By Sean Jones: Tom Loeffler says middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin wants an even 50-50 split for the rematch with Saul Canelo Alvarez, as he feels that as the champion, he deserves equal money after previously getting the smaller 70-30 split for the first fight last year in September 2017.
By Jim Dower: Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler posted a message on social media that looks to be a disguised shot at Saul Canelo Alvarez by saying that his fighter has never tested positive for drugs during his amateur and pro career, and his body size/shape has never changed.
Loeffler is trying to negotiate a rematch between Canelo and GGG for September 15, but the negotiations appear to have hit a snag over the purse split.
By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler will be meeting with the International Boxing Federation on Monday to speak with them about IBF middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin’s mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs).
By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler says middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin told him that Vanes Martirosyan put up more of a fight last Saturday night than Saul Canelo Alvarez did in the entire 12 rounds that he fought him last September.
By Jim Dower: Tom Loeffler is reportedly saying that middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) has appealed the terms for the IBF exception, which state that he must defend against his IBF mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) by August 3 at the latest for him to keep his IBF 160lb. title.
By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler says he still hasn’t nailed down the opponent for middleweight champion Genady Golovkin to fight on May 5th on HBO at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Loeffler says it’s still in “flux” as far as GGG’s May 5th date and opponent.
By Allan Fox: IBF/IBO/WBA.WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s title defense against #5 WBO, #9 WBA and #11 WBC Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan (27-2, 19 KOs) is heading to regular HBO (non-pay-per-view) on May 5th at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, according to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times.
By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Tom Loeffler says he expects to make an announcement in the next couple of days about the May 5th replacement opponent for middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand Garden in New York.
By Sean McDaniel: Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler says he’s waiting on the Nevada State Athletic Commission about what direction they’re going to go in in dealing with Saul Canelo Alvarez’s positive drug test for clenbuterol. Loeffler says the Canelo-GGG 2 rematch is still planned for May 5th.
By Allan Fox: Tom Loeffler says last Saturday’s fight between WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (45-4-1, 40 KOs) and Juan Francisco ‘El Gallo’ Estrada (36-3, 25 KOs) deserves a rematch to clear up the controversy and he’s interested in putting together a second fight this fall at The Forum in Inglewood, California.