When the bout ended, Alvarez ran to ringside and invited WBA-IBF champion Gennady Golovkin into the ring. The public has been hoping to see that showdown, but Yahoo Sports has learned that Golden Boy has reached an agreement with Roc Nation Sports, Cotto’s promoter, they had about the pay split over the November bout with Alvarez.
It is not finalized, but Golden Boy and Roc Nation are moving toward a rematch later this year. That leaves Golovkin on the outside again. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said the winner would have to fight Golovkin next or be stripped, but the belt is a small trinket compared to the prize of a mega-fight.
Still, Alvarez acted interested in meeting Golovkin.
“I invited him into the ring,” Alvarez said. “Like we say in Mexico, ‘We don't around.’ I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport I fear no one in this sport.”
Asked if he would fight Golovkin later this year, Alvarez said, “Right now, I will put on the gloves again.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/canelo-alvarez-knocks-out-amir-khan-in-sixth-round-040610078.html
Its not a random trash site, it's Kevin Iole from Yahoo sports reporting this.
What do you make of this?
Why would Iole make this up?
I really got no interest in this rematch.. I thought the first one was a clear win for canelo, and i thought he handled cotto pretty easily...
I would have thought that if canelo fought and lost to GGG, that the cotto rematch would be canelo's return bout after losing to GGG.
This is a really bad look for canelo
Don't care for this fight again AT ALL but OK :dunno:
During the entire build up and at all the Pressures everybody will be asking about the GGG fight and RIGHTFULLY SO! This fight is not going to make people just forget he avoided GGG
i understand that this is likely a tactic coming from above. goldenboy brass are trying to maximize the profitability of one of their assets.
still, canelo can make a stand against them. he's got leverage. he's a star.
he's got to be held accountable for being complicit with the avoidance of gennady golovkin.
boxing does not know what is good for itself. it has no unified interest. goldenboy knows what is good for goldenboy, and it is shooting boxing in the foot.
at least ward and kovalev are going to fight. those two are great fighters. i'm really not sure about canelo's willingness to be great.
If this is true. This why he should have conceded to Canelo's demands. You beat Canelo
get a rematch on your terms and make more money. If no immediate rematch
wait him out. He will grow into 160 soon. lil g could've use that as his last big money fight and retired. lil g made all the wrong moves.
Lil G now has 3 of the 4 major belts and will be gunning for the 4th one shortly. What does Candelita have now? Nothing but a tarnished rep and massive amounts of blowback for being a coward.
GGG is looking like a true boogieman while the diva be like...
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If this is true. This why he should have conceded to Canelo's demands. You beat Canelo
get a rematch on your terms and make more money. If no immediate rematch
wait him out. He will grow into 160 soon. lil g could've use that as his last big money fight and retired. lil g made all the wrong moves.
What? GGG was literally handed a belt, and now just needs to get the last one off BJS before unified undisputed MW champ of the world, the first since Hopkins.
As you say, Canelo will soon grow into 160, and then he will have to face the undisputed MW champ of the world to try and get any belt...
Love it! Cotto has more balls than Triple Flop. Will book this for sure
What? Cotto, who ducked GGG for Canelo, and Canelo who ducked GGG for Cotto? You're saying GGG lacks balls in this scenario when he was literally handed a belt so that Canelo wouldn't have to fight him? How can the delusion be this distorted; how can the cognitive dissonance be so real?
If this is true. This why he should have conceded to Canelo's demands. You beat Canelo
get a rematch on your terms and make more money. If no immediate rematch
wait him out. He will grow into 160 soon. lil g could've use that as his last big money fight and retired. lil g made all the wrong moves.
Great. Now that he's even older and slower he might have a better shot to beat Canelo. :rofl:
Haha, yeah Cotto is just way past his prime, he couldn't beat a legit 154 pounder, let alone a guy that weighs 175 on fight night like Canelo. He is basically a lazy welterweight fighting at 155.
Odd fight.
Cotto is one of my all time faves, but at this point of his career, what could he possibly improve on to beat an always improving Canelo?
Just odd to me.
Need no improvement. Needs better judges.