WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin has announced that he will make another title defense on March 30 in Monte Carlo against an opponent to be decided.
Golovkin is coming off a seventh round TKO of Gabriel Rosado at Madison Square Garden in an HBO-televised bout.
Earlier this week, IBF middleweight titlist Daniel Geale scored a unanimous decision win over rival Anthony Mundine, prompting Golovkin to reveal his intentions of unifying their titles this year.
I was impressed with Daniel Gale’s performance and wish to publicly congratulate him on his victory. I know this was personal for him as he previously lost ot Mundine and he certainly got his revenge.
I want the biggest and best challenges as I’ve said all along. With HBO broadcasting my fights, either Geale or [Felix] Sturm would be a perfect fight this year. Geale said after the fight that he wanted to fight in the U.S. this year, look no further we can make a unification this summer.
In addition to Geale and Sturm, Golovkin also responded favorably to the idea of unifying with current WBO middleweight titlist Peter Quillin.
I”m aware that his fight with Fernando Guerrero was pushed back to the end of April. He’s talked about fighting me in the past and I’m certainly interested if he’s serious.
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Golovkin’s saying all the right things so far. None of these fights would be a bad thing for the division. I don’t think Sturm would travel to the U.S. and Golden Boy and Al Haymon are probably not too keen in putting Quillin in with a monster like Golovkin just yet. That leaves Geale in a fight that shouldn’t be too hard to make.
If all goes well, the drums will starting beating heavy for Golovkin-Martinez by the end of the year.
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