Ultimately, it was about the money. In boxing, it always is.
Or, as Floyd Mayweather Jr. once reminded a television audience, ?I?m a prize fighter. That?s what I?m supposed to fight for, a prize. Duh.?
So, duh, of course Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will be fighting again.
Chemically enhanced or not, the ever-popular Alvarez represented by far the most lucrative payday for the 36-year-old Golovkin. So Golovkin agreed to terms for a Sept. 15 rematch of their draw from last year.
The outcome was predictable. In real time, there was legitimate uncertainty. The reason for that was Golovkin.
Golovkin didn?t speak publicly as his representatives negotiated the rematch with Alvarez, but he made comments this year that indicated he might not want anything to do again with the red-headed Mexican.
