Gennady Golovkin, Chavez Jr. camps target a July 12 fight at Forum

By Lance Pugmire March 5, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin wants to accept former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s offer of a summer fight, with promoters for each boxer targeting a July 12 bout at the Forum in Inglewood. Golovkin (29-0, 26 knockouts) pulled out of a late April title defense against Andy Lee to follow his country’s ritual of a 40-day mourning period following the late-February death of his father in Kazakhstan. Chavez (48-1-1, 32 KOs) looked strong in winning a unanimous decision over Bryan Vera on Saturday night in San Antonio, with Golovkin’s Big Bear-based trainer Abel Sanchez and promoter Tom Loeffler in attendance. Loeffler said he’d been in talks with Chavez promoter Bob Arum two weeks earlier and was impressed by Chavez’s performance. Loeffler said a Chavez-Golovkin pay-per-view fight would be at Chavez’s current 168-pound super-middleweight limit. Chavez said after the Saturday fight that he wanted Golovkin next. “That’s the fight Gennady has always wanted,” Loeffler said. “We anticipate there’ll be no issues in July, taking the fight against Chavez. “Gennady wants the biggest names, to win titles. It’s been frustrating getting champions to fight him. But Chavez is one of the top names in boxing, and there’s great interest in this fight.” Loeffler said the popularity of Chavez –- son of legandary former four-division champion –- and Golovkin, whose ratings on HBO have sharply increased with each fight, make for a compelling matchup. “Two well-known fighters with two very supportive fan bases,” Loeffler said. Loeffler said he expects to confer again soon with Arum and says that Golovkin should be back in the Southland by the end of March. “The Forum is a great choice, with Gennady training in Big Bear and Chavez having ties to the L.A. community,” Loeffler said. “From our side, a summertime fight against Chavez makes the most sense.” http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-boxing-golovkin-chavez-forum-20140305,0,2071860.story#ixzz2v9XZaDig My reaction http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lftnfoPmHr1qe9c1f.gif

Comments (20)

Hope I'm here for it

12y ago

Mr_Philadel

I believe people would rather let GGG stay at 160 than fight Ward if the split is in Ward's favor but they have no complaints of GGG fighting Ward @ 168 if the split is 50/50. :haha::haha: gtfoh!! Everyone knows why Golovkin don't want it with Ward....since when did fans become so interested in the purse split....that whole Floyd-Pac sh1t changed the game huh?!?

12y ago

IronDanHamza

Well if you think catchweights are bad, that one is very bad from multiple angles, Floyd's hypocrisy aside. It matters to me since as a Pac fan I had to endure sanctimonious CW bullsh1t from Floyd's minions here, day in day out, until May of last year. Cheating history, you should ask these guys that introduced the lingo, mostly flo mos. Might ask "turbotime", I see he's back with an alt. But one example is being 2x, unified, lineal, reigning champ (for almost 2 years) who unified at a CW, and should be excused from fighting all comers at the weight. That's one whale of a paper champ. ^^^ This doesn't belong in the thread, just to answer your questions, but the point is if you're fine with one guy going up just for the big money fights, you should understand when another guy does it. It's double true if your guy has heavy credentials at the weight, and you want to excuse him from fighting anyone too threatening there, nevermind p4p #2. Ok but what does that have to do with me? If they said it then why are you saying it to me? Doesn't that make you sound as stupid as them? I didn't say any of those things about Pacquaio. As for the last part, where did I say I have a problem with this fight?

12y ago

bartolomewj

I thought ppl didnt want GGG to move up and fight so he could stay at MW to unify titles? I guess that only applies when he's being called out by Ward. Anyways, it should be a fun fight while it lasts, I favor GGG but Jr could make it tough. Hopefully it'll finally setup a fight with Ward. I believe people would rather let GGG stay at 160 than fight Ward if the split is in Ward's favor but they have no complaints of GGG fighting Ward @ 168 if the split is 50/50.

12y ago

PACnPBFsuck

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12y ago

kombayn

My birthday is July 14th! I know what I'll be doing on my birthday weekend if this comes to fruition. :boxing:

12y ago

mezoomozaa

K.Oing Chavez Jr. will make Martinez vs GGG the most anticipated fight in boxing

12y ago

Bushid333

might have to go to this fight

12y ago

Jchamp

This fight would have been interesting a year ago when Chavez was a middleweight. If Golovkin ends up are super middleweight away from the protection of the WBC, he will having to fight better fighters.

12y ago

RowdyMind

12y ago

ElMeroChingon

Chavez jr fights the guys no one else wants to fight.

12y ago

Foreign_Soil

Still wants no parts of ward He just took Ward's paycheck - the most important part of Ward.

12y ago

Accountoffline

We may finally see GGG on the back foot however if somebody like Kovalev respects his power I don't think Chavez Jr will be causing him any fits. Good fight, just hope Chavez doesn't go balls to the wall and thinks about his wellbeing, boxing is one thing, but risking your life is something else.

12y ago

ColdBlooded

He really did And look at how ridiculous that size advantage was for Chavez. It's like two different weight classes Chavez will have a similar size advantage over Golovkin. Perhaps even more given that the fight will be at 168.

12y ago

KingTito

This is as about as guaranteed a war as you can get.

12y ago

HeroBando

What's so bad about it? Why is it such a big deal to you. And how is it cheating history? I don't understand what you mean. What does this have to do with Golovkin? Well if you think catchweights are bad, that one is very bad from multiple angles, Floyd's hypocrisy aside. It matters to me since as a Pac fan I had to endure sanctimonious CW bullsh1t from Floyd's minions here, day in day out, until May of last year. Cheating history, you should ask these guys that introduced the lingo, mostly flo mos. Might ask "turbotime", I see he's back with an alt. But one example is being 2x, unified, lineal, reigning champ (for almost 2 years) who unified at a CW, and should be excused from fighting all comers at the weight. That's one whale of a paper champ. ^^^ This doesn't belong in the thread, just to answer your questions, but the point is if you're fine with one guy going up just for the big money fights, you should understand when another guy does it. It's double true if your guy has heavy credentials at the weight, and you want to excuse him from fighting anyone too threatening there, nevermind p4p #2.

12y ago

BigZigga

Chavez took over 300 punches from Martinez. Martinez used Chavez as a punching bag for 11.5 rounds. He really did And look at how ridiculous that size advantage was for Chavez. It's like two different weight classes

12y ago

ColdBlooded

Chavez took over 300 punches from Martinez. Martinez used Chavez as a punching bag for 11.5 rounds.

12y ago

mathed

LOL Martinez embarrassed by this "bum" in front of millions. The only part people remember from that fight is that 12th round when Chavez finally let his hands go. In a rematch, Chavez would beat the living crap out of Martinez again.

12y ago

BigZigga

YES!! I love that the forum is coming back Ima be going to all the fights

12y ago