Gennady Golovkin explains why he does not believe Canelo Alvarez is boxing’s pound-for-pound king and says he is ‘tired’ of Mexican’s recent fights

Gennady Golovkin has insisted undisputed super-middleweight king Canelo Alvarez is not boxing's current pound-for-pound king.

The Kazakh IBF middleweight champion, who twice shared the ring with the four-weight champion, retains a rivalry with his former foe.

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When they first met in 2017, the vast majority saw GGG deserving of a points victory.

However, the judges scored the bout a split draw.

There was plenty of bad blood when they met again a year later.

Second time around, Canelo was vastly improved and won a close decision.

The result was debated once again, but there were far fewer cries of 'robbery'.

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Three years on, there has been no trilogy bout with Canelo instead unifying middleweight titles, winning a light-heavyweight title and now becoming undisputed at super-middleweight.

These subsequent victories have cemented his position as pound-for-pound king in the eyes of most, but not his former foe.

"It depends what we take as the criteria," Golovkin told the .

"After my fights with him, I don't consider him the best."

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GGG continued: "To be honest, I am a little tired of this series of boxing, like carbon copy fighters.

"What Eddie Hearn is trying to do is present one of his fighters [for Canelo] after another.

"It's like a soap opera that we're all tired of.

"I think it's time to move on and I think he should face the truth and have some conscience to end this.

"Because there are more interesting opportunities."