Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 3: GGG reflects on their first fight

Gennady Golovkin has reflected on his first fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez as fight week starts to get underway ahead of their trilogy fight.

Golovkin, 40, will face Canelo Alvarez, 32, for a third time in Las Vegas on September 17.

The first fight between the pair at the T-Mobile Arena ended as a controversial draw in 2017 before the Mexican won the rematch via majority decision a year later.

Golovkin will be back in action for the second time in five months after he regained the WBA (Super) middleweight title earlier this year with a win over Ryoto Murata.

And he has spoken about his memories of their first fight as the hype starts to build ahead of their trilogy bout in a few days’ time.

Reflecting on THAT Canelo punch in round nine, Golovkin told DAZN Boxing’s YouTube channel: “I remember that punch.

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“Well, I let it get through. You know, it wasn’t that… I don’t know what to call it, it wasn’t hard. It felt kind of like a slap or a sliding punch.

“Well, it didn’t do too much.”

Golovkin has frequently criticised the ‘terrible’ judging for robbing him of victory against Canelo all those years ago.

It looked almost certain that Golovkin was going to be awarded the victory and retain his WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight titles in style as well as his undefeated record.

However, the contest was controversially ruled a split draw with judge Adalaide Byrd bizarrely scoring it 118-110 in favour of Canelo.

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At the time the result was met with a chorus of boos from fans inside the T-Mobile Arena.

And it seems Golovkin has never forgiven her for that decision as