Potential Chavez vs. Golovkin bout moved to July 19

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The bout between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and the WBA middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG' Golovkin has been rescheduled, Kazinform refers to Sports.kz.

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While negotiations between the boxers' representatives are still on, the potential date of the fight has been moved from July 12 to July 19. "This is to accommodate for the FIFA World Cup which wraps up on July 13," President of Top Rank Bob Arum told RingTV.com on Thursday.

The fight is planned to take place at the Forum in Inglewood, California.