By Steve Kim

There have been some published reports stating that a fight between WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, and former two-division beltholder Bernard Hopkins, is being negotiated for the fall. While the likes of Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez are scheduled to mix it up in November, Golovkin's quest for a meaningful fight continues.

But you wonder if facing the 50-year old Hopkins, who was shut out in his last outing by light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev in November, is the ultimate no-win situation for Golovkin.

When asked about this rumor of a possible fight with Hopkins, all Tom Loeffer (the managing director of K2 Promotions) would say to BoxingScene.com is - "Gennady's focus is on unifying the middleweight titles right now."

Golovkin is hoping that newly crowned IBF middleweight titlist, David Lemieux, will face him in the fall. Loeffler says he really didn't know when Golovkin would be back in action but according to the NYSAC website, K2 Promotions does have a show scheduled in New York on October 17th.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.