A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Why did Canelo Alvarez vacate the WBC middleweight title?

Best Answers

"The WBC has received official confirmation from Golden Boy Promotions of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's decision to vacate the WBC middleweight championship," Sulaiman said. "Gennady Golovkin is hereby recognized as the undisputed WBC middleweight champion of the world. read more

Those were: A 55-45 purse split in favour of Canelo and no catchweight if Golovkin didn't agree, and that the fight should happen next. Given that in Canelo's statement he talked about 'artificial deadlines', it appears he wanted to have an interim fight before facing Golovkin. The fight may still happen, but on Canelo's terms, not the WBC's. read more

"The WBC has received official confirmation from Golden Boy Promotions of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's decision to vacate the WBC middleweight championship," Sulaiman said."Gennady Golovkin is hereby recognized as the undisputed WBC middleweight champion of the world. read more

Alvarez raised questions of whether he is ducking Golovkin, who is 35-0 with 32 knockouts, when he voluntarily gave up his WBC middleweight title Wednesday. That allowed the Mexican star to avoid a deadline to set a date for a fight against Golovkin, who was the WBC’s mandatory challenger. read more

Encyclopedia Research

Wikipedia:

Related Types

wbc

Related Question Categories

Image Answers