Sanchez: GGG Stops Canelo in Eight, Oscar Knows It

By Mike Coppinger

LOS ANGELES -- Gennady Golovkin (44-1-1, 31KOs) is going to keep fighting the guys willing to fight him.

That was the theme at Wednesday's news conference to promote his bout with Martin Murray on Feb. 21 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

While Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez continue negotiations toward a May 2 super fight, GGG waits in the wings for a mega bout of his own.

"If Canelo wins, at the beginning I thought that maybe the Canelo fight could be made, but Oscar now is talking about 'in a couple of years,' " Sanchez told BoxingScene.com. "Well, to Golovkin it doesn't matter whether it's Cotto or Canelo, as long as he's fighting for the WBC title against anybody, because he wants to be the WBC unified champion.

"With that being said, if they both opt not to take the fight, well then we all will know it was because they didn't want to fight Golovkin, not because of any other big deals they have cookin'."

Sanchez is right. At this point, GGG is a big name in boxing, with highlights of his knockouts regularly making the rounds of mainstream sports websites. It's time for a marquee boxer to step up to the plate and face boxing's boogeyman.

"Canelo doesn't go eight," Sanchez said. "Cotto doesn't go five and he knows it. Canelo doesn't go eight and his people know it. Oscar knows it, that's why he won't put him in there."

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