Golovkin’s trainer: GGG ‘won’t come down one ounce’ for ‘diva’ Canelo

On Saturday night, Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) ripped through the hopelessly overmatched Dominic Wade to retain his WBA and IBF middleweight belts. The 2nd round KO fulfilled GGG’s “mandatory challenger” obligations with the IBF, who’d named Tureano Johnson as the #1 contender, but couldn’t fight due to shoulder surgery, hence Wade was the next man in line.

The big interest for most boxing fans is whether or not we’ll see Golovkin fight Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez, in what would clearly be the best and most exciting fight to make in the current boxing landscape. As it stands right now, if the current WBC champion defeats Amir Khan on May 7th (on HBO PPV), Golovkin is Canelo’s next mandatory challenger. If Canelo and Golden Boy Promotions opt not to fight Golovkin, who is the interim WBC champ — this is the part where you all hate the stupid boxing belt system — then GGG would be promoted to full champ while Canelo is stripped.

Golovkin says he’s ready to face Canelo, but the sticking point remains …

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