Former middleweight title challenger Gabriel Rosado(24-11, 14 Kos) witnessed Gennady Golovkin’s performance in his 12 round majority decision loss to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 Kos) two month ago.
“I had Canelo winning a close fight,” Rosado said to Fighthub about Canelo’s rematch with Golovkin on September 15.
“It could have gone either way. I felt like Canelo applied pressure. Triple G was able to box and counter. It kind of influences the judges when your trainer is telling you to stand and fight, and you're circling the ring. It’s not that he ran, but it kind of influences the scorecards,” Rosado said.
”He fought like an older man,” Rosado said about GGG in his rematch with Canelo. ”Father time caught up with him. It’s obvious.”
“A little winded, and much slower,” Rosado said when asked to give an example of what he saw in Golovkin’s performance against Canelo in their rematch that would suggest that he’s become an old man. ”What is he? almost 37? His style of fighting, it’s hard to keep up the pace,” Rosado said.
“The fights are definitely right there,” Rosado said about wanting to fight Saul Canelo Alvarez, Daniel Jacobs and Demetrius Andrade if he gets past Luis Arias on November 17.
“It’s about taking care of business on the 17th. I got to be a killer, and go in there and do damage. That’s what I got to do to be victorious. The top three guys are Jacobs, Andrade and Canelo. In order to get these fights, I’ve got to win and win in an impressive fashion. It’s going to be a great fight if he comes to fight,” Rosado said about his fight against Arias.
“If I have to chase him, I’ll chase him. If he stands there, we going to bring it,” Rosado said.