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Hearn: Canelo not strong enough for Golovkin

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn gives his take on the upcoming Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin fight.

In this video interview caught by FightHub, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn breaks down how he views the upcoming middleweight clash between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin...

Hearn on Canelo-GGG:

"I don't think [Canelo's] strong enough. I don't see many beating Golovkin at middleweight. I think Alvarez is a fantastic fighter, and I watched him back against Liam Smith who, I know you guys don't really know a lot about Liam Smith but he's a good fighter but he's not elite world level but...Canelo is a great fighter.

On Kell Brook's performance against GGG:

"I think he was fantastic, I thought if he didn't break his eye socket that fight would've gone deep, maybe points. I'm not saying he would've won but I think it would've been a different fight and we always knew he could do that. He was at a disadvantage in size but we knew the disadvantage wouldn't be that much but GGG's a beast - he cuts you off...I said to Kell the other day 'how hard does GGG punch?' and he went 'Pffft' as if to say 'hard.'

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