Abel Sanchez, the coach of the WBA Super, WBC and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, called the condition under which his ward may change the weight category. "Marvin Hagler during almost the whole career boxed in the middleweights. It was his division, and no one asked him to rise higher. I think that for fighters of the Golovkin level, given the stage of their career, it is important to have a motivation. If it is not, it is not so important, how many potential rivals are in the super middleweights?
“There must be a guy who gets under your skin and causes a desire to fight. He should cause Gennady to train. If such a person appears in the super middleweights, then Golovkin rises there.
“Given the titles and age of Gennady the gym is the last place where he wants to be. Training is the most difficult point of compliance at this stage. The fight itself is a much easier part. If in the super middleweights there will be someone who motivates him to return to the gym again and again, then he will fight with such a rival. But I do not know if there are such people in this division," said Sanchez.
