Canelo vs GGG Odds For Saturday’s PPV – K2 and Golden Boy Promotions are putting on the middleweight superfight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin this Saturday night on HBO pay-per-view.
By any measure, this qualifies as a superfight and it will be in the running for the biggest fight of the year. The bout sees Golovkin (37-0) bring the IBF, WBA and WBC world titles to the table to take on Alvarez (49-1-1), who is one of the biggest box-office draws in the sport. It is the big money fight that the 35 year old Golovkin has been craving so you can expect to see the best version of “Triple G.”
You can also expect to see the best version of Alvarez. Alvarez once held the WBC belt tha Golovkin has, but he vacated it and the perception was that Alvarez and his team were avoiding a showdown with Golovkin.
That perception hit Alvarez in his pocket, as he ended 2015 with a PPV match against Miguel Cotto that drew 900,000 buys but he saw that dwindle to 600,ooo for his Amir Khan fight. The number fell further, to 300,ooo PPV buys for Canelo versus Liam Smith. Alvarez stopped the freefall in his PPV numbers earlier this year when he sold more than 1 million for his match with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Meanwhile Golovkin has continued to fight. He looked human in his last outing against Daniel Jacobs this past March, failing to score a knock out for the first time in 23 outings. The question is being asked if he is slipping in his mid-thirties but that assessment may not be giving enough crdit to Jacobs. Golovkin has a lot of fights but not a lot of wear. But no one can cotrol when father time shows up and Alvarez at 27 does not have to answer the same question.
Was Team Alvarez waiting to see a lukewarm performance from Golovkin to decide that the time was right? Certainly that played into it but the time has also allowed Golovkin to become a bigger star. Alvarez has made it clear that he considers himself the “A” side of this fight on the business end. He will make the most money and he called most of the shots in the negotiations. Golovkin’s reputation make this a much riskier fight for Alvarez than any of his previous three outings, but do not forget that for Golovkin, this is the biggest fight of his life.
The undercard fight that is already getting a look at the sports books sees undefeated super bantamweights meet as Diego De La Hoya (19-0) takes on Randy Caballero (24-0). Caballero is the more experienced of the two and he currently hold the North American Boxing Federation title at 122 pounds, but he will walk into this fight with De La Hoya a slight underdog. For the 23 year old De La Hoya, who carries the weight of the famous family name well, this is considered a big tep up fight. He has been fighting on uncle Oscar’s cards throughout his young career but this is a co-feature spot on one of the biggest PPVs of the year.
Several other support bouts could pop up at the sports books closer to fight time. Of particular interest is the featherweight 10 round bout between Joseph “Jojo” DIaz (24-0) and Rafael Rivera (25-0-2).
Middleweight 12 rounds – Las Vegas, Nevada – PPV
Middleweight 12 rounds –
Saul Alvarez +140 o9½ -230
Gennady Golovkin -160 u9½ +190
Super Bantamweight 10 rounds –
Diego De La Hoya -155
Randy Cabellero +125
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