By Steve Kim

So with it being clear that a bout between Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) and Saul Alvarez will not take place this year, the focus for Golovkin is on his next fight which will take place in either August or September. And there is rampant speculation that he could be going to Britain to face Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17KOs) in his next outing.

Loeffler was aiming to secure WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders, but that's not going to happen either. Golovkin holds all of the remaining belts, with the WBC/WBA/IBO/IBF titles around his waist. Now the focus is shifting to making a deal with Eubank;s promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.

"I've had numerous discussions with not knowing what was going to happen with the 'Canelo' situation,''said Tom Loeffler, the managing director of K2 Promotions, to BoxingScene.com.

"We had numerous discussions first with Frank Warren and (Billy Joe) Saunders and that seemed to not go very far. It looks like Saunders wants to keep that WBO title for as long as possible without having to fight Gennady. Again, you can't force someone to fight him. Eddie (Hearn) contacted me and said Chris Eubank - both Sr. and Jr. - were interested in the fight.

This weekend from the O2 Arena in London, Eubank Jr faces Tom Doran on the undercard to Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale.

Loeffer states - "Now, they're focused on the fight on Saturday. I mean, we've seen the best laid plans go awry. We saw (Andrzej) Fonfara getting knocked out when he was supposed to go for his next fight with (Adonis) Stevenson. So they're definitely focused on that fight. It'll be interesting to see from our standpoint if the Eubanks are serious about making the fight or if they like to talk about it like many other fighters have talked about fighting Gennady but when it comes to actually signing the contract it's,'Well, we'll fight him the next fight."

Should Eubank Jr. come out victorious as expected, Loeffler says he will reach out to Hearn.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.