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Re: Miguel Cotto v Canelo Alvarez>Superfight Opinions
Will the Winner Face Gennady Golovkin?
Associated Press
Gennady Golovkin isn't fighting Saturday night, but you'll likely hear his name just as many times as the two fighters who will compete in the main event.
Why is that?
Golovkin is widely considered to be the best full middleweight fighter on the planet.
Cotto and Canelo will compete at a catchweight of 155 pounds (neither has ever fought at the middleweight limit), and the winner will automatically become the No. 1 target for the Kazakh wrecking ball who has amassed 21 straight knockout wins.
Golovkin took care of his end of the bargain in October. He beat fellow power puncher David Lemieux like he stole something and established himself as the legitimate middleweight champion in the eyes of many observers.
The WBC has mandated that the winner of Cotto vs. Canelo take on Golovkin in his next fight, but it remains to be seen if that will happen. Both fighters (with all due respect) are bigger than any individual title belts and could simply vacate if they don't want the fight.
Cotto has shown zero interest in fighting Golovkin. He's remained relatively consistent on that score, and you can make any judgments or assumptions you wish about his reasons. His team can talk, like Freddie Roach did last week, about drawing power and PPV numbers, but it's obvious his man just isn't feeling that fight.
Canelo has been clear that he does want the fight, just at a catchweight and not at 160 pounds (per FightHype, h/t Yahoo Sports), something GGG's team has rejected many times.
Unfortunately, none of this makes us optimistic.
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