Spike O'Sullivan: I wanted Golovkin so badly it made me sick — now Canelo might end his career
Smiling assassin: At 40, Gennady Golovkin still looks like a cross between Ivan Drago and a plain old serial killer. Pic: PA Wire
Whatever else about me, I’m a good sleeper. But for three torturous nights in a row I hadn’t slept a second. Barely closed my eyes. It was a level of stress and anxiety I hadn’t a clue was even possible. I got up out of my bed in the Citywest Hotel and went down into the darkness of the carpark for a walk. I went a couple of steps and stopped. My body convulsed and I vomited.
People talk about wanting something badly. I wanted Gennady Golovkin so badly that my body and my mind were consumed by it. Three sleepless, nauseous nights when I could only focus on him, on wanting to step into a ring with him and into the biggest fight any Irish boxer had ever had. All the belts, all the glory, all on the line.
