Canelo vs GGG boxing news
By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Marquez says Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) must face Kazakhstan star Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) in his next fight after his May 6 match against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Marquez says that all Mexican wants to see Canelo fight Golovkin. The boxing fans are really looking forward to that fight. Marquez thinks that Canelo can beat Golovkin if he fights an intelligent fight, prepares well, uses his speed, and uses his counter punching.
By Allan Fox: K2 promoter Tom Loeffler says he’s still in contact with Saul Canelo Alvarez’s promoters at Golden Boy, but it doesn’t sound like he’s made any progress in the negotiations. Loeffler he’s still willing to do anything to get the Canelo-Golovkin fight made. He says that Golovkin can’t base his career on a fight that hasn’t been agreed to against Canelo. Loeffler might need to move on at this point and make the unification match between GGG and WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, because it does not sound like the Canelo fight is going to happen at this point.
By Dan Ambrose: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler is making Saul Canelo Avlarez the top priority in in trying to put together a big fight with him for September over another fight with WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders. What could happen though is Loeffler could up with no fight at all if Golden Boy Promotions decides they’re really ready to put their golden goose Canelo in with Golovkin yet.
By Eric Baldwin: WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) is still very much a possibility for Gennady Golovkin’s next fight, says Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. He’s still interested in putting a unification fight together between the two of them. However, Loeffler is still in negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions President Eric Gomez for a big mega-fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for September. Loeffler says he should know in the next 2 weeks whether that fight will happen in September or not.
By Allan Fox: If Gennady Golovkin can beat Saul Canelo Alvarez, a fight against Andre Ward at 168 is a fight that his promoter Tom Loeffler says he would be interested in doing. Golovkin would move up to super middleweight to make the fight happen. Loeffler says Ward has to get past Sergey Kovalev in their rematch and then move down in weight to 168. Golovkin isn’t going to move up to 175 to accommodate Ward, and he likely won’t agree to a catch-weight at 172 either.
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya is saying that Gennady Golovkin could cause the Saul Canelo Alvarez fight to be put in jeopardy if he fights Billy Joe Saunders on June 10. The thought behind what De La Hoya is saying is that Golovkin could suffer an injury in the fight with Saunders, and that cut cause the September fight with Canelo to be canceled. De La Hoya is also concerned with limited about of time to promote the Canelo-Golovkin fight if Golovkin faces Saunders on June 10.
By Allan Fox: Gennady Golovkin has the next 10 days to decide whether he’s going to agree to the unification fight against WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders. The promoter for the unbeaten Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs), Frank Warren, is saying that they won’t wait around forever for Triple G to make up his mind whether he’ll agree to the fight with his fighter for June. Warren says they’ll move on if he doesn’t make agree to the fight. The contract is there for Golovkin to sign if he wants the fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Former Golden Boy Promotions boss Richard Schaefer agrees with Oscar De La Hoya that the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin fight needs at least 3 months preferably 5 months to promote properly so that it can maximize revenue. Like De La Hoya, Schaefer isn’t in favor of Golovkin taking a unification fight against WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders in June.
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya says he’s given middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) a generous offer to fight his star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) this September. The offer from De La Hoya is based on Golovkin’s pay-per-view numbers from his last fight against Daniel Jacobs on March 18th. Golovkin-Jacobs pulled in 170K PPV buys on HBO. De La Hoya says he’s revised his original offer he’d made to Golovkin due to his low numbers for the Jacobs’ fight.
By Eric Baldwin: Now that Gennady “GGG” has dodged a bullet with his close win over Danny Jacobs last Saturday night, Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler is saying that a mega-fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez MUST happen in September for the fans. Loeffler needs to make sure that he doesn’t come across as too needy when it comes to the negotiation with Golden Boy Promotions for the Canelo fight. Loeffler has got to make it clear that Golovkin has plenty of other options if he doesn’t get a fair deal for the Canelo fight.