WBC to order Gennady Golovkin to fight dangerous American, winner faces Canelo Alvarez

The WBC are set to give Gennady Golovkin the chance to become the mandatory challenger for a trilogy fight with Canelo Alvarez next week. the governing body recently laid out a path for GGG to earn a third shot at Canelo, which would see him fight the current WBC ‘interim’ champion Jermall Charlo for the right to become a mandatory contender. Canelo was allowed a voluntary defence against Rocky Fielding which took place last week, while the 27-0, unbeaten Charlo is scheduled to fight Matt Korobov on Saturday. Assuming Charlo is victorious, the WBC will then put their plan into action by officially ordering Golovkin to fight him next. “The ruling of the convention is for Canelo to have a voluntary fight and then to have Charlo fight with Golovkin and the winner being the ultimate mandatory challenger to the middleweight division,” explained WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman on ThaBoxingVoice. “We have this fight on Saturday for Charlo. After that, the process for Charlo vs Golovkin will begin. So, let’s wait to see what happens Saturday, then let’s wait to see what happens throughout the process of Charlo vs Golovkin.”

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