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WBC Prez on Cotto-Canelo vs. GGG-Lemieux - Weight
Posted by: Victor Salazar on 8/26/2015 .
By Victor Salazar
New York: The fight between Miguel Cotto (40-4, 31 KO’s) and Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KO’s) will be fought at a catch-weight of 155 but will have the WBC world middleweight title at stake. The WBC has mandated that the winner of Cotto-Canelo must fight the winner of Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KO’s) and David Lemiuex (34-2, 31 KO’s)
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman can see a mixing and matching of these 4 fighters happening and being great for the sport.
“Boxing is going through a great moment,” the sanctioning body president told BoxingScene.com. “Having Golovkin-Lemiuex and Cotto-Canelo and the winners fighting each other; this could be a great series of fights between the 4. Just like the days of Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran.”
There is much speculation that if Cotto-Canelo is a close competitive fight that both fighters would opt for a rematch instead of fighting the winner of Golovkin-Lemiuex. Should that happen, Sulaiman remains firm on his ruling.
“The agreement is clear,” Sulaiman explained. “This is the same ruling that involved Canelo-Cotto and Golovkin. Golovkin has stepped aside from this bout and the winner of his fight, fights the winner of Cotto-Canelo. It’s an agreement which he is involved. I don’t like to anticipate or be disrespectful to those fights. The future has a very formidable horizon if it goes to where it’s ruled”
A week ago Team Golovkin stood firm that a fight between their fight and Cotto-Canelo would have to happen at 160 and not a catch weight. Though Sulaiman agreed on the ruling, he would not oppose to a catch weight to the fight if it was negotiated by the promoter and fighters involved in the fight.
“The WBC and the rules in boxing have weight divisions. 160 pounds is the division’s weight limit. If there is an agreement between the parties, that’s an agreement between the promoters and the fighters. We have nothing to go against it. That’s an agreement they have. If a fighter comes in 157, 158, and 159, they are in the middleweights division. If they have an agreement they're not breaking any law.”
http://www.boxingscene.com/wbc-prez-on-cotto-canelo-vs-ggg-lemieux-weight--95114
Canelo or Cotto vs GGG at 155.15
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