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Who wins? Gennadiy Golovkin vs. five potential opponents

Boxing Junkie staffers are trying to have some fun while the sport is on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the questions fans love to ask even amid a busy schedule is, “Who would win if …?” With that in mind, we decided to create …

Boxing Junkie staffers are trying to have some fun while the sport is on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the questions fans love to ask even amid a busy schedule is, “Who would win if …?” With that in mind, we decided to create our own “Who Wins?” feature, in which we pit a single fighter against each of five potential opponents and indicate who we believe would win the fights.

We started the series Sunday with our No. 1 boxer pound-for-pound, Vasiliy Lomachenko, and moved down the list to No. 2 Terence Crawford, No. 3 Canelo Alvarez, No. 4 Naoya Inoue and No. 5 Oleksandr Usyk.

Next up: No. 6 Gennady Golovkin.

Triple-G is coming off a shaky performance in a close decision over unheralded Sergey Derevyanchenko last October, raising the notion that he’s slowing down as he approaches his 38th birthday, but he remains a major player at middleweight.

In this installment of Who Wins?, our staffers’ give their takes on how Golovkin would do against Canelo Alvarez in a third fight, Demetrius Andrade, Derevyanchenko in a rematch, Jermall Charlo and Jaime Munguia. We then tally Golovkin’s record in those fights and present our standings.

We want to acknowledge that the choice of possible opponents is subjective. We’re looking for the best possible but also realistic foes for our featured boxers. One caveat: We won’t consider promotional and managerial rivalries that often stand in the way of the best matchups. And we’re operating under the assumption that none of our featured boxers will fight with ring rust as result of their forced coronavirus-related layoff.

The plan is to work our way down our pound-for-pound list each day. That means our featured fighter tomorrow will be No. 7 Errol Spence Jr.

So here goes: Inoue vs. his five potential opponents.

GOLOVKIN (40-1-1, 35 KOs) VS. ALVAREZ (53-1-2, 36 KOs)

Is Canelo Alvarez (right) too good for Gennadiy Golovkin at this stage of their careers? Ethan Miller / Getty Images

Rosenthal: Golovkin isn’t as far gone as some seem to believe. He looked so-so in his last fight, a harder-than-expected unanimous-decision victory over Sergey Derevyanchenko that suggested he might be slipping. The guess here is that he lacked inspiration, which he would have in abundance for third fight with Alvarez. Part III would look like Parts I and II – give and take from beginning to end – but Alvarez, who is peaking now, is better at this stage of the game. He wins a clear decision this time.

Frauenheim: The second encore will be more of what we saw in the first encore. Golovkin is a couple fights past his prime. His durability is not the same. Lack of body punching in the first two is a sign GGG won’t step inside. Canelo, unanimous decision.

Nam: The win and draw Alvarez has against Golovkin will forever have asterisks attached to them. But if these two ever fight again – there is talk that it could happen this fall – Alvarez will be the decided favorite and it has all to do with the fact that he’s in his prime and Golovkin is not. Since their last meeting, Alvarez has outclassed Daniel Jacobs and stopped light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev. Golovkin, meanwhile, went life and death against Sergey Derevyanchenko in a fight he barely edged on the scorecards. Alvarez by convincing unanimous decision.

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GOLOVKIN VS. ANDRADE (29-0, 18 KOs)

Demetrius Andrade (right, landing against Luke Keeler) has skills that could present problems for Golovkin. Melina Pizano / Matchroom Boxing USA

Rosenthal: Make no mistake: Triple-G would be competitive with any middleweight in the world. This might not be a good matchup for him, though. Andrade’s stick-and-move style would drive this somewhat slower version of Golovkin nuts. The fight wouldn’t necessarily look pretty – unless you like pure boxing – but Andrade would be in control from for most of the fight. Andrade by clear decision.

Frauenheim: Andrade falls into a dreaded category: Most Avoided. His slick defense makes him hard to hit. Hard to beat. Worse, he can make better fighters look bad. GGG has the precision and power to hurt him, especially when he throws wild combos. Fight won’t happen, but if it did: GGG, late-round KO.

