Gennadiy Golovkin, 40, is no longer one of the best.
That was made abundantly clear on Saturday in Las Vegas, where he looked his age in a unanimous decision loss to super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez in his third fight.
He did almost nothing for two-thirds of the fight, but showed some signs of life down the stretch, which might have saved him from embarrassment.
Overall, though, the Triple-G we saw at T-Mobile Arena didn’t look like the beast that trampled a long list of solid middleweight opponents for more than a decade. That fighter is gone.
Thus, Golovkin (unlucky No. 13 in the most recent rankings) falls off Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound list.
That allows Jermall Charlo and Shakur Stevenson to move up a notch each from Nos. 14 and 15, respectively. And Román González rises from Honorable Mention to No. 15.
Golovkin is replaced on the list by veteran Kazuto Ioka, who re-enters as an Honorable Mention. The Japanese junior bantamweight champion last fought in July, when he easily outpointed Donnie Nietes to avenge an earlier split decision loss.
Meanwhile, Álvarez (No. 7) returned to the win column after his upset loss to Dmitry Bivol in May. However, a victory over this version of Golovkin was not enough to move him up the list. He stands still.
Stevenson, who is on the rise, is scheduled to defend his 130-pound titles against Robson Conceicao on Friday in Newark, New Jersey.
This is what the list looks like right now:
POUND FOR POUND BOXING ADDICT
Terence Crawford – Reportedly has agreed to meet Errol Spence Jr. for the undisputed welterweight championship on November 19 in Las Vegas, but no official announcement has been made. Naoya Inoue: Reportedly, he has agreed to meet Paul Butler for the undisputed bantamweight championship on December 13 in Japan, but no official announcement has been made. Oleksandr Usyk – No fight scheduled. Errol Spence Jr. – Reportedly, he has agreed to meet Terence Crawford for the undisputed welterweight championship on November 19 in Las Vegas, but no official announcement has been made. Tyson Fury – Reportedly has agreed to defend his WBC heavyweight title against Anthony Joshua on December 3, but no official announcement has been made. Dmitry Bivol – Scheduled to defend his WBA light heavyweight title against Gilberto Ramirez on November 5 in the United Arab Emirates. Canelo Alvarez – There is no scheduled fight. Vasiliy Lomachenko – He has reportedly agreed to meet with Jamaine Ortiz on October 29 in New York, but no official announcement has been made. Juan Francisco Estrada – Scheduled to face Roman Gonzalez on December 3. Estrada is the WBC junior bantamweight “franchise champion.” Jermell Charlo – Reportedly has agreed to defend his undisputed junior middleweight championship against Tim Tszyu on January 28, but no official announcement has been made. Gervonta Davis – No fight scheduled. Artur Beterbiev: Was scheduled to defend his unified titles against Anthony Yarde on October 29. However, the fight was postponed after Beterbiev was injured. A new date has not been announced. Jermall Charlo – No fights scheduled. Shakur Stevenson – Scheduled to defend his unified junior lightweight titles against Robson Conceicao on September 23 in Newark, NJ Roman Gonzalez – Scheduled to face WBC junior bantamweight “franchise champion” Juan Francisco Estrada on December 3.
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (no fight scheduled); Stephen Fulton Jr. (no fight scheduled); Devin Haney (scheduled to defend his undisputed lightweight championship in a rematch with George Kambosos Jr. on Oct. 16 in Australia); Kazuto Ioka (no fight scheduled); Josh Taylor (reportedly in talks to defend his WBO junior welterweight title in a rematch with Jack Catterall in January, but no deal).
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Photos: Canelo Alvarez beats Gennadiy Golovkin in trilogy finale
