Comments Thread For: Sulaiman: Cotto-Canelo Winner Must Face Golovkin

[ShoulderRoll]

GGG is a great fighter but he doesn't bring in the PPV dollars.

This is true. As hard as HBO is trying to force him down everyone's throats as a superstar the fact is that he is not there yet. Guys like Cotto and Canelo have a way bigger fan base than him.

Still, the WBC said that Cotto had to fight GGG next after Geale. It's bullshit that they are now going back on their word just to accommodate a Mexican fighter.

[-PBP-]

Idk....on one hand, the WBC is once again making up rules as they go along. On the other hand, Canelo/GGG is way more intriguing than Cotto/GGG.

[Hougigo]

Sulaiman failed to say what would happen if somehow Cotto fights Floyd in September, at 155.
... But I suspect nobody in the sport took into account such a possibility...

They don't care, they wanna roll in the money

[NEETzsche]

we all knew this was going to happen. i'm more confident that they'll keep their word this time around once the cotto-alvarez superfight is out of the way. of course at that point canelo could just opt to drop the wbc and fight for lemieux's ibf instead...

[bigjavi973]

So before it was he must face GGG after Geale.....

Now it's Cotto-Canelo winner must face GGG


Of course. No one should be surprised.

[bigjavi973]

Ggg should demand a step a side fee. Atleast

And if they did.... they were full of shit this whole time.

[Bardock]

What happened to 1 voluntary for Cotto then a mandatory Golovkin fight?

It pays to be Messican in this sport.

Lol umm Adrien broner and Terrence Crawford getting title shots handed out to them like skittles? deontay wilder? Gary Russell jr? Lol OK then

[Bardock]

not really ggg people just said a week ago they would be ok with cotto canelo still happening long they agree to fight him this follows that

^^^^This

[DblLFThooK]

All roads lead to GGG

[zerosixthree]

And if they did.... they were full of shit this whole time.

You know, it might be worth it. Maybe not demand money for stepping aside but a contract. The only leverage GGG has to get either Cotto or Canelo in the ring is his mandatory shot. At the moment the WBC make more money with the belt around Cotto's or Canelo's waist than they would with it around Golovkin's and they simply can not be trusted to enforce their own rules.

If Golovkin's people can wrangle a cast-iron guarantee from both boxers, a contract to fight the victor, for stepping aside it might work out better than relying on the honour of the WBC.

Should GGG refuse to step aside the chances are the WBC sanctions Alvarez/Cotto anyway and as long the sanction fees keep coming in they'll be in no hurray to enforce Golovkin's mandatory shot.

In an ideal world we would not even be discussing this. This shouldn't happen but as awful as it is maybe Golovkin will be better served trading his chance at Cotto entirely at the whim of the WBC for a guaranteed shot at the victor of Alvarez/Cotto. It's shameful but that's what it is.