Nam: It’s not so much that Andrade is “avoided” by the top fighters in the middleweight division but that he is treated more like an afterthought. And he has only himself to blame. Though Andrade was born and bred in the United States, it’s as if he received his education from the Cuban School of Boxing, an outpost that specializes in the art of playing spoilsport in the ring. Andrade will make this a dreary bout, no doubt, and his physical advantages will make Golovkin look like a plodder. Still, Golovkin should be able to to win rounds by landing the more significant punches in what nonetheless figures to be a low, low output affair. Golovkin by ugly close decision.

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GOLOVKINS VS. DEREVYANCHENKO (13-2, 10 KOs)

How much did the war between Golovkin (left) and Derevyanchenko take out of Triple-G? Ed Mulholland / Matchroom Boxing USA

Rosenthal: Golovkin will be reticent to exchange punches so freely with this bruiser the second time around. He still has a strong skill set and he’ll use it against Derevyanchenko, who will have more difficulty finding the target in this rematch. Golovkin will pick his shots, land some telling blows and be satisfied to win a more-definitive decision this time around.

Frauenheim: Giving Derevyanchenko another chance might be the last mistake in GGG’s career. GGG won a unanimous decision in October. But it wasn’t decisive. A one-point margin on one card and three points on each of the other two mean it was close. Derevyanchenko makes the adjustments, wins split decision.

Nam: There were immediate calls for a rematch after their first bout, but Golvokin, and his braintrust wanted no part of it. Who can blame them? Derevyanchenko rallied from a cut and early knockdown to dominate nearly three quarters of the fight. Golovkin never looked more vulnerable or slower. For every punch Golovkin landed, Derevyanchenko would respond with a three, four punch sally. Expect the same, just worse in the rematch. Derevyanchenko by decision.

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GOLOVKIN VS. CHARLO (30-0, 22 KOs)

Jermall Charlo has never faced anyone at the level of Golovkin. Stephanie Trapp / Showtime

Rosenthal: Love this matchup. Charlo is a fiery boxer-puncher who will attack Golovkin with measured aggression, picking his spots but not leaving himself open to Golovkin’s big shots too often. Golovkin will take a similar approach in what will become an entertaining, give-and-take battle that will be taxing for both fighters. Triple-G will have his hand raised afterward, the winner of a close decision.

Frauenheim: Charlo has dangerous power. He’s quicker than GGG, too. But his style, dictated by his aggressive instincts, will put him squarely in the middle’s of GGG’s wheelhouse. GGG will catch him coming in, especially in the later rounds. GGG, late-round TKO.

Nam: A competent boxer-puncher with above-average power, Charlo would appear to have the skill set and explosiveness to trouble Golovkin at this stage of the Kazakhstani‘s career. But it’s hard to honestly assess Charlo at middleweight as he has only fought subpar opposition thus far. It’s a close, tactical matchup with intermittent offensive spurts. Golovkin wins on points.

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GOLOVKIN VS. MUNGUIA (35-0, 28 KOs)

Jaime Munguia (right, unloading on Gary O’Sullivan) has youth on his side but little else against Golovkin. Tom Hogan-Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions

Rosenthal: Munguia, 23, has youth on his side, which gives him hope, but he has too many obstacles to overcome to win this fight. The Mexican is still growing into the 160-pound division and he has the tendency to be reckless, which will play into Triple-G’s hands. He simply can’t slug with Golovkin but knows no other way. This matchup will produce fireworks as long as it lasts but it won’t last long. Golovkin by early KO.

Frauenheim: An interesting fight a couple of years from now. But GGG will be 40 in a couple of years. He’ll be thinking more about retirement than a tough fight against a 25-year-old contender. For now, Mungia has only one fight at middleweight. He’s fun to watch, but his fearlessness will get him knocked out. GGG wins KO.

Nam: There are some signs that Munguia, a former 154-pound titleholder, is improving under new trainer Erik Morales, but the Mexican still remains a rough-hewn project – especially on defense. His inability to keep his hands up, chin tucked and general sloppiness on offense are big red flags against Golovkin, who will dictate the bout with his ramrod jab. Golovkin will find it easier to land his right hand against a relatively slower-moving target in Munguia. Golovkin by late stoppage.

