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Frank Warren, who promotes WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12KOs), is very willing to negotiate a deal for a unification with WBA/WBC/IBF/IBO champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).
Former unified middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard 'The Alien' Hopkins is confident of a deal being made for a 2017 collision between WBO junior middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) and WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).
Former multi-division world champion Jhonny Gonzalez does not believe his countryman, WBO junior middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs), can not call himself the best fighter in boxing.
Former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi says the timing is perfect for a middleweight collision between Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 34KOs) and Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).
Last week, Olympic gold medal winner Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9KOs) reached his potential by traveling to Poland and capturing the WBO cruiserweight title with a twelve round decision over previously undefeated Krzysztof Glowacki.
Teddy Atlas, veteran trainer and expert analyst for ESPN, is wondering if IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs) had a pre-existing eye injury when stepped in the ring with IBF/WBA/IBO/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).
According to former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi, the handlers behind WBO junior middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) are waiting for Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) to get old.
Teddy Atlas, veteran trainer and expert analyst for ESPN, was not impressed with the most recent performance by IBF/WBA/IBO/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).
In a move that may see both sides come closer to reaching an agreement, Golden Boy Promotions - who handle WBO 154-pound champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) - and Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, who guide WBC/IBO/IBF/WBA middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) - have agreed to sit down in two weeks to negotiate the terms.
Sources with knowledge of the details have advised BoxingScene.com that the Barclays Center in Brooklyn has been placed on hold, for December 10th, to potentially host the World Boxing Association mandatory bout between Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 34KOs) and Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).