Gennady Golovkin accused Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya of doping and referred to members of the Nevada Athletic Commission as “terrorists.” (AFP/Getty Images)

Gennady Golovkin unloaded Tuesday on Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya, no doubt frustrated by the lack of information about the investigation into Alvarez’s two drug test failures in February.

Those positive tests put the May 5 rematch for middleweight supremacy at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas between Golovkin and Alvarez in serious jeopardy. Alvarez tested positive for the banned substance Clenbuterol, though he blamed it on contaminated meat.

Golovkin’s team made clear from the outset that it wasn’t buying that – Golovkin trainer Abel Sanchez said Alvarez was looking for an advantage and pointed out that Alvarez’s trainers, Eddy and Chepo Reynoso, are butchers who should know better regarding contaminated meat.

On Tuesday, when meeting with media in Big Bear Lake, California, Golovkin uncharacteristically blasted not just Alvarez, but De La Hoya, the founder and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. He also swung haymakers at the Nevada Athletic Commission, referring to its members as “terrorists” and suggesting they’re looking the other way because of Alvarez’s popularity.

Among the gems:

• “The commission … they all put their heads down to avoid eye contact,” Golovkin said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “I noticed it when I reviewed the fight again. These people are terrorists, they are killing the sport, not just me.”

• The Associated Press quoted Golovkin as saying, “I told you, it’s not Mexican meat. This is Canelo. This is his team. This is his promotion. … Canelo is cheating. They’re using these drugs, and everybody is trying to pretend it’s not happening.”

• “It was pretty obvious when [Alvarez’s] muscles were all [enlarged] … and with the traces of injections, which were visible,” Golovkin said, according to AP. “I can talk about Oscar De La Hoya, too. He is also not clean. He’s dirty.”

• USA Today quoted Golovkin saying he knew Alvarez cheated before the first fight, which was a split draw, as well. “Have a look at the video. He used some pills. It was pretty obvious when his muscles were all with traces of injections. I’ve known it for a long time.”

OK, then.

Alvarez hasn’t spoken publicly save for a sentence in a news release issued the day his failure became public.

His silence appears suspicious because Alvarez looked bigger and more muscular when he fought Golovkin in September, and because in blaming his positive tests on contaminated meat, Alvarez is using what some see as a get-out-of-jail-free card.

View photos Gennady Golovkin (L) took issue with Canelo Alvarez’s physique during their September fight. (AP) More

Alvarez’s more muscular build didn’t raise an alarm at the time because De La Hoya, in delaying the fight to much criticism, said he was doing so to allow Alvarez to fully grow into a middleweight.

As much as Alvarez and his team and members of the commission may not want to hear it, the perception among boxing followers is that the investigation is a sham and that Alvarez won’t test positive again because he knows there will be increased scrutiny through fight night.

Eric Gomez, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, insisted Alvarez isn’t cheating and said his silence shouldn’t be misunderstood. In an interview with Yahoo Sports, Gomez explained that Alvarez is not talking because he doesn’t want to influence the investigation. That, he vowed, will change when the probe, and all of its evidence, is released publicly prior to the fight.

“Canelo is going to talk,” Gomez said. “I promise you, Canelo is definitely going to talk. He wants to talk. … This situation is in the hands of the professionals now: The commission, the doctors, VADA [Voluntary Anti-Doping Association]. Bob Bennett [the executive director of the Nevada commission] was an FBI agent. He knows how to do these kinds of investigations and figure out what was going on.

“We want a thorough and complete investigation and we’re glad that Bob Bennett, an ex-FBI agent, is doing this,” Gomez said. “So, get this thing done right and put all the facts out, because Canelo isn’t a cheater and he’s being falsely accused.”

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