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THE FINAL TALLY

Gennadiy Golovkin: 9-6 (5 KOs)

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THE STANDINGS

Canelo Alvarez: 15-0 (6 KOs)
Naoya Inoue: 14-0-1 (5 KOs)
Vassiliy Lomachenko: 14-0-1 (4 KOs)
Terence Crawford: 14-1 (3 KOs)
Oleksandr Usyk: 10-5 (2 KOs)
Gennadiy Golovkin: 9-6 (5 KOs)

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Julian Williams’ trainer: ‘He should be ready to go by August or September’

Stephen Edwards, the trainer of Julian Williams, believes his charge will be ready for a tune-up fight as soon as late summer.

It’s not if Julian Williams will fight Jeison Rosario again, it’s when.

Williams recently decided not to exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch with Rosario, the Dominican contender who stopped him in five rounds in a significant upset on Jan. 18. However, Stephen Edwards, the trainer of Williams, says they have every intention of fighting Rosario again. Just not next. They need time to heal and regroup.

“Julian just had surgery [to repair damaged skin around] both of his eyes last week,” Edwards told BoxingScene.com. “He can’t even spar until May or June. We wouldn’t be ready for a rematch in a reasonable period of time.”

In the fight, Rosario (20-1-1, 14 KOs) opened up a large gash over Williams’ left eye, which immediately changed the tenor of the fight.

“It’s counterproductive to rush into a rematch without getting his eye fixed and his eye was a big reason he lost in the first place,” Edward said. “But Team Rosario has expressed to me personally that they are honorable and will give us the rematch very soon. Just not next because we won’t be ready.”

Sampson Lewkowicz, the promoter of Rosario, told Boxing Junkie that Rosario “100%” plans to give Williams a rematch whenever he is ready.

Edwards believes Williams (27-2-1, 16 KOs) should be ready for a tune-up fight by late summer.

“He should be ready to go by August or September,” he said.

Edwards does not know who the opponent will be yet. In the meantime, the trainers says Williams won’t be peddling any excuses.

“What I’ve learned is it’s no use talking about what went wrong publicly,” Edwards said. “It always sounds like an excuse and, at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter. The result is what matters.

“Julian just has to redeem himself. Jeison Rosario fought a great fight, and he got the win.”

Follow Sean Nam on Twitter @seanpasbon

Julian Williams won’t ask for immediate rematch with Jeison Rosario

Multiple outlets have reported that Julian Williams is not interested in pursuing an immediate rematch against Jeison Rosario.

The future appears to be wide open for Jeison Rosario.

Former junior middleweight titleholder Julian Williams is forgoing his contractual right to an immediate rematch against Rosario, the Dominican contender who scored a shocking stoppage of Williams on Jan. 18 in the latter’s inaugural title defense in his hometown of Philadelphia, multiple outlets have reported.

The reason? Williams (27-2-1, 16 KOs) needs to recover from surgery on the cut he suffered over his left eye in the Rosario fight. Provided Rosario is still a titleholder, Williams has every intention of pursuing a rematch later in the year, according to BoxingScene.com. The feeling apparently is mutual.

“When Williams wants the rematch, Rosario will give it to him, 100%,” Sampson Lewkowicz, Rosario’s promoter, told Boxing Junkie. “For now, Williams has a medical problem.”

That leaves Rosario (20-1-1, 14 KOs), who turns 25 in April, with a few options in a division teeming with intriguing possibilities. He could face his mandatory in Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev (17-0, 13 KOs). Or, more compellingly, he could head straight into a unification against fellow titleholder Jermell Charlo (33-1, 17 KOs), who revenged his disputed loss to Tony Harrison (28-3, 21 KOs) last December. Both Charlo and Rosario are aligned with Premier Boxing Champions, so that would be a relatively easy matchup to make.

Rosario’s upset of Williams was just another eye-opening outcome in the ultra competitive 154-pound division. Last year, Williams upset multiple-belt titleholder Jarrett Hurd (24-1, 16 KOs) in impressive fashion. All in all, the division has produced some of the most interesting story lines of any weight class.

