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Top five fights for Gennady Golovkin before Canelo Alvarez

AS many boxing fans know, Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin are on a collision course to unify the WBC, WBA and IBF world middleweight titles.

The pair have agreed to each have an interim fight before beginning negotiations over a fight in the summer, and both are expected to fight in May.

Both operate at elite level, so it?s unlikely they?ll fight complete pushovers in their respective warm-up contests.

We?ve listed five fighters who would make a good match for ?GGG? before he faces Canelo. Let us know your thoughts in the Comments section.

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