Canelo Alvarez requests Gennady Golovkin rematch as his next session after questionable Las Vegas draw: 'I need it to be my first battle of 2018'

Canelo Alvarez is frantic to get back in the ring with Gennady Golovkin and needs a rematch with the savage Kazakh to be his extremely next battle, following their disputable attract Las Vegas.

The Mexican had the opportunity to depose the middleweight champion when they met in Las Vegas on September 16 yet the challenge finished in a draw, regardless of most onlookers trusting Golovkin had accomplished all that could possibly be needed to assert triumph.

Of the three ringside judges, just Adalaide Byrd scored the battle for Canelo, with her choice to vigorously support the Mexican getting her a suspension from abnormal state challenges.

The two sides have demanded a rematch is on the cards, with Canelo quick to drive it through at the most punctual open door.

'I need it to be my first battle of 2018,' Alvarez stated, talking at a WBA tradition in Colombia.

'I don't need another battle that isn't the sudden death round with Golovkin, and that is what we will attempt to do.

'I feel that I was the victor, however that is boxing. I told everybody that it would be an awesome battle, I feel extremely content with what I did.

'The general population were cheerful and now they need to see the rematch.'

Sportsmail's Jeff Powell revealed that there had been worries in the Golovkin camp that Canelo will be as difficult to secure to a rematch as he was for the underlying challenge, which took two years to make, yet the Kazakh's administration trust he will indeed be constrained to take the battle by the Mexican open.

Tom Loeffler, promoter of the Kazakh world middleweight champion, says: 'Canelo was under weight from his own particular individuals to take the principal battle and given the macho idea of his nation he will be once more.

'The way of life is that Mexicans don't run. Furthermore, at no other time have we heard Canelo booed the way he was by his own particular Mexican fans in Vegas after the draw was declared.'