De La Hoya: “I strongly believe Canelo will KO Golovkin in Trilogy”

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is very confident that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) would score a knockout victory over Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) if the two rivals were to meet again in a third fight. Canelo Alvarez, the former undisputed middleweight champion, faces British Rocky  Fielding, the WBA world super-middleweight champion, at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Ahead of the fight, Alvarez has opened up on the prospect of a trilogy fight with Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. “No, we have not had any talks or approaches,” he told ESPN “They are rumours. Me personally, I have not had talks or talked about it. I like to respect what I have in front of me, I have a great challenge on December 15. And once I get past it, I’ll take a vacation and then we’ll see what’s on the table for May. At this time it’s only rumours.” De La Hoya has no problem with doing a third fight in the future. "We just made the phone call and the state athletic commission made a mistake," De La Hoya said to Brian Campbell of CBS Sports. "We have the hold for Canelo and it's for an [opponent] to be announced. There is nothing set in stone and we haven't even talked to Tom Loeffler's people. There is no Golovkin fight whatsoever next year. We haven't even discussed it and I haven't thought about it. First things first is Dec. 15 and Rocky." "Should there be [a third fight]? Would there be? Absolutely!" De La Hoya said. "There has to be the third fight, maybe even a fourth fight or a fifth. I sure hope so! But there is nothing for Cinco de Mayo or even for September with Golovkin. "Canelo bullied the bully [in their rematch]. That's the only way he's going to beat Golovkin. If you push Glolovkin back, he can not fight to go backwards. Golovkin knows one mode and that's forward. Canelo did a great job and if they fight again, I strongly believe Canelo will knock him out. And if they fight for the fourth time, Canelo will win again."

Canelo Alvarez makes Golovkin trilogy admission ahead of Rocky Fielding Fight