‘Who is he to finish anybody’s career?’: Golovkin takes aim at Álvarez

The 40-year-old veteran shrugs off talk of retirement as he prepares to take on his great rival for the third time

I don't pay attention to any nonsense that he is saying. I stopped paying attention a long time ago," Gennady Golovkin says coolly as, just days before they step into the ring to face other for a third time, he dismisses the bitter and personal words Saul Canelo' Alvarez has directed towards him.

All week, as the hype and bluster of this trilogy cranks into overdrive, Canelo has promised that he will punish" Golovkin before knocking him out and ending his career on Saturday night.