According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is in talks for a Spring unification bout with Billy Joe Saunders.
“We made a significant offer to Frank Warren as it is still GGG’s priority to unify all the middleweight titles,” Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler told ESPN.com. “The unification fight with Billy Joe Saunders would be at the top of the list for the next fight. They are interested but no response yet.”
“Saunders just had a big win over Andy Lee, and this fight would generate a lot of worldwide interest,” Loeffler said.
“We have been in communication with Gennady Golovkin’s people, who have approached us with a firm offer of a unification fight with Triple G,” said Saunders’ promoter Frank Warren. “I know Billy Joe has intimated he may not be quite ready for this, but money talks louder than anything in boxing and such are the sums involved it is one certainly worth considering.
“We will be sitting down to talk about the future with Billy Joe once he has enjoyed his break. He has some really tasty options out there, and whatever happens we will come up with something really special.”
“Madison Square Garden is very interested in bringing back GGG as he is the first one to completely sell out MSG for a while for boxing,” said Loeffler, who was referring to the capacity crowd of 20,548 that Golovkin drew for the fight with Lemieux. “Texas [venues are] also very interested in hosting a GGG fight there for the first time and, naturally, The Forum in L.A.”
