Golovkin and Saunders in the works for June

Could be a hell of a year for ggg if he can get the canelo fight in sept to go along with jacobs and bjs...if he doesn't lose one of the 3.

GGG ducking Artur Akavov, and fighting the loser. :nono: What a load of bull**** khazakstan is poor as hell no way they hold any type of event. Will probably be subsided by the government.

That's great news.

If he gets past Jacobs, and the Canelo fight in a no-go, then a fight against BJS for the 4th title sounds good to me.

Is never good to look past your opponent, especially with Jacobs being a legit threat. But I reckon he does away with Jacobs within 10. BJS is a good fight.. Many will think its a step down in opposition compared to Jacobs but BJS is an excellent boxer and that's what gave GGG problems when he fought Brook. GGG wins both fights though! GGG vs Eubank Jr will be interesting as well.. I'm not so fussed about Canelo because all these other fights are great match ups.

Golovkin is a huge star in the UK.. He sold out o2 arena in a matter of minutes.. Surely it makes more financial sense to make this fight in the UK or USA? But then again GGG is a huge star back home so it may be huge there.. It's just a wierd place for such a big unification fight.

It does seem very likely Golovkin will be fighting in Kazakhstan in the summer with the EXPO being there and Golovkin being an official ambassador. Saunders would be the best opponent for it.

I applaud GGG for chasing all the top **WILLING** middleweights. The belts I don't really care about, its the good fights that matter But I am a little concerned that this June fight could jeopardize a Sept fight w/ Canelo. IMO, GBP doesn't want to risk their cashcow. That's why they've delayed the fight to Sept. I could see them saying -- hey, this is cutting it too close. What if GGG gets cut? etc. etc. blah blah "lets make Canelo - Cotto II instead" It would suck and be a copout by GBP, but I could see it happening.

if GGG gets past Jacobs and lands Saunders in June, he would then have accomplished the goal of unifying all 4 titles. At that point he would have the option of fighting Canelo and losing the IBF, or if the Canelo fight falls apart he could fight Johnson and keep the titles together. I would suspect that after he actually unifies all 4 titles, he would know that being able to keep all 4 for any length of time is virtually impossible (due to conflicting mandos), so the urge to face Johnson after Saunders would not be very much, so Canelo at 160 or Degale or something else of interest at 168 would probably convince him to let the IBF go.... **** abc belts, if one becomes undisputed the #1 contenders of each abc title should duke it out to become the recognised challenger. Its just so typically fpr boxing that you can loose a belt because you have two mandatories at the same time. Makes no sense

For BJS, the WBO has to approve should Khurtsidze accept. For GGG, the IBF said the only exception to fighting Tureano Johnson would be a unification with BJS. So with mando's vs Johnson & Khurtsidze (he has to fight for the interim title), Idk if a Canelo fight would happen in September or not? TJ's promoted by GB, so that might not be an issue, and the WBO has a hard on for Canelo and probably wouldn't miss out sanctioning that $fight$. if GGG gets past Jacobs and lands Saunders in June, he would then have accomplished the goal of unifying all 4 titles. At that point he would have the option of fighting Canelo and losing the IBF, or if the Canelo fight falls apart he could fight Johnson and keep the titles together. I would suspect that after he actually unifies all 4 titles, he would know that being able to keep all 4 for any length of time is virtually impossible (due to conflicting mandos), so the urge to face Johnson after Saunders would not be very much, so Canelo at 160 or Degale or something else of interest at 168 would probably convince him to let the IBF go....

I wonder if Borat would make an appearance.

look at you making an ass out of yourself.its been reported awhile ago that golovkin's second fight this year would be in his home country.I'm sure they have all the funds necessary to hold a boxing match there. Yeah I'm sure he would rather face bjs and skip canelo foh

What a load of bull**** khazakstan is poor as hell no way they hold any type of event.look at you making an ass out of yourself.its been reported awhile ago that golovkin's second fight this year would be in his home country.I'm sure they have all the funds necessary to hold a boxing match there.

That would be some trip for BJS. Albeit completely unwinnable.

What a load of bull**** khazakstan is poor as hell no way they hold any type of event. It's much better off than you think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) And the stadium where they want to hold the Expo in Astana is no joke. https://tickets.expo2017astana.com/en/pages/about https://tickets.expo2017astana.com/themes/expo2017/web/img/dd_img/about_1240.jpg

Uh yeah they can Really in a broken down 3rd world arena??

What a load of bull**** khazakstan is poor as hell no way they hold any type of event. Uh yeah they can

What a load of bull**** khazakstan is poor as hell no way they hold any type of event.

Don't think GGG plans to fight Tureano this year so this should happen

Doesnt unification trumps mando fights? I thought it was my understanding that he won't be stripped of he tries to unify with another belt holder? For BJS, the WBO has to approve should Khurtsidze accept. For GGG, the IBF said the only exception to fighting Tureano Johnson would be a unification with BJS. So with mando's vs Johnson & Khurtsidze (he has to fight for the interim title), Idk if a Canelo fight would happen in September or not? TJ's promoted by GB, so that might not be an issue, and the WBO has a hard on for Canelo and probably wouldn't miss out sanctioning that $fight$.