Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin Negotiations Continue
By Steve Kim
It's full steam ahead to the March 18th showdown between unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and WBA 'regular' champion Daniel Jaccobs (32-1, 29 KOs), which will take place from the Madison Square Garden in New York.
Provided Golovkin wins, it could be part of a huge 2017 which could include the highly anticipated showdown against Mexican superstar, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs).
And talks continue between K2 Promotions (for Golovkin) and Golden Boy Promotions (for Canelo).
"Nothing's finalized, yet," said Tom Loeffler, the managing director of K2. "But we are in negotiations. If there's a way we can make a deal that would be great but clearly nobody on the Golovkin side is over-looking Danny Jacobs because if he doesn't win March 18th it doesn't matter what I can put together for future fights. He's got to win March 18th, he's got to retain all his titles and then we can see what happens in the future."
On Tuesday and Wednesday, both Golovkin and Jacobs participated in press conferences that took place in New York and then Los Angeles. Loeffler believes that this event will lead to bigger ones in the future for Golovkin.
"This promotion is a jumping off point - if Gennady's successful - for some of the names that haven't agreed to face him in the past."
But Loeffler warns - "you never can predict how things are going to go on the 18th. Both fighters are supremely confident that they're going to win, if someone has an injury or however it works out. You never know what's going to happen so you have to see how it plays on March 18th and then if there's a way to make a high-profile fight after that, that would naturally be our preference.
"If the 'Canelo' fight happens - supposedly he has a fight scheduled in May as well - so we'll play it by ear. We'll have to see how everything goes March 18th and then we'll go from there."
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com
