I've supplied the most pertinent extracts from the article, since a lot of it covered dates of events that we're already familiar with:
"The Canelo Clenbuterol Controversy" (Source: The RING):
On March 5, it was revealed that urine samples taken from Canelo in Mexico by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) on February 17 and February 20 had tested positive for clenbuterol.
The Alvarez camp said that the positive tests were no doubt the result of Canelo having inadvertantly eaten contaminated meat. And as a practical matter, few people expected the rematch to be pulled down. The Nevada State Athletic Commission certainly wasn’t going to do it.
But the Golovkin camp refused to let the matter rest.
A March 15 letter sent on behalf of Golovkin and his promoter, Tom Loeffler, to Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett, NSAC chair Robert Marnell, and VADA president Margaret Goodman demanded that the commission hold Alvarez to a standard of strict liability insofar as the presence of clenbuterol in his system was concerned. The letter also asked that the NSAC conduct an investigation and hold a full hearing with regard to possible performance enhancing drug use by Canelo.
Golovkin raised the ante further at a March 20 sitdown with reporters at his training camp in Big Bear.
“I’m a clean athlete,” Gennady said. “After the first fight, I knew he was not clean. It’s not Mexican meat. This is Canelo. This is his team. Canelo is cheating...”
#3 WE MIGHT NOT SEE CANELO-GOLOVKIN II IN SEPTEMBER
Golden Boy has said that Canelo will return to the ring on September 15. The assumption is that he will do so in Las Vegas against Golovkin.
Not so fast . . . There’s no guarantee that Canelo will fight Golovkin next. Or fight in Las Vegas.
Canelo is angry. Unlike Golovkin, he has no sanctioning-body mandatory obligations to meet. And Canelo could make a lot of money by challenging – say – Billy Joe Saunders for the WBO middleweight belt to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. That fight could be in Las Vegas. Or Texas. Or England.
Oscar De La Hoya (Alvarez’s promoter) has said, “My focus is Canelo, one hundred percent. Whatever he asks, I have to do.”
#4: GOLOVKIN MIGHT HAVE A NEW SET OF PROBLEMS
Gennady could start losing belts outside the ring. He benefitted when the WBC enforced its rules regarding mandatory defenses two years ago against Canelo, who was then the WBC 160-pound champion. But he’ll pay a price if the WBC and IBF enforce their rules regarding mandatory defenses against him.
As of this writing, Golovkin has mandatory defense obligations to fulfill against Jermall Charlo (WBC) and Sergiy Derevyanchenko (IBF). Neither of these fights would be anywhere near as profitable for him as a rematch against Canelo. Charlo would be a particularly high-risk / low-financial-reward opponent.
Thoughts?
