Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin: 'GGG's' Coach Thinks Fight Won't Happen Until 2018
Middleweight world champion superstars Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin have been pitted against each other since 2015.
Deemed as the next super fight after last year's Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao match-up, talks grew louder after Alvarez himself called out Golovkin after his victory over former champion Miguel Cotto last November.
Currently, both boxers still have their respective tasks to take care of. Golovkin will be defending his IBF, IBO, and WBA world 160-pound titles, along with his WBC interim title against fellow undefeated fighter Dominic Wade on April 23rd at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
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Alvarez, on the other hand, is set to put his WBC world title on the line against another former world champion Amir Khan. The fight will be taking place on May 7th, at the newly built T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.
The World Boxing Council has deemed Golovkin as its mandatory challenger, after he defeated then interim title-holder Marco Antonio Rubio in 2014. While they are reportedly scheduled to face each other sometime in the fall, the WBC has ordered both men to take on interim bouts first.
Assuming that both fighters would emerge victorious from their fights, a refusal from Alvarez to take on Golovkin would result in the WBC stripping him of his belt, making "GGG" its new undisputed champion.
A few fighters have expressed their dismay over Alvarez's decision to face Khan five pounds below the 160-pound limit. Most recently, Golovkin's coach Abel Sanchez joined in on the fray, as he believes it is Alvarez's strategy to give himself the option to hold the fight below the limit.
"I don't think Canelo wants to fight Triple G, and we won't see Canelo (fight him) until probably 2018," Sanchez said in a Boxingscene report. "If Golovkin wasn't there (at 160-pounds), Canelo would be at middleweight."
