Golovkin & Stevens reach agreement on fight
11:38, 18 August 2013
ASTANA. August 18. KAZINFORM - Gennady Golovkin (GGG), World champion in the middleweight from Kazakhstan, according to WBA, and Curtis Stevens, from the United States, have reached a preliminary agreement on the fight.
If the boxing teams agree on all the conditions, the fight between Golovkin and Stevens will take place on November 2 and will be broadcast on HBO TV channel.
It should be noted that initially Main Events company, representing Stevens' interests rejected the offer made by Tom Loeffler, the promoter of Golovkin, who proposed the American boxer to fight for a fee of USD 300,000.
NOTE: Kazakh boxer in his last fight, which took place on June 30, knocked out Briton Matthew Macklin, defending the world title by the WBA. Stevens on August 4 won over Mexican Saul Romann in the first round.