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Golovkin: I want Cotto or Canelo after Geale fight
By Dan Ambrose: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KOs) says he’s weighing on 164 pounds with exactly 9 days to go before his title defense against wily veteran Daniel Geale (30-2, 16 KOs) on July 26th on HBO from Madison Square Garden in New York.
The interesting thing about Golovkin’s weight is he hasn’t even started to cut weight for the fight yet. He weighs only 4 pounds away from the 160 pound limit without even cutting weight. He’s not someone that is cutting from the 170s to squeeze down to 160 or worse, 154.
Golovkin is a small middleweight who could easily fighting in the junior middleweight division if he wanted to, but given the lack of names and talent in the division, he chooses to fight at middleweight.
During Wednesday’s media day, Golovkin said that he wants to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Miguel Cotto next after he takes care of business against the 33-year-old Geale. He’s not looking past Geale, but rather just pointing out who he wants to fight next after he gets through with Geale. Some of Canelo’s fans have said that it wouldn’t be fair for Golovkin to face Canelo because they feel that Golovkin is so much bigger than Canelo because he fights in the middleweight division.
As you can see, Golovkin is actually lighter than Canelo at 164 compared to Canelo’s 171 for his last fight and 175 for his fight before that against Alfredo Angulo. To be sure, Golovkin is a little bit taller than Canelo at 5’10” compared to the 5’9” Canelo, but that’s hardly a size advantage unless you’re just looking for excuses not to make the fight.
Golovkin said “I feel terrific, this is a big fight for me. Daniel Geale is a former world champion and a dangerous opponent. This is a big test for me. I’m very happy with the way my career has progressed. This morning I weighed 164, no problem with my weight. It’s very important to me to fight at Madison Square Garden, I’m very happy to be fighting in the big Arena this time. Right now my focus is on Daniel Geale, in the future of course I’d like to fight Miguel Cotto or Canelo Alvarez. Cotto at Madison Square Garden would be perfect. Hopefully my next fight would be in October or November. I’m ready to put on a great show on July 26 for the fans in New York.”
Cotto or Canelo will be great fights for Golovkin. There hasn’t been any talk from Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about him wanting to put Cotto in with Golovkin despite the fact that he just beat Sergio Martinez to capture his WBC title. Ring Magazine has Cotto as the Ring middleweight champion with Golovkin as the No.1 contender to the belt. I don’t know that I agree with that rating, but that’s who the Ring has as their middleweight champion.
Cotto’s win over Sergio Martinez only proved that he could beat an older fighter near 40 who came into the fight after more than a year out of the ring with a bum knee.
Cotto’s silence on the subject of fighting Golovkin can’t be seen as a good sign for the fight being made between them. Additionally, Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach says he never sees Golovkin on television, which is kind of a hint that he doesn’t see him as being a popular enough fighter to risk having Cotto fight him.
Canelo to return in November, likely against Kirkland.
By DA: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) has been in talks with his promoter Oscar De la Hoya and hinted Alvarez will return in November against an opponent still to be determined. Chepo Reynoso the manager of Canelo Alvarez also stated after the Lara fight his team is interested in James Kirkland next.
The reported venue could be in San Antonio at the Alamadome where its capacity is 40,000 seats. Due to the cheap tickets and huge fan base Alvarez and Kirkland would pull it’s not a surprise the fight would take place in Texas, because Alvarez has a large Hispanic following there and James Kirkland is from Texas himself.
“There has been talk of several rivals, but right now the one that sounds the most likely is James Kirkland. He would be a good opponent for Canelo,” Reynoso said to ESPN Deportes. “Let’s sit down with Oscar De La Hoya in the next few days to decide on who his next opponent should be.”
Before Canelo fought Angulo in March, he and Golden Boy promotions stated Alvarez would be fighting in March, July and November of 2014. The specific dates were March 8th, July 26th (changed), and November 22nd (likely to change).
November 22nd is likely to change to an earlier date because of Manny Pacquiao vs Chris Algieri taking place on November 22nd as well. Even if it weren’t to change, I’d still bet Canelo would outsell Pacquiao due to him fighting Algieri who is unknown to casual fans and the fight taking place in China. I mean c’mon, would you really rather watch Pacquiao fight a 140 pounder or Canelo and Kirkland throw hands in an exciting fight?
Oscar de la Hoya also stated Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Kirkland and Miguel Cotto are all on Canelo’s future list of opponents. You can bet Alvarez will fight Kirkland next if he doesn’t price himself out again and Cotto in May of 2015 on Cinco de Mayo.
Should Canelo get past them both, he definitely will fight Golovkin or even Peter Quillin after. Canelo and Kirkland were scheduled to fight in 2012 on September in a fight card named “Knockout Kings”.
So let’s hope Kirkland doesn’t price himself out again and is satisfied with what he’s earning because it should be more than a million this time.
