George Groves warns Gennady Golovkin to stay at middleweight

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GEORGE GROVES believes that Gennady Golovkin should not risk moving up to a higher weight division. Groves has sparred Golovkin in the past but the Briton, a world champion at 168lbs, doesnโ€™t expect a super-fight with Gennady Golovkin or Canelo Alvarez any time soon.

โ€œI think certainly Alvarez is too small and Golovkin is too small. What he does well, heโ€™s getting on a bit but heโ€™s got so much power. Heโ€™ll lose an edge to the power coming up. The big guys that heโ€™s fought lately, he hasnโ€™t quite had the success with, like [Danny] Jacobs. So itโ€™s like anything: the bigger you are, the better you are at absorbing a shot. Heโ€™s going to fight big super-middleweights, 13 plus stone, his power isnโ€™t going to be the same. He doesnโ€™t need to. Heโ€™s a big name at middleweight, thereโ€™s enough fights out there for him at middleweight. If I was him Iโ€™d stay there,โ€ George said.

The boxing world is waiting to see whether to see whether Canelo and Golovkin will agree to a rematch after their controversial draw in Las Vegas. โ€œWhen the fight was made I thought Canelo would be a little too slick for Golovkin, I thought Golovkin dipped just because he hadnโ€™t been tested over the years. I saw in the weigh-in that Golovkin looked in real good shape, better shape than Iโ€™d seen him recently. Probably up for it much more, knew it was a bigger payday, a bigger challenge, opens up the door for some other bigger fights. That was motivation for it,โ€ Groves added.

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Sep 16, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Gennady Golovkin (green trunks) and Canelo Alvarez (blue trunks) box during the world middleweight boxing championship at T-Mobile Arena. The bout ended in a draw. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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