canelo golovkin Oscar De La Hoya has recently gone on record stating he believes that the upcoming Canelo-Golovkin fight will be the biggest in middleweight division history, and the numbers support his assertion…

“In modern boxing history, it ranks right up there, according to De La Hoya, with such legendary encounters as Hagler-Leonard, Hagler-Hearns, Hopkins-Trinidad and his own fight against Bernard Hopkins. Kazakhstan’s Golovkin has knocked out 89 percent of his opponents (37-0, 33 KOs) and will defend his IBF, IBO and WBA middleweight championships against Mexico’s Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs)…” [ Read more here ]