Eddie Hearn predicts that boxing fans will have to wait for any rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin.
The 38-year-old Khazak and 30-year-old Mexican have often discussed a trilogy fight, but after Canelo’s weekend win over Avni Yildirim, he appears set to fight Billy Joe Saunders as he attempts to become undisputed super middleweight champion.
Canelo has one win against Golovkin already, in 2018, and the pair drew the year before. He is currently WBC and WBA champion and wants Saunders’ WBO belt. A fight would then be expected for the IBF belt held by Caleb Plant, with a bout due in September.
Hearn said: "The focus of Canelo and Eddy [Reynoso] is to be undisputed champion, and if we were to follow that line, it goes with Saunders in May, with Plant in September.
“The fight with Golovkin remains there as one great fight, but right now Canelo has history and legacy on his mind and that is being the undisputed champion in his division," Hearn told ESPN Deportes.
As for Golovkin, Hearn suggests that Jaime Munguia would be a sensible fight to take before Ryota Murata towards the end of the year.
"Golovkin-Munguia would be a great fight, Golovkin and Murata could be at the end of the year, in December, so Munguia with Golovkin would be full of action, it would be a very big fight, but maybe not in May," Hearn said.
The Matchroom promoter has previously suggested, in discussion with Chris Mannix on DAZN, that Golovkin would be required to move up to super middleweight for any trilogy fight.