Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Alvarez is quickly separated after weighing for the return match of the middleweight titles

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Indeed, after the hunters weighed in on Friday inside T-Mobile Arena in front of a crowd of about 9,000 people, there was still no faceoff. Instead, Alvarez, in a an unusual gesture, "Golovkin charged, leaning his forehead against GGG's. The face-off only lasted a few seconds because, after the defeat of Alvarez Bull Golovkin, their teams soon found themselves facing the crowd.

The May 5 bout was canceled when Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KO's) failed two tests for clenbuterol, a performance-enhancing drug, and was suspended for six months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The return match against their highly controversial draw last September, most of which Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) had won, was finally renegotiated and postponed to Saturday night. But the fighters refused to hold a joint press conference when the new deal was over, and they also refused to participate in a media visit or to be face-to-face at the final press conference from Wednesday.

This means that they will not have staredown before the final instructions before the first ring.

"What you saw on stage was the collapse of Canelo's world around him," said Abel Sanchez, Golovkin's coach, who vigorously attacked Alvarez for his failed drug tests. "Saturday night, there will be no escape.It's the best GGG I've ever trained in. Gennady has trained and is ready to shoot the works Saturday night."

Golovkin said when Alvarez and his team approached him, "All I could feel was the fear on their part, and I think they did it so that I could not look into his eyes. and that he can not look in mine.

Alvarez swept it. He said that he was just excited by the moment.

"The fans have excited and motivated me," said Alvarez through an interpreter. "I beat the weighing and now it's time to defeat him [Saturday] night. It will be an exciting fight and a great victory. "

Both fighters comfortably contributed to the fight for the world title of 160 pounds. Golovkin, 36, a native of Kazakhstan in Santa Monica, California, seeking to break the record of all middleweight defensemen he shares with Bernard Hopkins by retaining his title for the 21st time in a row, was first to 159.6 pounds.

The 28-year-old Mexican Alvarez, who had been mistaken for the scales first but did not move until Golovkin stepped in, was 159.4 pounds.

Jaime Munguia (30-0, 25 KOs), 21, Mexican, was at the division limit of 154 pounds for the co-trait. He will defend his second title against Brandon Cook (20-1, 13 KOs), 32, of Toronto, who weighs 153.2 pounds.

Former world middleweight champion David Lemieux (39-4, 33 KOs), 29, of Montreal, was on the division limit of 160 pounds and the Irishman Gary "Spike" O. Sullivan, 34 years, collected 159.2 pounds. They chatted desperately, leading to the fight and nearly fell over and had to be separated.