CANELO AND GOLOVKIN TRAINERS EDDY REYNOSO AND ABEL SANCHEZ GET CANDID

Published by Shawn C.

*LOS ANGELES (Aug. 29, 2017) *Hosted by sports commentator Beto Duran,
*Staredown*brings together *Eddy Reynoso,* trainer to lineal and *Ring
*Magazine
Middleweight World Champion *Canelo Alvarez *(49-1-1, 34 KOs), and *Abel
Sanchez,* trainer to undefeated WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweight World
Champion *Gennady
“GGG” Golovkin* (37-0, 33 KOs), in an intimate setting to talk about the
importance of *Canelo vs. Golovkin* to the sport of boxing and what each
fighter needs to do to win the night of Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas.

*WATCH NOW: Staredown featuring Eddy Reynoso and Abel Sanchez *
[image: Eddy Reynoso and Abel Sanchez, trainers of Canelo Alvarez and
Gennady Glolovkin, talk about the importance of Canelo vs. Golovkin to the
sport of boxing]

Below are highlights from the trainers’ conversation in *Staredown:*

*EDDY REYNOSO, Trainer to Canelo Alvarez:*
“This fight is huge for Mexico. There hasn’t been a fight like this since
Pacquaio vs. Marquez that has peaked such interest.

[When asked about Gennady’s “Mexican Style”] “It makes me proud that
foreign boxers would choose to emulate our Mexican boxing style. It’s proof
of importance.

“Canelo and Gennady’s boxing styles will certainly test each other, and
this is the type of fight that can result in a trilogy. This fight will
bring boxing the credibility it once had in the past. The boxer that makes
the best adjustments is the one that will win the fight.

“We are working hard in the gym. We know Golovkin is a strong boxer, but
Saul is a better boxer, and his time is now.”

*ABEL SANCHEZ, Trainer to Gennady “GGG” Golovkin:*
“All the big fights are in Vegas. Gennady has never had a fight of this
magnitude. This is a fight for world supremacy. The middleweight division
has always been the glory division so the winner of this fight will be
considered a super star.

“The great fighters, the greatest warriors in history have been Mexican or
Latino. Both Canelo and Gennady are bringing back this ‘Mexican Style’ of
boxing.

“Sparring is sparring. Canelo was just a young boy of 19 or 20 years when
he and Gennady sparred. He’s progressed immensely since then. My impression
of Canelo after that sparring session was that he was fast and smart, had
nice combinations and good movement, but he was only five years into his
professional career at that time. I thought he could be a champion or a
star someday.

“Gennady needs to beat Canelo. He needs to destroy Canelo; destroy the aura
that he has right now.”

*Canelo vs. Golovkin* is a 12-round fight for the middleweight championship
of the world presented by Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions and
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Holdings. *Diaz, Jr. vs. Lara *is 12-round WBC Featherweight Title
Eliminator bout presented by Golden Boy Promotions. *Caballero vs. De La Ho*
*ya* is a 10-round fight for the NABF Super Bantamweight
Championship presented by Golden Boy Promotions. *Martin vs. Rojo* is a
10-round lightweight bout for the WBC Continental Americas and vacant WBA
Intercontinental Championships presented by Golden Boy Promotions and
GGG Promotions in association with Cancun Boxing. The event will take
place Saturday,
Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena and will be produced and distributed live by HBO
Pay-Per-View® beginning at a special time of 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

HBO Sports will air the special “*Under The Lights: Canelo/Golovkin*” Saturday,
Sept. 2 at 10:00 p.m. (E/PT) on HBO. It’s the final time the two will see
each other until fight week unfolds in Las Vegas.

Episode #2 of *24/7 Canelo/Golovkin* premieres Saturday, Sept. 9 on HBO
immediately following the live Boxing After Dark triple header from the
StubHub Center at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.

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