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Arash Markazi: Gennady Golovkin seeks Sept. 14 rematch with Canelo Alvarez, just not in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES - As Gennady Golovkin prepared to leave his Santa Monica home for New York on Saturday ahead of his fight against Steve Rolls at Madison Square Garden on June 8, he admitted it was simply a steppingstone toward the fight he believes everyone wants to see.

"I want Canelo, I want that fight, probably in September," Golovkin said of Mexico's Canelo Alvarez. "Everybody always asks me about that fight. I think DAZN will make it happen."

Alvarez signed a five-year, 11-fight deal with the sports streaming service last year. Golovkin signed a three-year, six-fight deal with DAZN in March.

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