By Bill "Two Scoops" Emes
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya had a good laugh when BoxingScene asked him about the possibility of a future fight between Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs) and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (31-0, 28KOs).
Mayweather is the WBC/WBA champion at welterweight and junior middleweight. Golovkin holds the WBA/IBO/WBC-interim titles at middleweight. Golovkin is willing to drop down to 154-pounds if a fight with Mayweather is ever presented.
Although fans want to see it, De La Hoya says Mayweather will never face Golovkin in the ring. But, De La Hoya is confident that his star fighter, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs), will eventually work his way up to a middleweight clash with Golovkin.
"[Mayweather-GGG] will never happen. It will never happen, let's put it that way. One fight that most likely will happen, who is willing to take the challenge - is Triple G vs. Canelo. They have sparred many times before. In time, I am very optimistic that [Canelo-GGG] will happen - given time and once Canelo is ready to move up 160 and he gets a little older. He just turned 24, so he's got time. All of those dangerous fights Canelo is willing to take. But Triple G and Mayweather - that will never happen," De La Hoya told BoxingScene.com.
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