By Miguel Rivera
According to future Hall of Famer Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs), WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) is capable of beating Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs), who holds the IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight belts.
Golovkin has been named as the mandatory challenger to Canelo's belt. Canelo captured his world title last month with a twelve round unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Golovkin holds the WBC's interim title that he captured last year with a two-round knockout of Marco Antonio Rubio.
Marquez was ringside for Canelo's fight and liked what he saw from the rising 25-year-old superstar.
With the WBC acting as a middleman, an agreement was worked out where Canelo and Golovkin would rake interim fights before facing each other in the fall. The agreement does not legally bind either fighter to do the fight. The fighter who withdraw from the agreement will lose their WBC belt.
"From what I saw of Canelo Alvarez, he is capable of giving Golovkin a great fight, a fight where [Canelo] could end up winning on points," Marquez told Fox Deportes when asked for his thoughts on the contest.
