Now IBF middleweight champion Golovkin, who believes he won both games against superstar Avarez in 2017 and 2018, admits he was bitter about the experience. Golovkin said some people believeD Avarez won or deserve a draw, feeling it was a "fraud".
Four years later, the 39-year-old Golovkin finally had the opportunity to correct his mistake against Golovkin at a trilogy competition in September. Famed boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has offered Avarez a two-game deal, and he is reportedly interested in accepting the $100 million deal, which is to be played against Gemmel Charlo and David Bernavidez.
With Golovkin planning to win the Avarez trilogy, he also needs to beat WBA middleweight super champion Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) in a double-crowned united battle in Japan in early April. As long as Golovkin wins the match, he could face Avirez on Sept. 17, when in fact the trilogy match is a big fight boxing fans have been waiting for since the 2018 resumption.
If Golovkin gets his long-awaited trilogy against Avirez, he wants the game to take place somewhere outside Nevada. Because this is the location of the first two matches between the two of them.
Golovkin said the first two games were "fraudulent" and "I think I won two games." But some people are happy with their paranoia, but does that make me a little uncomfortable? yes. Golovkin said.
Over the past four years, the memory of boxing fans seems to be getting worse and worse, as many of them now believe that Avarez should win two games and not just the second, which is crazy because Avarez did almost nothing in the first game.
Interestingly, both of Golovkin's vs. Avarez matches took place in the same location at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and it's a bit bizarre that some boxing fans wonder why the organizers chose to bring it back to the same place after the first match.