The WBA reacted to the news that the legendary middleweight from Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) refused the IBF belt and the fight with his mandatory contender Brazilian Esquiva Falcao – immediately sanctioned a mandatory defense against the WBA World belt holder Cuban Erislandy Lara (29-3-3, 17 KOs). The Kazakhstani still has the main belt in this version – WBA Super.
Veterans (Golovkin is already 40 years old, Lara is a year younger) were given only 15 days to negotiate, after which promotional bidding will take place. If the parties do not agree amicably, then the distribution of the prize fund will be in the ratio of 75/25 in favor of Golovkin. But it is possible that one of the fighters will completely refuse the title. In this case, only one champion in this weight will remain in the WBA.
Earlier in Premier Boxing Champions Al Haymon planned to bring Lara with the conqueror of two divisions, American Danny Garcia – they had to fight for the Cuban belt, but in a contractual weight.
Golovkin will not be able to use the right to postpone the fight, as he had previously activated this opportunity – in September he unsuccessfully tried to take away all the super middleweight belts from the Mexican Saul Canelo Alvarez.
The Kazakhstani has other options. What do you think of the Smith vs Golovkin fight? Hold Froch’s opinion. Or are you more interested in the GGG vs Mungia matchup? — De La Hoya announced the goal.