Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin next fight is almost set as he is reportedly fighting his mandatory challenger, Tureano Johnson.
According to Boxing News 24/7, this will give both Golovkin and Alvarez enough time to prepare for their mandatory fight next year. Also, the fight is said to be happening on either March or April to give his challenger enough time to prepare per his promoter, Tom Loeffler.
"For a big fight like this -- and when you look at how long some of the other big fights took to get made, it's not that long -- Gennady has a guarantee to fight 'Canelo' in the fall, or he'll have the WBC belt," said Loeffler via LA Times. "So that seems like a good deal to take."
Dan Rafael echoed this on his Twitter account and he is also excited to see Golovkin slug it out with Alvarez.
"Gennady Golovkin next fight will be March/April rather than Feb/March as originally planned. #Canelo-GGG #boxing," Dan Rafael posted on Twitter.
Moreover, Golden Boy Promotions executive Eric Gomez, said the reason why the fight between Alvarez and Golovkin is not happening right away is due to the complexity of this being a superfight.
"We had time constraints to get a deal together," Gomez said. "It takes time for a mega-fight. Absolutely, it's going to happen, but the terms have to be right and satisfied. And it helps us build up the fight."
"We have a great relationship with [Loeffler], and Canelo told us over the weekend, 'I want to fight [Golovkin], that's the fight I want.' We told him we need time to get the right terms, ... we'll get those done and the fight will happen sometime in the fall."
