelo admitted the bad blood is real.
He said: “Yeah. He talks a lot of s***. He talked a lot of things, but we’re gonna see.
“First things first, right, we need to win May 7th. I’m focused 100 per cent on this fight.
“It’s not an easy fight, it’s a hard fight for me, 100 per cent on this fight and then we’ll talk about that fight.”
Canelo Alvarez won his 2018 rematch with Gennady GolovkinCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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