Facing Golovkin

Canelo Alvarez (interview with Fight Hype): Well, it [Golovkin vs. Lemieux fight] was really slow at the beginning, and just the jab alone of Golovkin finished Lemieux. Lemieux didn’t have anything that night. I did a lot of sparring with him in the past, and I was 20-years-old when I did it, but I know what I can do. He’s a strong fighter. He’s a strong fighter more than anything, but he also knows how to do various things. Yes, me and him could throw hard because in a lot of sparring you can’t throw hard with your full potential. Me and him were able to do it, and it was one world champion middleweight against a world champion super welterweight. You don’t always see that. It was very good. He’s a very strong fighter, but I think I am also. I didn’t feel him/the power like people say, and that’s probably because I’m a strong fighter also,”                           

Martin Murray:  “He was so strong, I just couldn’t keep him off. I felt his power, but it was more his pressure.”

Gabe Rosado:  “When he hit me in the first round I just felt straight solid wraps. It wasn’t like it was just an impact of a glove – it felt like a little butt hitting the top of my head. I do believe that his gloves are different than any other fighter that I ever fought before.  We both fought with Grant (gloves) but for whatever reason his Grants were missing a little  extra cushion on the knuckles. Triple G’s gloves – Grant definitely makes custom gloves for his guy – just kind of suspect about them gloves.”

Shane Mosley:  “When I sparred with Triple G he wasn’t world champion yet. He just came to the U.S. He was working out hard and everything. We didn’t spar hard. He was very strong, physically strong, he’s heavy-handed. He does have good power.”

Daniel Geale:  “There was a good reason why nobody wanted to fight Gennady Golovkin, he’s not too bad. I felt like I had to go out there and have a go. There were moments when I probably let him come to me a ­little bit too much. There were parts where I had certain plans and I probably didn’t execute them too well. But you live and you learn and against a guy like that, it can be difficult. If we got a rematch with Golovkin I would definitely try and do things differently. But I’m still happy to fight any of the other champions as well. I’m up for everybody.  In boxing, nobody is unbeatable. I got caught and I got beat in a world title fight but that doesn’t mean that’s it. If anything, it’s made me more determined.”

Curtis Stephens:  “Well, it was fun. Obviously he beat me but it was a great fight. For how long it lasted. I was surprised by his poise, how calm he was.”