As for Williams, he is staring down at yet another attempt at a comeback. He was knocked out by current middleweight titleholder Jermall Charlo (Jermell’s twin brother) in 2016 before making a statement against Hurd last year. Williams’ trainer Stephen Edwards has set the bar high for his charge the second time around. Shortly after the upset loss to Rosario, Edwards was adamant about getting revenge.

“[Williams] cannot go out on his career losing to that kid, I’m sorry,” Edwards said on the TalkBox Boxing Podcast. “[The loss to] Jermall Charlo, I can accept that a little bit. You know, that guy may go to the Hall of Fame, and we can say we fought him when Julian was a little young at the time and that he caught Julian with a great shot.

“This fight (against Rosario), I can’t stomach that. I’m serious. I just can’t.”

Follow Sean Nam on Twitter @seanpasbon

Demetrius Andrade stops overmatched Luke Keeler in Round 9

Demetrius Andrade put an overmatched Luke Keeler down in each of the first two rounds and stopped him in Round 9 on Thursday night in Miami.

It wasn’t Demetrius Andrade’s prettiest performance but it was emphatic.

Andrade, seeking a knockout almost the entire fight, put an overmatched Luke Keeler down in each of the first two rounds and stopped him in Round 9 in defense of his middleweight title Thursday night in Miami.

Andrade (29-0, 18 KOs) has made only three successful defenses of his belt but, with other top middleweights evidently unwilling to fight him, he said he plans to move up in weight.

“I want to go up to 168 and fight Billy ‘Joke Ass’ Saunders and that’s what I’m going to do,” he said after the fight Thursday.

Andrade scored one of the quickest knockdowns possible, putting Keeler (17-3-1, 5 KOs) down with a left in the first few seconds of the fight. The game, fit Irishman survived. Then, in the final 30 seconds of the second round, a big overhand left put Keeler down again and this time he was hurt. Still, he survived.

After that, Andrade, a southpaw known for his sublime skills, looked sloppy at times as he tried – arguably too hard – to stop an opponent so limited he probably shouldn’t have been in the ring with him.

Finally, with about a minute to go in Round 9, Andrade landed another one of those overhand lefts and hurt Keeler again. This time, the champion battered his prey until referee Telis Assimenios stopped the fight with one second remaining in the round.

Andrade landed a high percentage of his power shots, 50 percent, according to CompuBox. And, in spite of his less-than-refined attack, he was typically difficult to hit. Keeler landed only 10 percent of his punches.

“I thought I was good,” Andrade said. “Luke Keeler is a warrior, a future champ one day. But today was my day. … I went in thinking to myself, ‘I could put him out.’ And that’s what I did.”

Andrade said he hasn’t given up completely on fighting one of the other elite 160-pounder, all of whom fight for rival companies. Eddie Hearn, his promoter, reportedly made an offer to fellow titleholder Jermall Charlo but was turned down.

“Eddie Hearn said he sent an offer [to Charlo] and didn’t get no response,” Andrade said. “If they want to send an offer this way, I will respond.”

Julian Williams’ trainer: JRock has to KO Rosario in rematch

Stephen Edwards, the trainer of Julian Williams, believes his charge not only needs to beat Jeison Rosario, but do so by knockout.

The trainer of Julian Williams wants his charge to avenge his stunning upset loss to Jeison Rosario on Jan. 18. And he wants him to do so by knockout.

Stephen Edwards, Williams’ longtime trainer, set the bar high for Williams during an appearance on the Everlast TalkBox Podcast.

“I may get overruled on this, I don’t know,” Edwards said, “but for me being able to go to sleep at night and what I believe Julian is at, he gotta get that loss the f— back.

“I don’t care who don’t like this. He gotta fight that kid again and he gotta knock that kid out.”

Talk about pressure.

Williams made strong statement last May when he upset Jarrett Hurd to win two junior middleweight titles. It was a remarkable comeback for a fighter who had been written off by some after suffering a knockout loss at the hands of Jermall Charlo in 2016.

A rematch with Hurd was expected to take place in December but Hurd, for whatever reason, declined. In stepped Rosario, a hard-hitting, but relatively unknown Dominican who was expected to be something of a tune-up for Williams. There were even tentative plans to have Williams face a fellow titleholder in a unification bout this summer.

