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Exclusive: Saunders wants Golovkin to agree UK clash in April
Middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders has responded to a unification offer from fellow titlist Gennady Golovkin by saying, "Offer me more money and come to the UK, then we will fight
Saunders (23-0, 12KO) – a former Olympian – won the WBO version of the world title only a few weeks ago with a points victory over Ireland’s Andy Lee and has already been offered a chance to challenge the 160lb kingpin.
Golovkin (GGG) - unbeaten in 34 fights - already holds the WBA and IBF belts but is eager to unify the division and become the undisputed champion. To do that he would need Canelo Alvarez’s WBC belt and the belt from Saunders – once terms can be agreed with the WBO champ.
“Golovkin’s team have made me an offer, but we can’t take it seriously at the moment and it doesn’t make much sense. It’s not just about more money, but about where it will take place and other factors,” Saunders exclusively told World Boxing News.
“I’m not just going to go over to America to fight him, let him come to the UK and let me have something my way. Even if they don’t want to offer the money that we asked for, we can negotiate that, but come to the UK.
“This fight isn’t all about GGG and it needs to work for both sides and Frank Warren is doing his upmost to try to get some things my way. It’s a hard fight as it is and I’m going into it as a big underdog, so at least let us have some things on our terms,” he added.
If the fight does happen Saunders is confident he can be victorious, but if it does not get made soon, he is ready to look elsewhere.
“I’ve always said I will face anyone and I wouldn’t take the GGG fight if I didn’t think I could win. Look at Klitschko vs Fury, everyone ripped Fury saying he would get knocked out and then he went and won. No man on this earth is invincible and I’ve seen things in GGG that I could exploit – I would give it my all to get that victory,” he continued.
“By the end of this month if this fight isn’t made, it wont happen in April. If I wasn’t champion, I would have taken the fight without hesitation. But I’m not a challenger and I have other options to go and make money elsewhere. I want to be fighting four times a year so need to start sorting things.
“Whoever my team put in front of me I will fight. I haven’t looked at anyone else yet because of the Golovkin offer but there are plenty of options out there for me. I Would love to fight Canelo or Cotto, and those fights can easily be made. Members of my team are well connected with Oscar De La Hoya so the Canelo fight can happen with ease - I would probably make more money from it to.”
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Shoulder surgery...
Bob Arum Explains Why Terence Crawford is Facing Lundy
By Steve Kim
On February 27th from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, WBO super lightweight titlist Terence Crawford (27-0, 19KOs) will defend his belt against Hank Lundy (26-5-1, 13KOs) as the main event on HBO. It's a match-up that has come under some scrutiny.
Bob Arum, who promotes Crawford, claims - "(Mauricio) Herrera turned him down, (Ruslan) Provodnikov turned him down, that's why we ended up with Lundy."
Moving forward, will Top Rank be able to entice fellow 140-pounders to get into the ring with the talented native of Omaha?
"Well, when this thing straightens out and people realize that the money is the money, they're going to fight him," said a frustrated Arum. "These people are now so unrealistic about the money, fighting a fighter of Crawford's ability, of (Gennady) Golovkin's, it's ridiculous."
When asked if the caution displayed today by boxers and their managements is worse than ever, Arum answered flatly,"Absolutely."
Why is that?
Arum, taking an obvious shot at the Premier Boxing Champions, opined, "Because of the insane purses that are being paid with Waddell and Reed's money." - See more at: Bob Arum Explains Why Terence Crawford is Facing Lundy - Boxing News
Really Arum? It's HAYMON'S fault why Herrera and Prov, 2 guys not even associated with PBC, turned down Crawford?