Canelo Alvarez vows to knock out Gennady Golovkin in rematch after controversial title fight last September
CANELO ALVAREZ has vowed to knock out Gennady Golovkin after the pair squared up in Los Angeles.
The duo go head-to-head for the middleweight world title on May 5 after their previous bout was controversially declared a draw.
One judge declared it a 114-114 draw, one had 115-113 win for Golovkin but Adalaide Byrd was lambasted for scoring the close-knit fight at 118-110 to Alvarez.
And in front of thousands of fans in LA, the pair declared judges wouldn't be necessary this time around as Alvarez signalled his intentions to end the fight before 12 rounds.
He said: "I'm not afraid of nobody, and I've shown that. The first time, they were saying he was gonna knock me out and I wouldn't fight him. And look, here we are again.
"There's a saying in Mexico – a parrot's green anywhere he goes. I'm not afraid of him. I'm gonna knock him out."
Who is Adalaide Byrd?
ADALAIDE BYRD is at the centre of controversy after scoring Canelo Alvarez a 118-110 winner over Gennady Golovkin.
The American official was temporarily stood down after her bizarre judging of the middleweight world title clash in Las Vegas.
Who is Adalaide Byrd?
Byrd is an American judge who has been an official since 1997.
Over her 20-year career she has been ringside in a series of big fights throughout America, and is often used by Golden Boy Promotions.
She also officiates in MMA, and is the wife of Hall of Fame judge Robert Byrd.
The Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez was the 442nd fight of her officiating career.
Bob Bennett, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission said: "Adalaide, in my estimation, is an outstanding judge.
"She's done over 115 title fights and/or elimination bouts. She does a great deal of our training. Takes a lot of our judges under her wing. I think being a judge is a very challenging position.
"Unfortunately, Adalaide was a little wide. I'm not making any excuses.
"I think she's an outstanding judge, and in any business, sometimes you have a bad day. She saw the fight differently. It happens."
Golovkin, 35, criticised the scoring in the last fight and insisted he just wants fairness this time around before also slamming the commentary.
The Kazakhstan fighter added: "I'm always for fairness. This first fight didn't have any fairness. This type of judging is what's hurting boxing.
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"What I saw inside the ring, and what I heard from the ringside commentary, it did not match up.
"I was disappointed in that. What I watched did not match what I heard. What it seems to me is stats and the commentary didn't match.
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"Commentators are entitled to their own opinions. It's not bad for me, but it's bad for the sport. I think I won. The stats prove it and the HBO expert [Lederman] thought I won.
"And the fans thought I won. I wasn't the one getting booed when I walked out [of the ring]."