The 24-year-old Rosario had other plans. Rosario busted up Williams’ eye early in the fight and then stopped the Philadelphian in the fifth-round in front of his hometown crowd.

Edwards, still smarting from the loss, believes a knockout in the rematch will be the only way to conclusively put this episode behind them.

“If [Williams] don’t [knock out Rosario] I’m gonna be disappointed in him,” Edwards said. “I made it as clear as I can. I don’t know if [the rematch is] going to be next or whatever, but he gotta get that kid back.”

Edwards upped the ante.

“[Williams] cannot go out on his career losing to that kid, I’m sorry,” he said. “[The loss to] Jermall Charlo, I can accept that a little bit. You know, that guy may go to the Hall of Fame, and we can say we fought him when Julian was a little young at the time and that he caught Julian with a great shot.

“This fight (against Rosario), I can’t stomach that. I’m serious. I just can’t.”

Jeison Rosario scores stunning 5th-round KO of Julian Williams

Caleb Plant latest example of exploiting hometown fan base

Caleb Plant will defend his super middleweight title against Vincent Feigenbutz on Feb. 15 in Nashville, Plant’s hometown.

Caleb Plant’s next title defense certainly doesn’t whet the appetite. The super middleweight titleholder is set to take on unheralded German Vincent Feigenbutz on Feb. 15, it was announced last week.

Feigenbutz? Rumor is that he and Tom Schwartz have the same Bavarian agent.

To compound matters, Plant is coming off what was already an underwhelming matchup in his last bout, on July 20, a breezy win over “Subway” Mike Lee that ended swiftly in the third round. A talented southpaw in his prime who otherwise had a breakout year by wresting a piece of the super middleweight crown from Jose Uzcategui in January, Plant, it seems, has been put on the slow track for his title reign.

Yet by deciding to stage Plant’s next fight at the Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, it’s clear what strategy his handlers have in mind for their top fighters.

“I’m very excited to bring my world title home to Nashville in my second title defense,” Plant said in a release by Premier Boxing Champions. “It’ll be in front of all of my family and friends, and I plan to put on a spectacular performance. Vincent Feigenbutz is a very tough, rugged European fighter. He’s got a big knockout ratio, but this is my backyard, and I will not let any man come in here and rain on my parade.

“On February 15, I’m representing my hometown and my home city with pride. I believe this will be the first of many fights that we hold at The Bridgestone in Nashville. This fight isn’t going 12 rounds. Nashville, stand up!”

When was the last time a title fight took place in Nashville? Exactly.

Plant may not get the hearts of fight aficionados racing by facing an unknown German, but that likely won’t matter to his hometown supporters. Indeed, the fight is the latest example of a new box office market in boxing, the local market. In recent years, fighters like Jose Ramirez and Terence Crawford have drawn upwards of 12,000 fans in their hometowns of Fresno, California and Omaha, Nebraska, respectively. The PBC showcased Jermall Charlo in his native Houston and gave rising lightweight Gervonta “Davis a considerable homecoming in Baltimore. Indeed, this past Saturday, more than 14,000 spectators showed up in Atlanta to see Davis score a 12th-round stoppage against Yuriorkis Gamboa. In the spring, Dallas native Errol Spence drew 47,000 people to see him fight Mikey Garcia in a pay-per-view show in nearby Arlington.

Plant-Feigenbutz could have taken place at one of the totemic casinos in Las Vegas, where Plant lives and trains, and no one would have batted an eye. If boxing wants to grows, it needs to move away from money streams that have both sustained and marginalized it over the past few decades.

Plant-Feigenbutz could be another step in something special. Let’s just hope next time Plant goes to Nashville, it’s against a live body.

Sergiy Derevyanchenko eyeing a spring return

Sergiy Derevyanchenko plans to return to the spring, according to promoter Lou DiBella.

Middleweight contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko is shooting for a ring return in the spring, according to promoter Lou DiBella.

“We’re looking to come back March or April,” DiBella told Boxing Junkie.

