LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2016) – Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez today issued the following statement:
“After much consideration, today, I instructed my team at Golden Boy Promotions to continue negotiating a fight with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and to finalize a deal as quickly as possible. I also informed the WBC that I will vacate its title. For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man. Never has that been more true than today. I will fight ‘GGG,’ and I will beat ‘GGG’ but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines. I am hopeful that by putting aside this ticking clock, the two teams can now negotiate this fight, and ‘GGG’ and I can get in the ring as soon as possible and give the fans the fight they want to see.”
By Dan Ambrose: Boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. believes that WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has improved enough at this point in his career that he can now upend IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin if the two of them face each other next. 
By Allan Fox: While many fans are skeptical about whether the unification fight between WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) and IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) is a doable fight, World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman remains quietly confident that there will be a contract agreement between the two fighters. However, if that fails to happen, Sulaiman is ready to strip Canelo of his WBC title if he chooses to resist the idea of taking the fight. A purse bid is tentatively scheduled for a week from now on Tuesday, May 24, if the two sides haven’t reached an agreement by that time. 
By Dan Ambrose: It looks like the reports from earlier on Monday about WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin letting their fight marinate for another three more fights has turned out to be little more than speculation. 
By Dan Ambrose: It looks like the much anticipated unification fight between WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin might not be happening anytime soon unfortunately. 
By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions says he feels confident about the chances of the middleweight unification fight between WBC champ Saul Canelo Alvarez and IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champ Gennady “GGG” Golovkin can get made now that Canelo has beaten Amir Khan. 
By Dan Ambrose: Freddie Roach, the trainer for Miguel Cotto, says the proposed mega-fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin needs more time to marinate so that it can become a bigger fight. Roach thinks it’s a good idea for Golovkin and Canelo to fight on the same card against other opponents so that their fight can be built up more to make it bigger. 
By Patrick McHugh: It’s very difficult to believe that Golden Boy Promotions will let their prized Golden goose Saul “Canelo” Alvarez really face interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in this next fight. World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman has said this past week that he will enforce the agreement the two fighters have in place for the two of them to fight each other for the WBC middleweight title that is currently in Canelo’s possession. 
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jeff Aranow: If you ask what IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin thinks of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Amir Khan fight, you’re going to get a negative reaction. Golovkin hates the fight, as he sees it as a mismatch due to Canelo being so much heavier than Khan.