Canelo vs. Golovkin

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Golovkin still in Canelo’s plans for 2017

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions are still planning on matching their flagship fighter Saul Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) against unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) for September 2017, but it will depend on a number of things.

Canelo has two fights that Golden Boy wants to put him in before the Golovkin fight next year in February and May on HBO. It’s ambitious that Golden Boy wants Canelo to fight three times in 2017, because it requires that his recently fractured right hand allows him to fight.

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Canelo doesn’t need Golovkin says Ishe Smith

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By Dan Ambrose: Former junior middleweight champion Ishe Smith doesn’t believe that Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez needs to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in the near future. Smith sees the 26-year-old Canelo as having already established himself as a star in boxing. It’s Golovkin who needs Canelo and not the other way around.

Smith says that if it was up to him, he would make Golovkin jump through hoops to get a fight against him if he were in Canelo’s shoes. In other words, if Canelo wants Golovkin to fight him at 155, then he’d have to agree to that weight if he wanted to get the fight against him. Golovkin has nothing that Canelo needs for him to become a star, because he’s already accomplished that.

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Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez: Who beats who?

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions is supposedly waiting until September 2017 before making the fight between their fighter Saul Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) against each other. The idea is that Canelo needs more time to grow into the middleweight division, and there needs more time to make the fight bigger between them.

At least that’s the line from Golden Boy. However, it’s generally believed by a lot of boxing fans is that Golden Boy and Canelo are waiting for the soon to be 35-year-old Golovkin age a little more so that he’s less of a threat to beating Canelo.

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Will Mayweather-Pacquiao 2 hurt Canelo-Golovkin PPV numbers?

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By Eric Baldwin: There’s a slight possibility that we could see a rematch between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in 2017 in what would be a rematch of their boring and some would say highly overpriced ‘fight of the century’ match last year in May 2015. There’s no indication that the Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch will take place next year, but if it does, it could potentially cause fallout if the middleweight fight between champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul Canelo Alvarez takes place after it in September 2017.

If the boxing public is angered by anther less than compelling match-up between Mayweather and Pacquiao like the previous fight, the fans might be less willing to put their hard-earned money into a fight involving Golovkin and Canelo.

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Sanchez: Oscar is roadblock to Canelo-Golovkin fight

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is the roadblock keeping the mega-fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin from being made, according to Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez. He says that before the Canelo-Golovkin fight can get made, De La Hoya needs to be 100% certain that Canelo will win that fight. Right now, De La Hoya is not yet certain that Canelo can beat Golovkin 100%.

Sanchez feels that once De La Hoya is 100 percent certain of victory for the 26-year-old Canelo, then the fight will be made. Sanchez says Canelo is certain that he can beat Golovkin, but not De La Hoya.

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Canelo vs. Golovkin fight will overshadow Mayweather-Pacquiao

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By Askhat Bapiev: How it’s possible that boring boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao can eclipse a spectacular fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in general?

Let’s imagine that second fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacman will take a place but we already know what to expect! Some guy is gonna run and some guy is gonna chase and they can do it all night long.

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Mayweather-Pacquiao II will eclipse Canelo-Golovkin in 2017

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By Eris Baldwin: If Floyd Mayweather Jr. chooses to return to the ring in 2017 to fight a rematch against Manny Pacquiao, their fight will likely be a lot bigger than the middleweight match-up between champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, It doesn’t matter that Mayweather and Pacquiao have lost a few steps each and are no longer the fighters they once were, they’re still a lot more recognizable names in the sport than Canelo and Golovkin.

Golden Boy is proclaiming that Canelo is the biggest pay-per-view attraction in boxing right now, and they may be right, but he’s failed to become the same type of PPV attraction that Mayweather and Pacquiao were in the height of their fame.

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Golovkin should accept Golden Boy’s $10M offer for Canelo fight

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By Chris Williams: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and his team at K2 Promotions need to do the smart thing and accept the more than fair offer of $10 million to fight Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 Kos) for a fight next year in September 2017.

The offer is a good one, and more than what Golovkin will make fighting anyone else out there in the boxing world that is willing to fight him. This could be the last chance for Golovkin to get a big mega-fight before his career ends.

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De La Hoya: Golovkin is running from Canelo

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin might not realize how much money that was offered to him for a fight a against Golden Boy star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. According got De La Hoya, it’s Golovkin that is running from Canelo and not the other way around. De La Hoya is referring to the eight-figure offer that Golden Boy made to Golovkin’s promoters for a fight against Canelo in September 2017. De La Hoya feels that if Golovkin isn’t concerned with money, then he’ll take the fight with Canelo.

In other news, appears that the reported $10 million flat fee offer that has been made to Golovkin from Golden Boy is not going to be increased. If Golovkin wants the fight, then he’ll need to accept that offer. If not, then Golden Boy will take Canelo in another direction towards other fighters.

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Golovkin should accept $10M offer for Canelo fight

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By Chris Williams: Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez reportedly is not going budge from the $10 million offer his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are offering unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin for a fight next September in 2017 on HBO pay-per-view.

Canelo is one of those types of fighters that when he makes his mind up, you’re probably not going to change it no matter what. In that case, Golovkin has a choice to make. He can either accept the $10 million guaranteed offer or he can move on and continue to fight guys like Dominic Wade for smaller money.

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