Some news about GGG vs BJS happening ?

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apollo creed
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Some news about GGG vs BJS happening ?

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I'd like to see this fight getting made. :box:
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Fwank Warren confirmed the negotiations taking plabe between both camps.
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Re: Some news about GGG vs BJS happening ?

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June 10th, unless ggg caves to Oscar. He shouldn't.
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SaadOffTheDeck wrote:June 10th, unless ggg caves to Oscar. He shouldn't.
Hmm, Oscar vs President Nazarbaev. Who wins ? If the fight is not happening, it will be because of Saunders losing a pen or getting "injured".

... except Golovkin himself might be injured. It sounds like Team GGG will be deciding if HE will be ready to fight in June, meaning starting a camp in two weeks.
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SaadOffTheDeck wrote:June 10th, unless ggg caves to Oscar. He shouldn't.
Good matchup. BJS is next best opponent to Canelo. I get the feeling GGG won't be fighting for to much longer. Year and a half two years at the most.
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http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/positiv ... -saunders/

April 1, 2017 George Gigney

Positive news for Gennady Golovkin vs Billy Joe Saunders

A statement on Gennady Golovkin vs Billy Joe Saunders will be made next week


BILLY JOE SAUNDERS is not “moving on” from a Gennady Golovkin fight despite claims to the contrary on social media after a deadline he laid down expired yesterday.

Earlier this week Saunders made it clear that a fight with the unbeaten Kazakh needed to be signed by Friday, or else he would pursue other options. His promoter, allegedly, backed up this deadline to Boxing News.

Yesterday, Saunders tweeted a picture of a brief online conversation he had with Golovkin’s promoter, Tom Loeffler, a few weeks ago and insisted he is “moving on” after no major developments occured.

However, earlier today Warren confirmed to us via text message that they “haven’t moved on” and – interestingly – that they will be making a statement next week. While this is by no means confirmation that the fight is on, it is positive news after Saunders’ online comments.

It appears there was already an agreement of sorts in place for Golovkin-Saunders prior to Gennady’s points win over Danny Jacobs two weeks ago. Negotiations picked up pace after his victory in New York, though reports out of Kazakhstan claim that there have been issues in finalising the fight to coincide with the Expo 2017 taking place there in June.

The date mooted for the clash – which would create an undisputed middleweight champion – has been June 10 but as reported by Steve Kim of Boxing Scene earlier this week, Loeffler revealed there had been some “back-and-forth” with regards to securing a date.

After his win over Jacobs, Golovkin described a meeting with WBO champion Saunders as his “dream fight,” while Billy Joe has made his desire to fight the unified WBC, WBA and IBF supremo clear over the past few weeks, and is willing to travel to Kazakhstan for it.

Warren and Loeffler have been in frequent contact over the past couple of weeks, despite both being involved in big cards next weekend. Warren promotes a bumper card in Manchester on April 8 while Loeffler’s excellent cruiserweight, Oleksandr Usyk, fights in America on the same date.
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Kazakh media says that the fight will probably happen on July 17.
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Been waiting on an announcement for this, all to do with Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan isn't it which takes place between June and September.
We are in April now so I would have thought if it's going to kick off then they would be close to setting a date around this time.
BJS is taking a huge risk, he's said so out of his own mouth that he thinks he will lose I saw it.
But for the greater good and in order to put Kazakhstan on the map it's worth the unbeaten 24-0 scalp which he will sacrifice should he lose.
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