By Dan Ambrose: If you were one of the many boxing fans who were counting on Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) in fighting IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) after they get through their next fights against WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) and IBF 160lb champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs), you might be disappointed to learn that Canelo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya is saying that Canelo might not take the fight with Golovkin after the Cotto fight.
De La Hoya says that Canelo will eventually get around to fighting the Kazahstan star at some point. Just when that will happen is unknown at this point. Cotto and Canelo have a verbal agreement to face each other in a rematch, and neither of them has much of an incentive step forward and face a dangers puncher like Golovkin until they’ve exhausted the money they can make in facing each other.