Andrew Joseph

For The Win

Canelo Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin are set to face off Saturday in their highly anticipated rematch of last year's controversial split decision. It's a bout that will have a far more contentious tone after Canelo served a doping suspension for what he claimed was contaminated meat.

GGG wasn't buying that excuse for the failed test, which led to the cancellation of their fight in May.

In a recent interview, GGG claimed that he could see injection marks all over Canelo's body during their 2017 fight. Canelo has since refuted that claim with a response of his own.

GGG first said, via Sporting News:

"I don't believe it was beef. Pharmaceutical experts have determined that it was doping and not contaminated meat. I think it's nonsense and I don't like it.You could not deny that there were injection marks on his hands and on his arms. I don't know what it was, but they were injection marks.

"Everywhere, on biceps, stomach, pretty much everywhere. All over his body you could see injection marks. But right now it's the last thing that worries me. I am worried about the fight, that's the most important thing. It makes no sense to guess whether or not he had taken something [before the first fight]. The commission has allowed him to fight. The important thing was that he got caught the second time."

Canelo said that GGG's injection-marks accusation was just the Kazakh boxer making excuses.

"Those are the kicks and screams of someone who is drowning. Those are the excuses that they are making because of what is coming on Saturday - which is a loss for them. I've been monitored for most of my career, I've been monitored by WADA since 2011 and that's why they have authorities."

The middleweight title will be at stake in Saturday's bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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