Golovkin's Coach: Fighters Talk Tough on Social Media - Never Call

By Edward Chaykovsky

Abel Sanchez, trainer for IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs), pays no attention to the countless fighters who are challenging GGG on social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook.

Golovkin is scheduled to return to the ring on March 18th on HBO Pay-Per-View, when he takes on mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 29KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

There have been countless challenges from fighters from junior middleweight to super middleweight, but according to Sanchez - nearly none of them pick up the phone to call Golvokin's promoter, Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions.

Sanchez points out that too many fighters waste their time arguing with Golovkin and his team members on social media, instead of contacting Loeffler to negotiate a fight.

"All we can do is just continue to fight the best available guy. Everybody seems to talk like they want to talk Golovkin but all they do it talk, there’s no calling Tom Loeffler. You can’t make a fight on Twitter or on Facebook, you have to make the fight by calling the promoter and having their promoters call Tom and negotiate and make a fight, instead of arguing over it on social media, which does nobody any good. Golovkin is ready whoever but it’s just that those guys talking need to step up to the plate," Sanchez told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.

Beyond the fight with Jacobs, there are ongoing discussions to face Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) in September during Mexican Independence Day weekend. Canel, who holds the WBO junior middleweight title, is currently in discussions to face countryman Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6th, as part of Cinco De Mayo weekend. If that fight fall apart, Canelo may exercise his mandatory position by facing WBO middleweight title holder Billy Joe Saunders of the UK.