3. Step Away From May 16 Date Approach A Bigger Fight
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One of the things that fans of Gennady Golovkin like about him the most is even though he’s won a world title and is rapidly gaining popularity, he likes staying as active as possible.
Not too many fighters as established as Golovkin prefer to fight four times a year, but he’s made it very clear that’s exactly what he wants to do in 2015.
On the other hand, if his team feels it’s not worth him risking a fight with a lesser known opponent, and a smarter business decision would be to wait until later in the year to possibly fight one of the winners of Canelo Alvarez vs. James Kirkland, Peter Quillin vs. Andy Lee or David Lemieux vs. Hassan N’Dam, then it’s not impossible to see them take that path.
Also, if Miguel Cotto ever decided he did want to make the very exciting and lucrative pay-per-view fight with Golovkin, it would certainly land on Cotto’s preferred date, which is the weekend of New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, Saturday June 13. That would force Golovkin to move dates.
It’s a stretch to think Cotto will change his mind and want to fight Golovkin. It’s also very possible that if Golovkin did walk away from his May 16 date and waited for a bigger fight later in the year with one of the named opponents above, he could end up fighting only two times instead of four.
Instead, one would assume Golovkin will indeed take his “stay busy” fight in May, and then set up a third fight of the year with most likely the winner of David Lemieux and Hassan N’Dam, either would make for a very interesting unification bout.
Click through for two possible opponent options for Golovkin’s May 16 date.
