Arum Spoke To HBO About Making Golovkin vs. Ramirez

By Miguel Rivera

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is hoping to make a fight between unbeaten super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24KOs) and WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs).

Ramirez will challenge Arthur Abraham for the WBO super middleweight championship on April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight is part of the HBO Pay-Per-View undercard to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley trilogy.

Golovkin is back on April 23rd in Los Angeles, where he makes a mandatory defense of his IBF world title against Dominic Wade.

If Golovkin wins, he has a mandatory world title shot against WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez for the fall. Most insiders have serious doubts about Golovkin-Canelo happening. Arum also has some doubts about that fight and told HBO that Ramirez - should he win the WBO title - would be very willing to defend the title against Golovkin at 168-pounds. 

Another option is former Top Rank fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who may go for the WBC super middleweight title in April against once-beaten world champion Badou Jack. Chavez Jr. and Ramirez are both in a race to become the first Mexican boxer to capture a world title at 168-pounds.

"Absolutely, we have been talking to HBO about that possibility. This is one option that Ramirez would do, if he comes out the winner in his fight with Arthur Abraham. He can face Golovkin, and maybe he can also fight Chavez Jr.. He has a lot of options for continuing his career," said Arum to ESPN Deportes.