The fight between Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin is shaping up like the fight of the year

Much has been said about the bickering between Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin, the threats of knockout, the verbal crossings between their coaches and whether one will have enough to finally tip the balance after the draw last September

Betting odds have this a close one and rightfully so. Few fights of this magnitude look this competitive on paper. Not many of them are contested for a crown either.

But here we are on fight day, biting our collective nails in anticipation, waiting for the outcome of the most significant middleweight bout in years. Who will win? Only the fight itself will tell us, but here is what a few loyal to the sport have to say.

Something sports fans will be able to witness this Saturday in Las Vegas will be Gennady Golovkin's possible record of becoming the first man in boxing history to actually defend 21 middleweight world championships. The record, of 20, he shares with Bernard Hopkins.

After the last tie, it is a fact that Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Álvarez will go out with greater effort in search of victory, which guarantees a fight that will be among the best of the year. Last year, the fight between the heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko took the honors, but now it seems to have no rival, so fans must wait for fireworks in the ring before the fight that is shaping up as the best fight of the year. year.