Derevyanchenko (13-2, 10 KOs) is coming off a vacant title shot against Gennadiy Golovkin in October, dropping a controversial decision. By all accounts, Derevyanchenko raised his stock in the loss. Afterward, his handlers called for an immediate rematch, but Golovkin moved toward fighting one of his mandatories.

Nevertheless, Derevyanchenko should have a few attractive options. He is something of a network free agent. He has fought on DAZN but is managed by Al Haymon, so it’s possible that he could fight on a Premier Boxing Champions card on either Fox or Showtime.

According to Derevyanchenko’s co-manager Keith Connolly, Derevyanchenko has not renewed his promotional contract with DiBella but is open to working with him as long as the right fight is lined up.

Derevyanchenko was recently spotted at Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the Jermall Charlo-Dennis Hogan PBC card. Charlo is another possible opponent.

Asked what direction he’d like Derevyanchenko to go, DiBella said the best choices are at DAZN.

“Obviously most of the options are over on DAZN, with the Canelo fight and and ‘Triple G’ rematch,” DiBella said.

DiBella also said Derevyanchenko would have no problem moving up to 168, where the likes of Billy Joe Saunders and Callum Smith reside.

“Ideally 160,” DiBella said, “but we would move up for the right fight.”

Jermell Charlo stops Tony Harrison to regain title in Round 11

Jermell Charlo ended a close fight by stopping Tony Harrison in Round 11 to regain the 154-pound title Harrison took from him a year ago.

One can’t let his guard down against a fighter like Jermell Charlo, not even for a split second. Tony Harrison did so and lost his title as a result.

Harrison, defending the junior middleweight belt he took from Charlo by a controversial decision almost exactly a year ago, said afterward that he was coasting past his rival in the rematch Saturday in Ontario, California. And some will agree with him. One judge and I had him winning 95-94 after 10 rounds.

Then one punch rendered all else irrelevant. Charlo landed a left hook midway through Round 11 that sent Harrison reeling and then down. And he was hurt badly. He got up but then absorbed a series of hard punches that put him down again and prompted Charlo, assuming he had won, to leap onto the ropes in celebration.

Harrison got up again but one more barrage of punches with his back against the ropes convinced referee Jack Reiss to end the fight. The official time was 2:28.

Just like that, Charlo turned a close fight into a convincing victory to regain the title he lost to a man he really can’t stand.

“I got my belt back,” a jubilant Charlo said in the ring immediately afterward. “… [And] I didn’t leave it up to the judges.”

The fight didn’t play out as many expected. Harrison, the boxer, walked down Charlo much of the fight. And Charlo, who was assertive at times, wasn’t quite as aggressive as some people thought he needed to be to win the fight.

The new champ was very aggressive in Round 2, coming out at the bell like a wild man. Harrison, a clever defensive fighter, was able to withstand the pressure until a left hook from Charlo put him on his behind.

The rest of the fight was give and take, as a number of rounds could’ve gone either way. One could argue that Harrison controlled the action with his jab and enough power punches – including many to the body – to win the majority of the rounds.

Plus, many of Charlo’s punches, as ill-intended as they were, landed on Harrison’s gloves and shouldn’t have been considered scoring blows.

At the same time, Charlo was busier than Harrison at a number of junctures and was able to get enough punches – some of them hard, eye-catching shots – through Harrison’s guard.

Two judges had Charlo winning by the same score after 10 rounds – 96-93, or six rounds to four. The third judge gave Harrison six rounds. Those scores or anything in between were reasonable given the competitiveness of the fight.

And none of it mattered midway through Round 11. The left hook changed everything. Harrison was able to get up from both knockdowns that round but never fully recovered, which became obvious to Reiss in the end.

Some people will argue that the stoppage was premature because Harrison wasn’t taking heavy blows at that moment. However, Harrison, who initially protested vociferously, gave Reiss the benefit of the doubt when he was interviewed.

“Jack is a championship referee,” said Harrison, who clearly was devastated after the fight. “I ain’t gonna question whatever he saw. I started to get a little lax and got caught. … [Charlo] earned it. I hate it. But he earned it.

“… I’d like to do it one more time,” he added, seemingly almost in tears. “I felt like I let us down. I felt like I let me down. Damn.”

