Promoter Eddie Hearn has told Canelo Alvarez that his career is "in the balance" if he loses to Gennadiy Golovkin in their trilogy bout.
Alvarez will face Golovkin on September 17 in his return to super-middleweight after losing his latest effort at light-heavyweight to Dmitry Bivol. There had been talk of an immediate rematch between the Mexican and his Russian opponent, but he instead opted to stick with his planned trilogy bout.
But his promoter has warned that he must defeat the legendary Kazakh fighter again if he is to maintain his pound-for-pound status as one of the greats. The pair have fought twice before, drawing their first meeting before Alvarez took a razor-close decision win in the rematch.
