Canelo vs. Golovkin to take place in fall 2017

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By Eric Baldwin: Boxing fans hoping to see the mega-fight between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC heavyweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) and Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) will need to wait until the fall of 2017, because that’s when Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are aiming towards for the fight.

Golden Boy wants the 25-year-old Canelo to have more time to build up his weight so that he’s comfortable fighting at 160 pounds against Golovkin. Further, they also want more time to build up the Canelo-Golovkin fight to make it bigger than it is right now. They feel that by September of 2017, the Canelo vs. Golovkin fight should be big enough to stage it at that time. Some boxing fans might say that Canelo is pulling a Floyd Mayweather Jr. by waiting Golovkin out until he’s old and lost his skills like Manny Pacquiao had when Mayweather finally got around to fighting him.

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Eubank Jr: I’ll take Golovkin’s scalp and clean up the division

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By Dan Ambrose: Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) expects to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) this year in the UK, and he feels he’s going to hand the Kazakhstan fighter his first defeat of his career. Eubank Jr. says Golovkin can’t match his talent level, and he feels he’s the better man. Eubank Jr. is confident he can take Golovkin’s power because he’s sparred with heavyweights and they couldn’t hurt him. Eubank Jr. wants to take Golovkin’s scalp and then clean up the middleweight division.

Eubank Jr. will be fighting this Saturday night against unbeaten Tom Doran (17-0, 7 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Eubank Jr. says he wants to start fighting the top world class fighters after he gets past Doran. Besides Golovkin, Eubank Jr. specifically wants Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Billy Joe Saunders and Daniel Jacobs.

Those are going to be tough fighters for Eubank Jr. to be dealing with because he’s been facing much weaker opponents during his career, and there isn’t anyone that he’s faced that is comparable to any of those fighters. If Eubank Jr. thinks wins over guys like Dmitry Chudinov, Nick Blackwell, Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan and Tom Doran mean that he can beat the best fighters at 160, then he could be kidding himself.

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Will Canelo fight Liam Smith or Lemieux in September?

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions Vice President Eric Gomez said this week that he’ll be talking with Gennady Golovkin’s management this Monday to see if a fight between GGG and Golden Boy fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is something they would see as beneficial for September.

It’s thought by many fans that Golden Boy won’t let the popular Canelo take the fight against Golovkin this year because of the potential of him getting roasted and plucked clean by the Kazakhstan fighter. If Golden Boy doesn’t let Canelo fight Golovkin (or if Canelo doesn’t want the fight himself), then the likely two candidates for Canelo to fight is WBO junior middleweight champion Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) or former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (35-3, 32 KOs).

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Hearn: Golovkin-Eubank Jr. is pretty much agreed

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By Dan Ambrose: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s promoter has mostly agreed to the negotiations for a fight between Triple G and #2 WBA, #2 WBC middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) for a fight in September in the UK. Hearn believes the Golovkin vs. Eubank Jr. fight will bring in 40,000 fans.

Hearn sees it as a huge pay-per-view fight. The Golovkin-Eubank Jr. fight can take place if Golovkin’s promoters want the fight, and he thinks they do. Eubank Jr. will need to win his next fight against Tom Doran (17-0, 7 KOs) on June 25 at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

Eubank Jr. will be defending his British middleweight title against the domestic level fighter Doran. The fight is seen as a mismatch by most boxing fans. However, Hearn thinks the fight could be competitive, and he sees Doran as dangerous fighter. Doran’s low 41% knockout percentage would suggest otherwise.

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Golden Boy executive says Canelo’s options wide open for September 17

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By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) are looking to reserve several venues for their No.1 money fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for his next fight on September 17. Earlier on Thursday, Golden Boy booked the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. They’re also looking to reserve Madison Square Garden in New York, and the giant AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

GBP Vice President Eric Gomez says Miguel Cotto is an option for Canelo, as is IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. Gomez will be meeting with Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler on Monday to discuss a possible fight. If the fight works for Canelo and Golden Boy, then they’ll do it.

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Warren talks Golovkin – Eubank Jr. match

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By Jeff Aranow: Frank Warren, the promoter for WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, says he offered the highly ranked #2 WBA, #2 WBC Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) a fight against Saunders, but he never heard back from him again. Warren doesn’t understand how Eubank Sr. and Eubank Jr. could walk away from the Saunders fight, and then turn around and fight Tom Doran (17-0, 7 KOs) next on June 25.

Warren further doesn’t understand how or why Eubank Jr. is calling out Golovkin, because he sees that as a fight that has zero chance of happening. However, if it does happen, Warren sees Eubank Jr. getting knocked out by Golovkin.

Warren thinks Golovkin would definitely KO Eubank Jr. if that fight eventually happens. Eubank Jr’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s looking to put the fight together between Eubank Jr. and Golovkin for later this year.

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Canelo’s next fight on September 17 at MGM Grand, Las Vegas

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By Dan Ambrose: Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) will be fighting in three months from now on September 17 against an opponent still to be determined at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo’s promoters have put in a request to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to promote Canelo’s next fight on September 17 at the MGM Grand, according to Dan Rafael.

The opponent for the 25-year-old Canelo will be someone selected from the following list of fighters: Liam Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Shawn Porter, Gennady Golovkin, and David Lemieux. This is a list from Golden Boy Promotions Senior Vice President Eric Gomez. What’s interesting about the list is how few junior middleweights it contains.

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Canelo dropped from WBC’s ratings

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By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) has been dropped completely by the World Boxing Council’s ratings. The WBC came out with their new ratings for June, and the 25-year-old Canelo is nowhere to be seen among the top 15 contenders ranked by the sanctioning body.

It’s not surprising though, because Canelo recently vacated his WBC 160lb title when given a deadline by the WBC to complete the negotiations for a fight against his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. Canelo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions issued a statement saying they weren’t going to negotiate under a deadline by the WBC. However, after Canelo dropped his WBC title, the fight with Golovkin still wasn’t negotiated.

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Canelo seems scared of Golovkin, says Benavidez

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By Dan Ambrose: 140lb contender Jose Benavidez thinks Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) is scared to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs). Benavidez sees Canelo’s vacating of his WBC middleweight title as a sign that he’s afraid of fighting Triple G.

Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions said that he gave up the belt because he wasn’t going to negotiate under a deadline and pressure the World Boxing Council was putting on them to negotiate with GGG. However, Benavidez doesn’t buy into that, because he feels that if Canelo honestly wanted the fight with Golovkin, he would have taken it a long time ago before his fight against welterweight Amir Khan last May.

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Loeffler: Golovkin to fight in August or September

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By Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) plans on fighting in August or September with or without Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs), according to Triple G’s promoter Tom Loeffler. Canelo and his promoters at Golden Boy promotions are tied up with a civil trial in Florida at this time with promoter Tuto Zabala involving a promotional issue with Canelo.

Zabala was previously Canelo’s promoter until he moved on and signed with Golden Boy. Golovkin wants to fight in August or September, and he’s not going to wait for Canelo if he chooses to drag his feet. Golovkin wants to stay busy.

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