By Luke Furman, Alexander Pavlov
WBA/WBO/IBF light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is still being hounded with questions on a fight with Gennady Golovkin, the WBA/IBO middleweight champion.
The fight not realistic, says Kovalev. There is no reason for Golovkin to head up to light heavyweight when there are so many lucrative fights for him at middleweight and even at super middleweight.
The fight that is more realistic is a clash with super middleweight champion Andre Ward, who is considering a possible move to 175-pounds. Ward's last fight took place at 172 on June 20th when he stopped Paul Smith. The teams behind Ward and Kovalev have actually been in talks for a possible 2016 clash.
"All of this talk about a Golovkin fight is just chatter. Why should he fight me? After all, our weight categories are not even close. He now has good fights in front of him. In particular, with Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez. He has even more of a likelihood [at his current weight] to secure a fight with Floyd Mayweather. In that fight he can earn a lot of money. And what we earn in our fight? So I do not think that Golovkin would like to meet with me. Would he move up to my division? This is unlikely. That's why I say that all of this discussion about this fight is nothing more than talk. This is all idle speculation. But as far as Ward, a meeting with him is much more realistic. Our teams are negotiating. And maybe this fight will take place next spring," Kovalev said.
Alexander Pavlov covers boxing for Sportbox.ru.