Loeffler: Canelo Makes More With GGG Than He Did Mayweather

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"Loeffler: Canelo Makes More With GGG Than He Did Mayweather"

Promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, who handle IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), says Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) would make more money by staging a fight with GGG than with anyone else.

He feels Canelo would make even more than he gained back in 2013, in his showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. - which generated 2.2 million pay-per-view buys.

"I do not like to negotiate through the press. [Canelo's promoter] Oscar [De La Hoya] likes to talk a lot and he says a fight against Canelo would be the most lucrative fight for Golovkin, but it would also be the most lucrative for Canelo. He would earn more money by facing GGG, than he did when he fought against Mayweather," Loeffler told ESPN Deportes.

"The reality is, this is a fight that is good for both parties and it's very good for boxing," Loeffler said.

'I keep in touch with Eric Gomez, the President of Golden Boy Promotions. We even spoke on Thursday afternoon. We are trying to do everything on our side, so that this fight becomes reality and we continue to believe that September would be a good date for that event. Canelo, we know, has a very tough commitment in that fight against Chavez."

Our priority is the fight against Canelo and we will continue negotiating to try to finalize it, because this is the biggest fight that can be made at the moment."

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Not sure about the Mayweather money side of this statement

But the simple thing is it's the biggest bout at the weight, in relevance, and I have no doubt it'd make good money.

What worries me about Canelo is what I criticised Amir Khan for on another thread. Canelos last bout and upcoming one are set, to me, without any real career strategy, just what was considered the biggest money fights at the time.

Vs Khan - Khan didn't really deserve that fight on merit. Technically a middleweight bout. Khan weren't even a big welter. Predictably the envitable happened, although Khan looked sharp early tbf

Vs Chavez - Catch weight fight again. Correct me if I'm wrong but canelo never used to weigh 160 for middleweight fights? Dropped to light middle to avoid GGG. Now a 164 fight?

What's his or golden boys direction? He has good fights at light middle or middle if he wants them

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Not sure about the Mayweather money side of this statement

He earned around $13-15 million I believe Mayweather , so being the A side, he should be getting more than that vs. GGG.