Hearn negotiating Eubank Jr. vs. Golovkin for September

06/08/2016 by Boxing News

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By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s in the process of negotiating a fight between his fighter #2 WBA, #3 WBC Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) for September or October of this year. Hearn believes that Eubank Jr. will give Golovkin his second biggest payday behind a match-up against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, which Hearn does not see happening for GGG in 2016.

According to Hearn, Eubank Jr. and his dad Chris Eubank Sr. are obsessed with making the Golovkin fight because they believe they know how to beat him. Their unshakable confidence now has Hearn believing that Eubank Jr. can pull off a potential upset against Golovkin.

Gilberto Ramirez must beat Britsch to remain in Golovkin hunt

06/07/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) and his promoters at Top Rank are very interested in setting up a match against unbeaten middleweight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs).

While the fight has been talked about taking place in early 2017, there is an outside chance that we could see the two fighters facing each other at the end of this year if Ramirez wins his next fight on July 23 against #11 WBO Dominik Britsch (32-2-1, 11 KOs) – and if Golovkin’s promoters at K2 Promotions aren’t able to negotiate a fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders.

Golden Boy lists Canelo’s next possible opponents

06/06/2016 by Boxing News

By Patrick McHugh: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has competition in trying to be the next opponent for the highly popular Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. According to Golden Boy Promotions vice president Eric Gomez, the following fighters are all being considered for Canelo’s next fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Liam Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Daniel Jacobs, Shawn Porter, Miguel Cotto and Golovkin.

That’s not good for Triple G because some of those fighters are big names. Golovkin would have a hard time trying to compete with Cotto or Mayweather for a fight against Canelo if that’s the direction Golden Boy wants to go in for his next fight in September. Cotto and Mayweather are big pay-per-view fighters, and they’ve proven it over and over again during their careers.

Erislandy Lara needs to go up to 160

06/06/2016 by Boxing News

By Eric Baldwin: WBA World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) wants to get the big names like Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to fight him. However, Lara isn’t making himself a bigger name to get those fights by remaining in the 154lb division and spending time fighting guys that are no longer relevant as top five contenders like Jan Zaveck, Vanes Martirosyan, Ishe Smith and Delvin Rodriguez.

The 33-year-old Lara just finished chewing up a year and a half of his career fighting those four fighters. Lara lost to Canelo by a 12 round decision in July 2014. A rematch between them is probably not going to happen with Lara fighting the type of opposition he’s been facing.

Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin update

06/06/2016 by Boxing News

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says he’s waiting for his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s court case in Florida to end before he restarts negotiations with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s promoters at K2 to see if they can negotiate a fight for 2016.

Canelo and Golden Boy have a lawsuit that they need to get out of the way first before negotiations can begin again with the Kazakhstan fighter. The good news for boxing fans is that court case is expected to be completed soon, according to De La Hoya. However, that does not mean that we’re going to see a fight between Canelo and Golovkin.

“I’m busy in Florida. Loeffler is over there in Europe doing his thing,” said De La Hoya to Fighthub. “I have to focus on this court case, which will end soon.

Canelo-Golovkin doubtful for 2016, says Rafael

06/04/2016 by Boxing News

By Eric Baldwin: It doesn’t look like the much talked about fight between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) will be taking place in 2016, according to Dan Rafael. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler is out of the country right now and Canelo and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are still dealing with a lawsuit with Canelo’s past promoters. It is unknown how long that trial will last.

Even when Canelo’s legal problems are over with, it’s doubtful that we’ll see the Canelo-Golovkin fight take place this year. Canelo still has other options for good money fights against beatable fighters like Miguel Cotto, middleweight David Lemieux, Billy Joe Saunders, WBO 154lb champion Liam Smith, and a number of welterweights like Danny Garcia, Kell Brook, Keith “One Time” Thurman, Shawn Porter and Tim Bradley.

Gilberto Ramirez can’t drop weight for Golovkin fight

06/03/201606/03/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) says he cannot drop down in weight from 168 to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin at a lower weight in their planned fight for early next year. Ramirez, 24, and his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank say they cannot drop from 168 to fight Golovkin at a catch-weight.

Ramirez is already big for the super middleweight division, and asking him to move down further to accommodate a catch-weight for Golovkin is a non-starter.

Cotto thinks Canelo was smart to vacate WBC title

06/02/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto is completely in favor of Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez giving up his WBC middleweight belt after being given pressure by the World Boxing Council to work under a deadline for his negotiations with his mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.

Cotto brings up how he refused to pay the WBC a sanctioning fee of $300,000 after he’d paid Golovkin $800,000 in a step aside fee so that he could fight Canelo rather than him last November. Cotto didn’t like the idea of having to pay the WBC too after he’d already given Golovkin 800K.

Arum doubts Canelo will fight Golovkin in 2016

05/31/2016 by Boxing News

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By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he doesn’t think former two division world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez won’t bother fighting Gennady Golovkin in 2016. Arum thinks Canelo made a mistake in saying he would fight Golovkin at 160, and then changing his mind about it later and backing out. After Canelo defeated Amir Khan earlier this month on May 7, Canelo said he would fight Golovkin at 160.

Arum suspects Canelo won’t fight Golovkin before his own fighter WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) gets a crack at the Kazahstan fighter. Arum wants to match Ramirez against Golovkin at the first available date in 2017. Arum plans on having Ramirez defend his WBO title twice in 2016 against other opponents.

Gilberto Ramirez vs. Gennady Golovkin in May 2017

05/31/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has a big fight for his unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) next year in May 2017. Arum plans on matching Ramirez against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs), according to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times.

Golovkin will be moving up to super middleweight to make the fight happen. Arum doesn’t expect Golovkin to have faced Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by that time. Golovkin wants the fight against Canelo, but if that fight doesn’t happen, then Golovkin will face Ramirez.