“I made a tactical mistake by starting too calmly. I just wanted to see what the fight would be like. We both started quietly, but I needed more time to get into the fight. I also tried to get him closer to me in order to "open" him. After the fight, we had a friendly conversation, where I kept repeating that I was fine with him. It was Canelo who began to claim that the fight with me was a personal matter for him, ”Golovkin commented on his defeat.
“I still have the old fire in me, and I still love boxing, so I'm not going to end my career. Also, don't forget that I'm still the middleweight champion of the world. In this duel, I did not miss strong blows, I felt fresh, I have no signs of battle on my face, new trials are still ahead of me. I will probably go down to middleweight again, but in reality everything will depend on the offers that my team will receive. I didn't feel that Canelo was faster or stronger than me, his punches didn't do me any damage. Today he was just better than me, despite the fact that I felt that he was getting slower in the second half of the fight, ”added Golovkin.
Thanks to the victory over Golovkin, Saul Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) defended the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO championship belts in the super middleweight category.