After that fight, Alvarez famously called Golovkin into the ring and stated “Like we say in Mexico, we don’t f–k around…I don’t fear anyone.” Before that, after his middleweight title fight against Miguel Cotto in November 2015, Canelo proclaimed he would put on the gloves again and “fight him right now.”
However, Team Canelo later decided to relinquish the belt rather than face GGG and went down to junior middleweight. The fight against Chavez Jr. will be at a 164.5lb catch weight and Canelo says he plans to campaign at middleweight after that.