(Photo credit: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Roc Nation Sports/Golden Boy Promotions) By J Caldwell: Theoretically, a “possible” bout between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1 32 KOs) and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs) should be taking place in the spring of 2016. What you’d see on paper with a fight between these two combatants is this: 1) Both fighters would be coming-off their two most impressive victories to date; 1) Both fighters, presumably, would be at the peaks of their boxing careers (25 for Canelo, and a respective 34 for Golovkin); and last, but certainly not least 3) Both fighters would be highly ambitious enough to test-out their skills on to one another. “If you want me to fight him [Golovkin] now, I’ll put the gloves on and fight him now. He’s a great champion, but right now I’ll put the gloves on and fight him,” Canelo said last night following his rather impressive win over a game Cotto at the Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, NV.
On the other side of the negotiation table, however, awaits “GGG”, a boxer that has, thus far, been willing to take on all comers, but has failed miserably to convince his likely opponents that, inside the ring at least, he isn’t infallible. With an unblemished professional record of 34 wins and a 90% KO ratio, a probable fight between “Canelo” and “GGG” would serve to be quite an intriguing match-up.
So, why isn’t this fight going to happen?
Oddly enough, most diehard fans should already know the answer. Alas, if you’re one of those diehard fans that has been around the sport long enough, then you should immediately be able to discern the cronyism tied to such a spectacle. Simply put, “Canelo” Alvarez is Oscar’s cash-cow; a cash-cow for which now as it stands Oscar would rather milk than let out to pasture to play with the big bull in “GGG.” Following “Canelo’s” most important victory to date, Oscar, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, stated at the post-fight press conference, “that there are other fights for Canelo at 154 and 160.”
Got milk anyone?
It appears Oscar is reneging on his original covenant he made to boxing fans when he decided to hang up his gloves and put on his promoter’s cap. Still yet, what Oscar is really looking to put on in this particular situation is his Don King wing and Bob Arum slacks, squeezing out as much money of his star fighter as he possibly can, while in the interim, depriving boxing fans of the one fight that they truly would like to see (e.g., similar to the Tyson vs. Lewis and; more recently, Pacquaio vs Mayweather debacles).
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