It will be on HBO instead of pay-per-view, expanding the audience that will be able to see him at work. That surely has changed now.” The fight with Wade will give Golovkin a chance to press his case for an Alvarez bout. “The reason before that the fight didn’t happen was some said Gennady wasn’t marketable enough. “It’s clearly the biggest fight in boxing,” Loeffler said.
Golovkin agreed to not demand it immediately, but Alvarez will risk losing his title if the fight is not made after he fights Amir Khan next month. The WBC had mandated that Alvarez and Golovkin meet for the title after Alvarez beat Miguel Cotto in November. He’s stopped everyone he’s faced, and defended his piece of the middleweight title 15 times.īut until he headlines a big pay-per-view and dispatches a name like Alvarez, Golovkin will have trouble breaking through as a crossover attraction.īoxer Gennady Golovkin looks on at Miguel Cotto v Canelo Alvarez in August. “I think that eventually when we all sit down and discuss the middleweights, Golovkin will be one of the middleweights that they talk about.” The fact Golovkin hasn’t entered that realm already isn’t for a lack of trying. “I think that when we’re all finished, maybe not in the near future, but in the future they will give him the accolades that are due him,” Sanchez said. That is precisely what trainer Abel Sanchez believes Golovkin will end up being. But as he bides his time for Alvarez he is also chasing middleweight knockout records that compare to some of the best ever. His first pay-per-view show from New York didn’t sell well outside the Garden itself, proof perhaps that Golovkin has to find a bigger fan base. He’s been nothing but patient as promoter Tom Loeffler has carefully built his brand and reputation. Golovkin isn’t happy about it, but understands. Golovkin and Mexican sensation Canelo Alvarez are on a collision course, but it’s increasingly doubtful a big pay-per-view between them will happen before next spring at the earliest. It’s not the bout he really wanted, but that’s boxing. Golovkin punches David Lemieux during their bout in October. Now he fights on the opposite coast, taking on Dominic Wade as part of his quest to unify the 160-pound division.
In October he sold out Madison Square Garden, where Donald Trump took a break from campaigning to sit ringside and watch him destroy Daniel Lemieux.
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