PPV Weigh-in 11-20-2015
WBC Middleweight Title
Miguel Cotto 153.5 vs. Canelo Alvarez 155
photo Credit: WILL HART
“If after their corresponding voluntary defenses one boxer is unable to fight the other for the undisputed WBC middleweight championship of the world, the unable fighter will lose his status as champion or interim champion,” said WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman. “The fighter able to fight will be named undisputed WBC world champion.
“Canelo versus GGG is one of the most important events in the sport of boxing, and their promotional companies and partners have been communicating openly and in good faith. The ultimate goal of all involved is to make certain that the best conditions are secured for their fighters and the boxing world, and to preserve their full commitment to abide by, and respect, the governing WBC rules and regulations.”
“Do we want to do the fight with Golovkin? Absolutely,” said Golden Boy vice-president Eric Gomez told ESPN.com. “It will come down to negotiation and making sure the terms are adequate enough to do the fight, but as far as Canelo wanting the fight to happen and as far as us wanting the fight to happen, yes, we want the fight. It’s the fight the fans want and we want to give it to the fans. We will sit down and negotiate the terms and make sure they’re fair and everybody is happy, but first, we had to agree to do the interim fights. That was a big step.
“We have a very, very good relationship with Tom, but right now, we’re focused on May. Canelo is excited about fighting on Cinco de Mayo. We’ll concentrate on that and focus on who he will fight next, and then we’ll turn our attention to Golovkin and sit down with K2 and see what we come up with.”
“Canelo just made 155 with no problem,” Gomez said. “[The weight] is hard to discuss right now. We both agreed to do voluntary fights. After, we will sit down like gentlemen and negotiate everything.”
“Whatever the WBC sets forth we will follow,” Gomez said. “We always have. But the way we’re working with Tom and the relationship we have, it would be hard to see a scenario where this goes to a purse bid.”
“We will negotiate everything in good faith,” said K2’s Tom Loeffler. “It was agreed between both parties to build up the fight and maximize the exposure and revenue. Everyone believes this would be the biggest fight in boxing. The agreement we reached with Golden Boy and the WBC means that by the end of May, Gennady will be part of the biggest fight in boxing or he will add the WBC title to his other two titles.
“Canelo is a proud fighter. If he didn’t care about the title, he wouldn’t have bothered with this agreement [for the voluntary fights]. The purpose of agreeing to it is to make their fight even bigger.”
