Golovkin putting on weight for one fight vs Chavez - promoter
17:13, 30 March 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Tom Loeffer, promoter of undefeated WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, said the boxer will be moving up to 168 to fight Julio Chavez Jr. for just one fight in July.
It won't be a permanent move for Golovkin, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.
"Golovkin clearly going to continue to campaign in the middleweight division, but getting a fight with Chavez Jr. is one of the biggest fights that we could have on our radar," Loeffer said to Boxing News 24. "And in order to get that opportunity to fight Chavez, there is a lot of concessions that we would have to make and weight was one of them." Both Chavez and Golovkin's promoters are still working out the contract deal.