Janet Kolovkin is approaching the long-awaited trilogy fight with Mexican Saul ‘Canolo’ Alvarez.
One day after his 40th birthday, he captured Klovkin’s second middleweight title on Saturday in Saitama, Japan, with a ninth round knockout of Ryota Murata.
Kolovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) dropped Murata in the ninth round with his first punch, powerful right hand, and then thrown into the corner before knocking down the Japanese star with the other right hand in the round. Piece to stop the fight.
The victory not only added Murata’s WBA title to Kolovkin’s collection of 160, but also confirmed Golovkin’s third fight with Alvarez scheduled for September 17.
Kolovkin and Alvarez agreed to a fight in February, which will take place at வார 168 for Alvarez’s undeniable Super Middleweight Championship. But first, Golovkin had to push Muratta back in a planned battle on December 29, but it was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.
With Murata (16-3, 13 KOs) out, ESPN’s No. 1 pound-to-pound fighter Alvarez will now have to beat Dmitry Bivol on May 7 to take third place in the Light Heavyweight title challenge. Conflict with Golovkin, the fight Alvarez said was unique.
Tons of respect for the Rio de Murata! You are the champion 🙏🏻 Aricado! pic.twitter.com/5lpUXTv842
– Janet Kolovkin (@GGGBoxing) April 9, 2022
“It’s not personal to me,” Kolovkin told ESPN last month. “I moved out of those fights before I got home. I did not live in the past. If fighting with me again was personal to him, why did he take four years to do that?”
Kolovkin and Alvarez were equalized in September 2017, before Alvarez showed him a year later.
Number of ESPN. 2 Golovkin, a middleweight, took 16 months to get back into the ring after the TKO win over Kamil Ssremetta, and was forced to endure some tough times against Muratta. The Olympic gold medalist was able to wear Klovkin and performed well with his physical attack for the first four rounds before Klovkin’s wave changed in the fifth round.
The proud bent right hand sent Muratta’s trumpet to fly in fifth, seeming to catch Kolovkin’s second wind. Suddenly he controlled the action.
After dropping the penalty on the Japanese star, Kolovkin began to push Murata backwards. The beginning of Golovkin’s first boxing end in the ninth round. Golovkin fainted and was on trembling legs as he tried to survive on the ropes as he released his hands for the final blow of the fight.
The 36-year-old Kolovkin was able to absorb the attack just minutes before landing two feet, after which he knocked down the rogue with another right hand and created the only knock down of the fight.
Kolovkin appeared a step slow in defeating Sergei Terevyanchenko in October 2019, but the power of the brand remains strong. Such is the chin of Golovkin, who has long been considered one of the best in boxing.
This is Muratta’s first fight in 30 months following TKO’s victory over Steven Butler in December 2019. He was ranked # 4 on the ESPN at 160 160, avenging his loss to Rob Brand and his controversial loss to Hassan N’Dom.
But the promotion of Golovkin’s class, the future Hall of Fame, was too high.
In the 20 consecutive middleweight titles at Golovkin’s defense the legendary Bernard Hopkins equaled the record he had before facing the first loss of his career, which led to a major defeat to Alvarez in their September 2018 rematch.
Both matches were commercial bonzons and cemented Golovkin’s status as one of the best stars in boxing and one of the best fighters for the pound.
But since the Alvarez fight, Kolovkin has failed to capture his former form, including 23 straight knockouts, which ended in a decisive victory over Daniel Jacobs in 2017.
Now, assuming that Alvarez defeated Pivot on May 7, Kolovkin will try to end this bitter rivalry and become the two-division champion in his 168-pound first match. The first two fights in Las Vegas generated over 1 million pay-per-view purchases, each with more than $ 50 million in integrated gate receipts.
“I think this is the biggest fight [en el deporte] It is possible. There may be others, but the boxing business prevents them from making it, “Kolovkin said.” The reason I think this is a great fight is because we have already given the fans two fantastic fights. Many people from all over the world saw them. The fans know what to expect and I think they want to see more than we gave them the first two times. “
