CANELO ALVAREZ weighed in lighter than bitter rival Gennady Golovkin for their undisputed world super-middleweight title trilogy fight.
The two boxing legends will collide for a third time tonight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The Mexican and Kazakhstan warriors were once friends but are now fierce enemies – although they kept a lid on their bad blood and remained tight-lipped when they came face-to-face at the pre-fight press conference on Thursday.
However, the verbal shots did start as the pair took to the scales last night.
Middleweight champion Triple G, whose belts are not on the line, is stepping up to super middleweight for the first time and weighed in at 167.8lbs.
His foe, who had a huge following in Las Vegas as his legion of fans packed into the plaza in front of the T-Mobile in the red-hot sun to celebrate Mexican Independence weekend, came in lighter at 167.4lbs.
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The crowd produced a huge roar and ovation as Mariachi bands played while Canelo was led to the stage by LatinAmerican rappers.
Golovkin was met with jeers as he saluted their patriotic day before throwing out a reference to the controversial score cards from their first two fights – which ended in a draw and a Canelo win.
He said: “Come on. If you’re real boxing fans you know who won those fights.”
Canelo hit back, saying: “He will see what happens in the ring. My aim is to knock him out.”
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The first fight between them in 2017 ended in a draw before Canelo controversially won the second by a majority-decision.
The 40-year-old Golovkin’s titles are not on the line as he steps up to super-middleweight for the first time – although Canelo’s undisputed championship crown in the division is up for grabs.
Canelo’s trainer Eddy Reynoso believes that Golovkin will not be ready for his ever-improving 32-year-old superstar.
He said: “Canelo is better at everything since the last time he fought Triple G.
“I’m not being funny. He has improved with his conditioning, with his technique, with his toughness.
“He has more ways to beat you, and I’m not going to say what they are, but Triple G is probably not going to be ready for some of them.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
