Golovkin and Alvarez make weight for blockbuster fight

Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin stepped on the scales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena then came face-to-face for the cameras, one day before they meet in one of the most anticipated fights in years.

Three-belt champion Golovkin wore black shorts and smiled as he stepped on the scale first weighing the 160-pound (72.5kg) middleweight limit for the world title fight against Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena.

Alvarez was up next, climbing onto the scales in his blue shorts and registering the same 160 pounds for a bout that has all the ingredients to produce a fight of the year.

“I am very happy for all the love and support of these fans,” Alvarez told the crowd. “I am going to give them 100 per cent. I trained hard and I am disciplined.

“I take all this responsibility seriously and I am going to give them a great fight.”

Kazakhstan’s Golovkin is putting his World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation, belts on the line but to the uninitiated it might have seemed more like Alvarez was the champ.