Gennadiy Golovkin hopes Kronk Gym influence can be key to success over Canelo Alvarez

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READ MORE: Canelo Alvarez open to crazy Oleksandr Usyk fight after watching Anthony Joshua clashGolovkin teamed up with Johnathon Banks back in 2019 after his loss to Alvarez.Banks fought under Steward and then took over the reins as trainer of Wladimir Klitschko when his mentor fell ill and passed away in 2012.Steward had formed the legendary Kronk gym and trained some of boxing’s best in Thomas Hearns and Lennox Lewis.Who will win the rematch between Gennadiy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez?

Let us know in the comments section below“I had the honour of knowing him personally,” said Golovkin. “He was a big man, a true expert and Banks grew up in that school with that experience of the Kronk Gym.“He’s brought that into my training, he’s been sharing it, it's a grand experience, it’s enormous and unforgettable.

We look back at what he did for fighters like Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, all the training and preparation from that.“JB is able to use those experiences and bring them to my camp.

I’m extremely grateful to him for that. Any fighter would appreciate what JB does.”Whether or not it can be the key, at 40, to finally getting a win over Canelo and ending their rivalry will be proven at the weekend at the T-Mobile Arena in Sin City.