1 pound-for-pound boxer signed a one-fight deal with PBC last year ahead of an 11th-round TKO of Caleb Plant on Showtime PPV. The PBC offer is worth upward of $45 million guaranteed, sources said.ĮSPN's No. The deal has not been agreed to nor signed yet, sources said, but negotiations are approaching the finish line.įor weeks, Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) has mulled this two-fight offer from Hearn alongside a one-fight offer from Al Haymon's PBC to defend his four super middleweight belts against Jermall Charlo on May 7. Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) will first meet Ryota Murata in a rescheduled 160-pound title unification in the spring in Tokyo, and, like Alvarez, will have to emerge victorious to keep the third fight intact. Provided Alvarez wins, as expected, he would defend his undisputed 168-pound championship against GGG in a long-awaited grudge match Sept. The first fight would pit Alvarez against light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol on May 7 in a return to 175 pounds.
Sources: Canelo Alvarez close to 2-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing to face Dmitry Bivol, Gennadiy GolovkinĬanelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, at long last, are on the verge of a trilogy fight.Īlvarez and Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing are closing in on a two-fight deal worth upward of $85 million for boxing's top star to compete on DAZN, sources told ESPN.
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