The long-anticipated fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin isn’t a question of whether it will happen or not because as far as Oscar de la Hoya and Alvarez are concerned, it will definitely happen. The question is when.
This was disclosed by De la Hoya in a recent press conference to provide media with updates on Alvarez in his title fight against challenger Amir Khan on May 7 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. But De la Hoya, who promotes Alvarez, could not give a categorical answer when asked if the fight can happen in the fall. ” Well, look, obviously it’s a fight that, you know, the question is not if, but when. That’s a fight that as a promoter, it’s a fight that I want to see; that the world wants to see, but as a promoter, I want it to be the biggest event in the history of this sport to attract fans and to bring back the fans that we lost when people witnessed Manny Pacquiao versus Mayweather,” De la Hoya said. De la Hoya could not confirm if the fight would happen in the fall, saying they still have to see how the Alvarez-Khan fight on May 7 goes. “You never know. In this sport, you never know. And look, Canelo is a competitor. We’re all competitors here. You just never know. So first thing’s first; he has to take care, and we have to get through Amir Khan, and then we’ll sit down and we’ll see what happens,” he added. For his part, Alvarez confirmed the Golovkin fight will eventually happen but as his promoter said, the team is focused on the Khan fight. To show his interest on the Golovkin fight, Alvarez has confirmed that he will be watching the Golovkin-Wade fight on Saturday at the The Forum in Inglewood, California. While the Alvarez-Golovkin fight has been mandated by the sanctioning body they both agreed to take interim fights before finalizing the deal.
