Gennadiy Golovkin has unveiled that a 3rd fight has “been posed” to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez but his questions “stay unanswered” by his bitter rival.
Canelo elevated himself to the feted standing as the world’s No 1 pound-for-pound fighter by turning into the undisputed super-middleweight winner and beating 3 beforehand undefeated titleholders inside of a calendar year.
The Mexican celebrity is next targeting a belt in a fifth division towards WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu but one of his in-desire tasks is to eventually settle the rivalry with Golovkin.
“This struggle is doable,” Golovkin explained to Sky Sports. “Theoretically very little has adjusted.
“There are selected concerns which have been posed. They are nonetheless open up, they continue being unanswered.
“We have been discussing it but have not moved in the direction of this struggle for quite some time.
“You are interested since he beat all the United kingdom fighters! But it is of no issue to me.”
Golovkin and Canelo have fought two typical middleweight battles – the to start with, in 2017, finished in a draw. The rematch was gained by Canelo by way of bulk choice.
Those people outcomes are the only blemishes on the fearsome report of Golovkin, who continue to maintains that he deserved the judges’ verdict when he met Canelo for the first time.
“We fought, I know who he is. I do not think about him at all,” Golovkin reacted to his rival’s increase to superstardom.
“It isn’t really anything I you should not give any considered to.”
Golovkin, now 39, is established to return to the ring on December 29 in Japan versus Ryota Murata in a fight that will unify the IBF and WBA middleweight titles.
The knockout artist from Kazakhstan has held a middleweight globe championship in just about every of the past 10 several years but has no desire in subsequent Canelo’s case in point of relocating by means of the excess weight courses.
“I do not want to entertain transferring to a various division until there is an offer on the table,” he claimed.
“Envision if I moved to 175lbs [light-heavyweight], the selection of people calling me out will enhance by 30 for each cent!
“The army of fighters who self-promote themselves by utilizing my name would only improve in variety.”