Canelo vs. Golovkin

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Golovkin will school Canelo says Kenny Porter

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By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Kenny Porter sees IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) badly beating Golden Boy Promotion’s money fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) when that fight eventually happens one of these days. Porter thinks that Golovkin will totally school the 26-year-old Canelo, and he compares the mismatch in the same way he does with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo fight from 2013.

Mayweather had a ridiculously easy 12 round decision win over Canelo, who could do little more than throw left hooks that missed by a mile all night long. Canelo looked amateurish in the fight, and he got red in the face and tired very quickly.

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Canelo shouldn’t fight Golovkin now says Jeff Mayweather

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By Eric Baldwin: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is not in a good position to get a fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez right now, according to Jeff Mayweather. He sees Golovkin as an aging fighter that has less going for him than the younger, more popular Canelo Alvarez. Jeff says that Golovkin can scream and yell all he wants to try and get the fight against Canelo, but it’s not going to help him.

Canelo can decide when, where and why the fight with Triple G will take place, and there’s nothing he can do about it. Jeff says that the age clock is ticking with the soon to be 35-year-old Golovkin, and he’s got to be in a real hurry to try and fight the 26-year-old Canelo. He doesn’t have the luxury of waiting on the fight due to his advancing age.

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Kirkland prefers to see Canelo-Golovkin rather than Canelo-Chavez Jr.

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By Dan Ambrose: Like a lot of boxing fans, James Kirkland says he prefers to see Saul “Canelo” Alvarez face middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in 2017 rather than seeing Canelo fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy are currently in negotiations with Chavez Jr’s manager Al Haymon for a fight on Cinco de Mayo on May 6. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is pretty much a mismatch. Chavez Jr. has looked poor in most of his fights since 2012, and he’s not been fighting on a frequent basis in the last five years of his career. Why Golden Boy wants to match Canelo against a non-relevant fighter like Chavez Jr. rather than someone that is active and fighting at a high level is what many boxing fans want to know.

The negotiations don’t seem to be going swimmingly right now, as Chavez Jr. said on Thursday that Canelo is asking for 5 times the purse that he’s been offered. Chavez Jr. has been offered $5 million. We may not see Canelo fight Chavez Jr. OR Golovkin if Golden Boy chooses to lowball both fighters, which appears to be happening. The offer for Golovkin is $15 million. which you can argue is chicken feed for a fight that could bring in over $100 million. If Canelo is getting $75 million and Golovkin just $15 million, you can understand why the fight might not happen.

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Is Mayweather’s prediction of Canelo easily beating GGG accurate?

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By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently made a bold prediction in picking Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) to beat IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs). Mayweather not only believes that Canelo will beat Golovkin, but he’ll do it easily by knocking him out. Mayweather further said that Canelo should do what he wants.

Some boxing fans took this as code from Mayweather to mean that he should avoid taking the Golovkin fight. You can argue that Canelo has doing just that, as he still hasn’t faced Golovkin after two years. Golovkin has been interested in facing Canelo for ages now, and the fight still hasn’t happened.

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Khan: Canelo beats Triple G and Chavez Jr.

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By Dan Ambrose: Amir Khan is officially endorsing Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) in saying that he’ll not only beat former WBC 160lb champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) in their proposed fight on May 6, but he’ll also beat IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) as well.

Canelo and Golovkin, 34, could be fighting each other in September 2017 if the fight can get negotiated. Some boxing fans have serious reservations about the fight being made, as they think Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are already working behind the scenes to make sure the Canelo-Golovkin fight doesn’t get made in 2017 by offering Golovkin only lump fee offers rather than a well-deserved proportion of the revenue.

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Will Golden Boy push Canelo-Golovkin to 2018?

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By Dan Ambrose: In choosing offer middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin a mere $15 million for a that could make well over $100 million against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) in September 2017, Golden Boy Promotions could be looking to kick the fight between these two fighters to 2018 before potentially making a serious attempt at putting the fight together. Think about it; Golden Boy is only offering Golovkin a flat fee rather than a percentage deal, which is the norm for when two stars are facing each other. It’s always nice to make predictions as one year ends and another starts up. My prediction is Golden Boy will continue to push the Canelo vs. Golovkin fight further into the future until Golovkin is too old to be a threat to Canelo.

The offer from Golden Boy to Golovkin can’t be interpreted in a serious way, because it can’t be a serious offer unless they see weakness in Golovkin’s promotional team when it comes to their ability to negotiate a fight.

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2017: What is there to look forward to?

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By Rameez Haider: Before I go into this article, I just wanted to say that I respect everyone’s opinion no matter what race, gender etc. My last article on Amir Khan bought many different opinions but when people start bringing religion into things, I just think it is totally unjustified and quite frankly disgusting. At the end of the day we all love boxing and no matter what your race, religious beliefs etc. we all share that common love of the sport, so please don’t lose sight of the fact that we are here to discuss boxing nothing more nothing less.

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Should Golovkin accept Golden Boy’s $15M offer for Canelo fight?

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions has apparently sweetened their original flat fee offer of $10 million to $15 million for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) to fight their top money maker in their stable Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) in September 2017 in a mega-fight on HBO PPV. While the lump sum offer is increasing for Golovkin from Golden Boy, it still amounts to be just a flat fee and not the percentage deal that GGG and his promoter Tom Loeffler are looking for before they’ll give them their John Hancock signature on a contract.

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Golden Boy still insisting Golovkin take flat fee for Canelo fight

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By Jeff Aranow: Golden Boy Promotions reportedly still are only offering IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin a flat fee for a fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez, according to Dan Rafael. Golovkin’s management wants at least a 40% cut of the revenue for the fight.

Golden Boy still isn’t offering Golovkin a percentage deal though. It’s a lump fee of $15 million now. How much more money the 26-year-old Canelo will be getting above the $15 million that Golovkin would be receiving for the fight is unknown.

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De La Hoya guarantees Canelo vs. Golovkin takes place in 2017

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is guaranteeing that his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will absolutely take on middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September 2017, as long as the Kazakhstan fighter accepts the contract offered to him and signs it. De La Hoya insists that the contract is a fair contract for Golovkin.

As far as the weight goes, De La Hoya says Canelo will fight Golovkin WITHOUT a catchweight at the full 160 pounds for the division. De La Hoya’s guarantee that the Canelo-Golovkin fight will get made could wind up being an empty guarantee if the offer given to Golovkin isn’t a fair one.

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