Gennady Golovkin says he is desperate for trilogy fight against Canelo Alvarez after Mexican ripped away his world titles
The 36-year-old suffered the first loss of his professional career after Canelo earned a controversial majority decision points victory
GENNADY GOLOVKIN has declared he isn’t finished and wants to fight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for a third time after he lost his world titles on Saturday night.
The Kazakh star lost to the Mexican via a majority points decision in what could be called the fight of the year at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Both extremely closely matched fighters gave the crowed a thrilling fight that one judge scored a draw, 114-114. while the two others scored it 115-113.
After the fight Golovkin, 36, was seemingly disappointed with the decision, leaving the ring before giving an interview.
But at the post-fight press conference, the formerly undefeated middleweight champion said he wants the trilogy fight with Canelo.
He said: “We can say a lot of things tonight, but first of all I want to congratulate Canelo, because he left this building as the champion.
“I feel like I’m a champion, but he also is a champion. It was a fight of two champions tonight.”
Golovkin felt he was in control of the fight, keeping Canelo at the end of his punches winning the battle of the jabs.
He added: "I felt very comfortable. I think we controlled the fight, all the jabs. Even though he was not running this time, it doesn’t mean he was controlling the fight. We were controlling the fight.”
Golovkin said he will continue to try and prove that he is the best.
The 2004 Olympic silver medallist said: “As a fighter, as a boxer, I will continue to do my job. I will continue to work to prove that I’m the best.
“We would like to have a third fight. We will negotiate it. It would be great to have a third fight.
“I feel fine, I feel great. I have a very small cut where we butted heads, but otherwise I wasn’t hurt. I feel fine.
“I’m just a fighter. I’m doing my job. How to judge my performance, my work, is not my job. As a fighter, I’m just doing my job inside the ring.
“As far as I’m concerned, he was not running from me. He wasn’t running at all in this fight. But that doesn’t mean that he won this fight.
“I don’t think he really demonstrated some super, great Mexican boxing style. Yes, he was not running around this time, but it doesn’t mean that he won this fight. He didn’t do anything special."
Before concluding: “I’ll come back guys, I’ll come back."
He told reporters: “If the people want a third fight, we will do it again. But for now, I want to enjoy the moment with my family and my people.
“But if they want us to do it again, no doubt. He’s a great fighter but I’m a great fighter and I showed it tonight.”