Canelo Alvarez to drop WBC middleweight title, bout with Golovkin uncertain

Saul Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya will not be dictated to by the WBC. Canelo currently holds the WBC middleweight title, which he defended on May 7th by knocking out Amir Khan. After that defense, the sanctioning body set fellow 160-pound kingpin Gennady Golovkin as the mandatory challenger for the belt, giving the two camps 15 days to negotiate a fight.

As expected, a bout has not come to fruition yet with the clock ticking down.

In a press release issued by Golden Boy today, Alvarez and De La Hoya stated their intention to drop the WBC middleweight title, giving the camps more time to negotiate “in good faith”. Here is Canelo’s statement:

After much consideration, today, I instructed my team at Golden Boy Promotions to continue negotiating a fight with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and to finalize a deal as quickly as possible. I also informed the WBC that I will vacate its title. For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man. Never has that been more true than today. I will fight ‘GGG,’ and I will beat ‘GGG’ but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines. I am hopeful that by putting aside this ticking clock, the two …

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