Gennady "GGG" Golovkin tore through Daniel Geale On July 26 to retain his WBA and IBO middleweight titles, and called out WBC champion Miguel Cotto following the fight during an interview with HBO's Max Kellerman.
Sam Soliman up next for Gennady Golovkin?
His trainer, Abel Sanchez, also wants Cotto and said the fans deserve a unified champion. "If he calls himself the linear 160 pound champion, than he should fight 160 pounders," Sanchez said, referring to rumored fights against Canelo Alvarez and Timothy Bradley.
"If not, he should vacate the title and go somewhere else, go back to 154. I think the public deserves that. I think the boxers, the organizations, they deserve to have one champion, one 160 pound champion. Hopefully we can unify, Cotto is the one that's probably most viable here at the Garden."
Golovkin KO's Daniel Geale for 17th straight knockout win
Golovkin's quickly rising in stature, but has never headlined a pay-per-view before. He has an impressive run of 17 straight knockout victories going, but that kind of ruthless domination may deter Cotto, a true welterweight, from risking a severe beating from such a powerful middleweight.
Cotto also stands to make more money from a potential fight with Alvarez, or even potentially a Floyd Mayweather Jr. rematch at some point.
Cotto's belt isn't the only one for Golovkin to go after though. Golovkin could try and make a fight with IBF champion Sam Soliman, which would need a great deal of promotion to be interesting, or "Kid Chocolate" Peter Quillin, who fights on Showtime.
Would love to see @KIDCHOCOLATE vs GGG, my Latino brother would do a number on the G man.
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) July 28, 2014
Both of those fights are more likely than a chance at Cotto, and Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya clearly seems open to pitting Quillin vs. GGG.
Quillin is 31-0-0 with 22 knockouts, and is scheduled to defend his WBO middleweight belt against Andy Lee on September 13 in Las Vegas.
© Copyright 2024 Sports World News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
