By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight world champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin reportedly wants a 50-50 equal split of the revenue for a rematch with Saul Canelo Alvarez on September 15, according to Dan Rafael. GGG is said to have received a 60-40 split for his previous fight with Canelo last September.
By Dan Ambrose: Eddie Hearn reportedly is saying that he was contacted by Robert Diaz of Golden Boy Promotions in the last 24 hours about putting together a fight between former IBF middleweight champion Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) on September 15. Hearn promotes the 31-year-old Jacobs, and he says he wants to face Canelo.
By Sean Jones: Saul Canelo Alvarez’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions says he’s moving on due to IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin not agreeing to the deal that they have in place for him, which is EXACT same deal that was offered to him for the rematch that failed to take place on May 5.
By Donavan Leonard: “All the belts” was the mantra put forth by middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) when his invasion of the United States began in September 2012 with a TKO victory over Grzegorz Proksa.
By Sean Jones: Oscar De La Hoya says he still hopes to make the rematch between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin for September 15, but if he can’t get the fight over the finish line, he’s going to look in another direction towards Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs or WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders as options to face his Mexican star next.
By Dan Ambrose: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says the World Boxing Council are going to be reinstating Saul Canelo Alvarez in their rankings beginning next month in June after he signed up with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA, as part of their Clean Boxing Program.
By Jim Dower: Saul Canelo Alvarez is still looking shredded despite having been out of the ring for the past 8 months following his 12 round draw against middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin last September.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will likely be heading back to Las Vegas, Nevada for their September 15 rematch, according to Dan Rafael. The rematch will likely take place at the same venue as the previous one last year at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas.
By Sean Jones: Now that Saul Canelo Alvarez has signed up with VADA testing as of this week, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says he’s 75 percent sure that the rematch with middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golokvin will be taking place in September on the Mexican Independence Day holiday.
By Jeff Aranow: Saul Canelo Alvarez’s drug testing resumed last Monday with the Nevada State Athletic Commission traveling to his home in Guadalajara, Mexico, to test him, according to ESPN. Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KO) has also enrolled with VADA for year-round testing, as reported on Tuesday.