Before entering the ring on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, boxing’s pound-for-pound superstar Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) from Karaganda, Kazakhstan and undefeated Top-10 contender Steve Rolls (19-0, 10 KOs) from Toronto, Canada, spoke to media and took the podium on Wednesday afternoon to discuss their preparation and mindset heading into their 12-round rumble. (photos by Amanda Westcott, Tom Hogan)

The fight will be contested at a maximum weight of 164 lbs. and streamed live on DAZN beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT. GGG vs. Rolls kicks off the exclusive six-fight, three-year global partnership between GGG Promotions and DAZN, the world's fastest-growing sports streaming platform.

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Undefeated super middleweight contenders Ali Akhmedov (14-0, 10 KOs) and Marcus McDaniel (15-0, 2 KOs), facing off for the vacant WBC International Super Middleweight title in the co-main event, as well as undefeated rising star Brian Ceballo (8-0, 4 KOs) of Brooklyn, against Bakhtiyar Eyubov (14-0-1, 12 KOs) originally from Kazakhstan, now fighting out of Houston, Texas, also gave remarks. Ahkmedov, from Almaty, Kazakhstan, enters this fight having claimed six of his last eight victories by knockout while McDaniel, from New Orleans, enters this fight fresh from an impressive unanimous decision victory over Brian Vera in February.

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