By El-Amisty Nobo|| Follow Amisty on twitter @ElAmistyNobo
The much anticipated rematch between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady ‘Triple G’ Golovkin has been axed after the Mexican formally announced his withdrawal at a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday with a pending PED test.
The rematch of the middleweight title bout was scheduled to take place on May 05 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after a controversial first fight, which saw the most famous Adalaide Byrd scoring it 118-110 in favour of Alvarez to neutralize the other results – [115-113], and [114-144], ending the contest in a draw.
A rematch became necessary which the two camps accepted a deal for the fight to happen on a Cinco de Mayo, only for Canelo to be popped twice for a banned substance which they blame it on a contaminated Mexican meat.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Canelo Alvarez temporary and would be halted before the commission again on April 18 where he could face a longer suspension if found guilty.
“I have never let you down, and I never will. I respect what I do,” he said.
In order not to let the date go waste, Golovkin’s promoters are in search for a new opponent for the Kazakh who holds the WBA, WBC, IBO, and the IBF middleweight titles.
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