Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Saunders Unlikely For June, GGG To Wait For Canelo

[mick1303]

Extremely disappointed in GGG and K2. Such a downer. They have to understand that fans can be lost not only based on what you do in the ring but outside of it as well...

[j0zef]

If this is true and they don't have a signed contract with Canelo already in hand then Loeffler needs to be fired.

Agree. I thought they learned their lesson from the last time GBP forced them into wasting a year.

[TonyGe]

Ironically if Canelo gets injured then more time is wasted..

[TonyGe]

Does anyone know the terms of Golovkin's contract with K2?

[kiaba360]

FML. I'm sure somewhere in this 17 page thread, someone has argued that this is a smart move, but this is still a letdown. What's to stop Canelo from fighting BJS and prolonging the GGG fight even further? Time is on Canelo's side.

[aboutfkntime]

FML. I'm sure somewhere in this 17 page thread, someone has argued that this is a smart move, but this is still a letdown. What's to stop Canelo from fighting BJS and prolonging the GGG fight even further? Time is on Canelo's side.

what if Golovkin doesn't care because he wants to break Hopkins record against easier opponents before cashing out with Alvarez???

[OnePunch]

So are they planning on dropping the IBF? Johnson's promoter (Golden Boy) can petition the IBF to call the fight tomorrow if they wanted to, right?

in the IBF, there is no need to "call" the fight. A mando is either due, or it isnt. Right now, its due. So when GGG submits his next fight to the IBF for sanction approval (or the unification request), then the IBF will either approve the unification (Saunders), or will strip him if its anyone other than Saunders or the IBF mando.

If they wait too long though to make a decision, they run the risk of the IBF formally demanding the mando in the meantime. Once that happens, then even a request to do the unification would be denied. It would be mando or stripped.

[future hendrixx]

[Bronx2245]

If Canelo/GGG gets done for Sept I wouldn't mind Lemieux vs Saunders one bit. Also Jacobs vs saunders.

The point I was making was that if GBP can get a deal for Saunders vs. Lemieux for early June, and Lemieux wins, it might be Canelo vs. Lemieux for the WBO middleweight title. At least the threat of that fight might make GGG accept a flat-fee!

[tokon]

With no guarantee the Canelo fight happens either way, i'd of liked to have seen him unify.

I get it, money talks and all, and it's a fight i want to see. Would of been nice to see them tell DLH go whistle though when he kicked up a fuss about the BJS fight.

I have a feeling that Golovkin is going to regret that decision.

He has exposed the fallacy of "the main aim is to unify" statements and has now basically thrown himself at the generosity of GBP as regards a September fight with Canelo.