Canelo-Golovkin Rematch: Update on Negotiations, Date, Venue

While the negotiations are still on-going for the rematch between IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs), should this come to fruition, the date has already been selected.

"It will be Cinco de Mayo (May 5th, 2018), Cinco de Mayo falls on Saturday this upcoming year," pointed out Eric Gomez, the president of Golden Boy Promotions - which handles Alvarez - during his in-studio visit on 'the 3 Knockdown Rule' with Mario Lopez.

"We had been thinking about doing it sooner, maybe March, we had some other ideas but now 'Canelo' came back and said, 'Lets do it Cinco de Mayo."

Gomez said - "the venue is up in the air. Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys and AT&T Stadium) came back and wants to meet with us. Madison Square Garden wants to meet with us. They've told us, 'Look, we're serious, we really want the rematch, we want an opportunity to meet.' We're going to give them an opportunity to sit down and meet with them."

Odds are though, that it will be Las Vegas that lands this fight again because of it's built in resources and infrastructure.

"Yes, it's hard to compete with Vegas," admitted Gomez, who added, "the amenities in Vegas are unmatched around the world. There's so many amenities and there's a reason why these high rollers come in and you charge bigger ticket prices - but that's because of the amenities.

 

More smoke and mirrors ?

ODLH said negotiations will take place in January i.e after they see whats happening with the WBO belt

 

Did Gomez just snitched on Canelo ?


GB to Canelo : How about March ?
Canelo : No no no no no !! Every second, every minute' every hour counts.

 

What ? GGG won the fight but It was a close fight and the rematch has to happen asap. Even 8 months is too long.

And if David Lemieux wins, they'll delay it even more.

I'm very doubtfull they'll agree on anything before December 16th.
Gomez and Oscar have a history of contradicting themselves, but I'll go with Oscar, who at least says some half truths here and there. Gomez only tells reporters what he thinks they wanna hear, meaning absolutely nothing, just blah blah blah.


The March part was hilarious. Can anyone believe that ish ? That GB wanted this fight as early as March, when Canelito was clear, he's a Mexican Hollyday fighter now and he always stated that his next fight will be in May.