BOXING NEWS (yesterday's news, to-day): Seems like the camps of Mr. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Mr. Gennady "GGG" Golovkin have at verily last set a date for their long anticipated prize-fight showdown. Verbally. For Fall 2017. At 160 pounds. The middleweight division is 154 to 160 lbs. Which is a lot like stipulating a lefty use his left-hand in a penmanship contest. Until ya realize, this is what it looks like when Canelo is negotiating a deal in a manner not completely lending itself to predatorial opportunity. He can't force here, a fella with no clear path to come up to his preset catch-weight, only to he himself rehydrate another score of pounds come fight-night. He can merely push the restraints as a child who's told to not touch; who then leaves his finger outstretched toward said "don't touch" thing -- but not touching. "I'm not touching."
It was Mr. Alvarez whom needed this fight after calling out GGG only to hand him a title via forfeiture days later. It was the fans who demanded this fight. Although, it might just be the court system's demands which were finally heard. Remember gentlepersons, Canelo is on the hook to All-Star Boxing, his former promoter, for a cool as cucumber $8.5M. Whatever the cause proved to be of restarting these stalled deal-talks, please lettuce simply enjoy it, and not gripe regarding the wait. It's only a year and some away. Plenty of room, humsoever, to re-prove the old adage that verbal contracts ain't worth the paper they're printed on.
How will it look when the lineal Middleweight King, one Mr. Gennady Golovkin, takes on the burgeoning "face of boxing," in Mr. Saul Alvarez? A lot like the real deal fighting a lesser real deal... if reeled into proximity of the agreed upon 160 (read: rehydration clause). If not, whom knows? I still say even with a twenty-pound advantage, Canelo can't cut the ring off 'nuff to use that added zetz of power -- generally speaking there -- least of all against GGG. Transversely, with GGG's style of shifting, ring generalship, and pop -- he might not have too hard a time figuring out a lumbering cruiser-weight lacking in overall ring awarenesses.
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I'm all set to Kibbitz about it (&more) tonight at 8LA/11NYC. Wanna partake? (657) 383-1172 lets ya talk at me, gentlepersons. I do so look forward to that.