07.05.2018, 16:35 3470

Golovkin may lose the champion title

The IBF obliged Golovkin to have a fight with Ukrainian Sergey Derevyanchenko until August 3, 2018 to defend his title.
Promoter of WBC, WBA Super, IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin Tom Loeffler told that he asked the International Boxing Federation to postpone the date of title defense, vRINGe.com. reports.

The IBF obliged Golovkin to have a fight with Sergei Derevyanchenko until August 3, 2018 to defend his title. Otherwise the IBF title will be withdrawn.

Golovkin once postponed the title defense fight in order to hold a fight on May 5 with Vanes Martirosyan, where the Kazakhstan boxer ended the fight in the second round.

We note following the IBF rules it is not allowed to postpone the date twice. And, Golovkin plans to have a rematch fight with Saul Alvarez instead that with Derevyanchenko, which will be much profitable for Gennady. The fist fight of Golovkin and Alvarez was in September of 2017 and ended with a draw.

Source: BNews.kz

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