GGG-Canelo: Oscar confirms verbal agreement reached for Fall 2017

[WesternChamp]

keyword: verbal agreement

means jack shit! come 2017 and then there's gonna be the usual road block such as money split, weight, etc.

this is just a way to get the fans and media off oscar and canelo's back. so they can continue fighting smaller guys but using the canelo vs ggg in 2017 as a way to get the fans to continue supporting canelo.

[New England]

So, I guess we can expect they'll both be fighting garbage opposition until then. Boxing as usual.

golovkin has fought a lot of top 10 comp at MW. they're trying to do the best they can within the realities of belt politics, networks not working together, etc.

tried to get saunders
tried to get jacobs
quillin when he was a player
cotto when he was champ
marttinez when he was champ
sturm when he was the most popular fighter in europe not named froch or wladimir


eubanks jr is inexperienced and probably getting kocked out, but he is a talented guy. son of a very good fighter. hard puncher, fast. not the best opponent in the world, but not as bad as ity might sound if you're allowing former floydians to control the discourse surrounding the matchmaking. hbo isn't even going to play first chair on that broadcast, either, so a lot of the money for the fight will come from UK PPV and gate money in one of those big arenas.

canelo, on the other hand, is goign to try and fight welterweights and JMWS. winner of porter - thurman, rematch with cotto, manny pacquiao, etc.

[New England]

keyword: verbal agreement

means jack shit! come 2017 and then there's gonna be the usual road block such as money split, weight, etc.

this is just a way to get the fans and media off oscar and canelo's back. so they can continue fighting smaller guys but using the canelo vs ggg in 2017 as a way to get the fans to continue supporting canelo.

i agree that this doesn't guarantee the fight, but it's a step in the right direction.

[j0zef]

Rafael is reporting the same.

Per source close to the negotiations, GGG and Canelo have agreed to fight at 160, but not until fall 2017. Each... https://t.co/UdEy6eA7hX

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) June 22, 2016

[KillaMane26]

As soon as he won that belt he knew he had a target on his back. Should have fought 160 fighters to start preparing for GGG and weight class .

But know took pointless fight that did nothing but make things worse as far as his rep. And stalling GGG fight smfh.

Even when or if they fight the damage is done we will always remember and bring up all the things Canelos team said and did

[PK3434]

Canelo is being a p*ssy. There is nothing else to say.


Tom Loeffler has done a great job with Golovkin and I understand that he has to be diplomatic with other promoters as k2 isn't exactly a giant in the game, but it would be nice if he stood up for his fighter sometimes instead of always being politically correct.

[Tom Cruise]

Why in the **** do we need a year and half build up for a fight that has already been built up? Thatll be what 2 years of waiting for the fight? **** sake. Ill be 27 by the time these ****heads fight. At least Manny and Floyd had a series of decent and marketable opponents to fight while we waited for them to get in the ring. What are we gonna get from these two? Billy Joe Saunders? Eubank Jnr? **** it lets drag Andy Lee back for one or two more losses.

I swear to god the people on control of boxing are actively trying to sabotage it. No other explaination.

Dana Whyte has all these guys kids locked up in his basement and hes told them all to make boxing as tedious and boring to follow as possible

[WesternChamp]

i agree that this doesn't guarantee the fight, but it's a step in the right direction.

if both sides agreed to everything, money split, weight, etc. but they're just waiting until 2017 then there's hope. but as far as i can tell, i dont think thats the case here. come 2017, they'll have to go back to negotiating.

and by then, im sure canelo or ggg will either improve or struggle in some of their fights so im sure the other side will either ask for more money, etc. fall 2017 is still a long ways from now and anything can happen.

oscar is just saying this so that the fans will continue to support canelo since they will be thinking that canelo will be fighting ggg in 2017. we've all seen this before with floyd vs manny.

[Luiz]

That what's hot in boxing. Let's fight in X months and some bums in between.

[Tom Cruise]

GGG needs to hold K2/Loeffler to account imo. Theyve been bullied all over the place by Golden Boy and Canelo.

Boxing careers are too short to show this much loyalty to a company that cant get you the big bucks. Just join GBP or summat and get the fight done. Fighting and beating Canelo puts GGG in a whole different level of marketing potential. Not like K2 hold a lot of cards anyway