By Patrick McHugh: Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions is totally focused on WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s next fight against Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) on May 7 next week. Loeffler wants to match his fighter interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) against the winner of that fight.
If the Khan-Canelo winner won’t fight Golovkin, then Loeffler says Golovkin will take the WBC title from them and then move on. Loeffler would rather Triple G win the WBC title in the traditional way in the ring, but if the Canelo vs. Khan winner doesn’t want to fight him, then they must give up the title.
The World Boxing Council president Jose Suliaman backed Loeffler up this week in saying that the winner of the Canelo-Khan fight will be stripped of the WBC title if they don’t face Golovkin next.