Seeing there's a date set and it's been in all the major papers last 2 days I'd say its a bit more then a rumour..... Lol
Where did you read if he gets past Wood its locked in? Geale couldn't beat Barker and imo GGG is a sht load better than Barker.
Can hardly blame Geale if HBO turned him down. Geale obviously wants the fight or it wouldn't have got to the point where HBO had to make a decision on it.
Geale was offered the February date but scoffed at it as he thought he should get the hbo date even though he was flogged by a glass jawed bum on hbo last year. Geales arrogance has been his undoing and I say suck crap to him even though I would love to see Golovkin give him the heiding of his life.
No Geale wanted the fight and thought he had it provided he beats Wood but HBO wanted something else. That's boxing politics .