Golovkin calls out Cotto for unification bout, Chavez bets $1 million on a KO

Golovkin defeats Murray. Photo courtesy of vk.com/ggolovkin

The WBA Super, WBC Interim and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin announced his decision to unify all middleweight titles after defeating Martin Murray the past Saturday in Monte Carlo, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz.

The WBA Super, WBC Interim and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin announced his decision to unify all middleweight titles after defeating Martin Murray the past Saturday in Monte Carlo, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz.

“My goal is all the belts. I need unification fight,” Golovkin retweeted via HBOboxing.

His upcoming fight is scheduled to May and will most likely take place in the USA. After defeating Murray, Golovkin called out Miguel Cotto, the holder of the full WBC middleweight championship belt. With his interim title, Golovkin is the main contender for the WBC middleweight title.

Golovkin stated that in case Cotto agreed to fight, the unification bout would take place sometime in June.

"If he were only fighting once a year and not getting a big fight, it would be very frustrating, but Gennady fights so often and stays so active, that it takes some of the sting out of it. We want the big fights and Gennady has said he is willing to move up in weight to get them. But it takes two guys to want to fight,” Tom Loeffler, Golovkin’s promoter said via Yahoo!Sports.

After the Golovkin-Murray fight, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr posted on his social media: “Without his power he’s not that good of a boxer, I’ll bet you GGG a million dollar of the purse that I’ll knock you out if we fight. Come to my weight class @GGGBoxing, 168 or 170. But first, I need to beat Andrzej Fonfara and (he) is bigger and stronger (than Golovkin)”.

In respone, Golovkin said that he was ready to face Chavez. "Oh, right now, my focus is 160 because my goal is all the belts in middleweight division. Of course I'm ready for Chavez Jr. I want this fight with him," Triple G said via badlefthook.com

But since Golovkin wants to fight in May, Chavez who is facing Fonfara on April 18, won't be available for a fight a month later. Then again, Chavez does not hold the WBC middleweight title any more. He lost his title to Sergio Martinez in 2012. The Argentinian, in turn, lost the WBC title to Miguel Cotto last year.

By Gyuzel Kamalova

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