By Steve Kim
As everyone knows, the rematch between IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has been finalized for May 5th. What hasn't been determined is just where this event will be staged.
"We've got some meetings schedules tomorrow," said Canelo's promoter Eric Gomez, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, to BoxingScene.com. "Tom Loeffler (of GGG Promotions) is coming into the office and I'm going to meet with him. We're going to compare notes but we're close and I think that within the next ten days or so we should have something.
"But it's just a matter of fine-tuning and finalizing the negotiations with the venue."
An interesting scenario has come up.
Last year, Floyd Mayweather snapped a two-year retirement to fight UFC superstar Conor McGregor in a boxing match. He stopped McGregor in the tenth round.
Now there are circulating articles which claim that there are actual discussions to have Mayweather debut in mixed martial arts - possibly against McGregor.
Gomez says that whatever rumors of Mayweather entering the boxing ring or Octagon against McGregor - or anyone else - will have no bearing on their decision of where the fight takes place.
"No, not at all, not at all, the first fight was pretty one-sided and I think that if Floyd was to go into MMA that would probably make some noise," Gomez admitted on Wednesday afternoon.
Gomez then opined - ''he wouldn't be fighting a top fighter in MMA because it will tarnish his legacy - he would have no chance in the MMA. No chance whatsoever."
The first encounter between Golovkin and Alvarez - which ended in a twelve round split draw - was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on September 16th and had a live gate of approximately $27 million, the third largest in boxing history in the state of Nevada.
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.