By Miguel Rivera
The president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, revealed that on Friday he will hold a conference call with representatives of Golden Boy Promotions and K2 Promotions, to discuss the status of their progress to make a fight between WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and mandatory challenger Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin.
Sulaiman has a good feeling that both sides will be able to reach some form of agreement on the fight.
Last month Canelo won a twelve round unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto to capture the WBC title. The WBC had issued an order for the winner to face Golovkin next.
"We are in communication with Golden Boy and K2, the representatives of both fighters. The week of Thanksgiving Day delayed things a bit, but everything is going well. The parties understand what the commitments are and the guidelines, and I'm confident they will make an agreement that will be released soon, but I feel that everything is on track and in accordance with regulations," said Sulaiman to ESPN Deportes.
"We are not policemen, we always intended to reach the best for the sport and the athletes. They're talking, I'm a witness. Tomorrow we will have a conference call to know the status."
"The opinion is the winner, or in this case Canelo because Cotto chose not to accept the rules. The winner, Canelo, is committed to face GGG. Golden Boy and K2 have been in talks even before the fight (Cotto-Canelo) and I'm waiting. I have always given them the freedom to negotiate and they will notify us tomorrow (Friday) on the status of their progress and that we will know the result."