Charlo was gracious afterward, or as gracious as he could be given the nasty pre-fight trash talk that resulted the controversial decision in the first fight and the fact Harrison had to postpone the rematch because of a nagging ankle injury.

Still, Charlo followed tradition by walking over to Harrison’s corner to congratulate him on a good fight.

“I’m a gentleman at the end of the day,” Charlo said. “I have a family to feed, so does he. May the best man win. I showed good sportsmanship. But at the end of the day, I don’t that dude – period.”

Charlo-Harrison III? The winner was asked whether he’d be willing to fight Harrison again and initially indicated that is open to the idea but then said, “I’m off to bigger and better things,” which doesn’t bode well for Harrison.

Charlo was also asked about Julian Williams, who holds two 154-pound titles.

He responded, including brother Jermall in his answer: “We’re history making twins. I’m down for whatever makes history.”

Canelo Alvarez gives up light heavyweight title he won last month

Canelo Alvarez is relinquishing his light heavyweight title, opening the way for him to fight at 160 or 168 pounds in his next bout, in May.

Canelo Alvarez is relinquishing the light heavyweight title he took from Sergey Kovalev, opening the way for him to fight at middleweight or super-middle in his next bout, expected in May.

Canelo, still the reigning middleweight champion, announced the move Tuesday in a statement released by Golden Boy Promotions.

“I know that my accomplishments in the ring have brought pride to my fans and my country,” said Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs), who scored an 11^th-round stoppage of Kovalev on Nov. 2 in Las Vegas. “I have long enjoyed my relationship with the WBO (World Boxing Organization) and appreciate all they do to preserve and enhance the sport of boxing.

“This agreement allows the WBO to have its light heavyweight title contested regularly and allows me to pursue bouts against the best opponents, regardless of weight class.”

The move appears to eliminate any immediate chance of Alvarez fighting Artur Beterbiev, who holds two 175-pound belts. Before and after Canelo’s victory over Kovalev, Beterbiev was mentioned as a possibility. And for now, a fight between Canelo and fellow Mexican Gilberto Ramirez, the WBO’s No. 1 ranked contender at 175 pounds, is also off the board. That matchup would’ve been a big event for Canelo’s expected date celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

However, a third fight with middleweight Gennadiy Golovkin still appears to be an option.

Canelo, who has a win and draw against Golovkin, has said he no longer sees Triple-G as a challenge. However, he has also said he would do a third fight if it made financial sense. It is believed that a third fight would be a big money maker. It’s also doable. Both Canelo and GGG are tied to DAZN.

Canelo, 29, has shown no interest in Demetrius Andrade, a 160-pound belt holder, whom he called “boring.’’ Another possibility is Jermall Charlo, another titleholder.

Demetrius Andrade to defend title against Luke Keeler on Jan. 30

Demetrius Andrade will defend his 160-pound title against Luke Keeler on Jan. 30 in Miami on DAZN.

None of the top middleweights have been eager to face Demetrius Andrade but Luke Keeler will.

Andrade will defend his 160-pound belt against the fringe contender Jan. 30 on DAZN. Tevin Farmer and Daniel Roman will defend their world titles on the undercard.

Andrade (28-0, 17 KOs) figures to cruise past Keeler (17-2-1, 5 KOs), an Irishman who is 7-0-1 in his last eight fights but has never faced anyone like the man he’ll meet at Meridian at Island Gardens.

Andrade has been lobbying to fight one of the other middleweight titleholders – Canelo Alvarez, Jermall Charlo or Gennady Golvokin – but, thus far, no one has been interested in tangling with the slick southpaw from Rhode Island.

The other featured fights should be more competitive.

Farmer (30-3-1, 6 KOs) is defending his junior lightweight title against capable

fellow southpaw Joseph Diaz Jr. (30-1, 15 KOs). Farmer lost four of his first 12 fights but hasn’t had a setback since 2012. He’s on a roll.

Diaz has won four straight since he lost a wide decision to Gary Russell Jr. in his previous shot at a major title.

Roman (27-2-1, 10 KOs) will be defending his two junior featherweight titles against unbeaten former amateur star Murodjon Akhmadaliev (7-0, 6 KOs), a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist from Uzbekistan.