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来自ESPN的丹.拉斐尔的消息；
就在戈洛夫金IBF金腰带被剥夺了不久，他的推广人洛夫勒周三告诉ESPN说；“戈洛夫金已经同意放弃他的50-50的要求，愿意将分成比例降到55-45，这将使阿瓦雷兹成为A方。这可以让阿瓦雷兹在与戈洛夫金的复赛中拿到55％的利润，这场复赛会比一番战利润更客观，这对双方来说都是于今为之最大的战斗，也是我们想要的战斗。”
关于霍亚周二宣布的，阿瓦雷兹已经转向与雅各布斯的谈判，洛夫勒说；“我不是在和霍亚谈判，我正在和埃里克·戈麦兹谈判。我和戈麦兹周三谈过了，他要去看霍亚和阿瓦雷兹，去和他们商量一下。”
戈麦兹对此的回应是；“我确实刚和洛夫勒谈过，我告诉他我会和霍亚谈谈这件事，然后我们再和阿瓦雷兹谈谈，让我们看看会发生什么。”
Gennady Golovkin drops demand for even split with Canelo Alvarez, promoter says
9:42 AM CT
Dan Rafael
ESPN Senior Writer
Declaring that he was ending talks for a Sept. 15 rematch between Canelo Alvarez and unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin on Tuesday night, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya declared that "the Canelo train has left the station."
But might that train soon return to the station?
Tom Loeffler, Golovkin's promoter, told ESPN on Wednesday night that Golovkin had a change of heart and was willing to come off his insistence on parity for a rematch most believe would easily outperform the 1.3 million pay-per-view buys and $27 million gate their controversial draw generated in September.
"Gennady has agreed to come off his 50-50 demand," Loeffler said, shortly after Golovkin had been stripped of his IBF belt for not facing Sergey Derevyanchenko, the organization's mandatory challenger. "Gennady wants the rematch with Canelo regardless of what Oscar says. He always wanted the fight with Canelo.
"He will come down to 55-45, which makes Canelo the A side. It will be Canelo ** 55 percent in a rematch against GGG, which will be much bigger than the first fight was for sure. The rematch with GGG is his biggest fight by far and Gennady's biggest fight. That's the fight we want."
For the fight in September, Alvarez got the lion's share of a 70-30 split. When Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) failed two drug tests in February for the performance-enhancing drug clenbuterol and was suspended for six months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission the rematch, scheduled for May 5 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, was canceled and the fighters traded harsh words.
Golovkin faced short-notice replacement Vanes Martirosyan in Carson, California, instead and blew him out in two rounds. Then the sides turned their attention toward trying to put the rematch back together for the fall.
They cleared a major obstacle when Alvarez signed up for year-round Voluntary Anti-Doping Association testing 24/7/365 and then eventually agreed on a 65-35 split in Alvarez's favor.
Golden Boy sent out the contract but weeks later Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) still had not signed. He ultimately refused to sign and insisted on redoing the deal on a 50-50 split.
De La Hoya eventually increased Golovkin's share to 40 percent, but GGG continued to stand firm on parity.
Finally, on Tuesday, De La Hoya had had enough and told ESPN they were moving on, even ** a formal contract offer to top contender and former secondary titlist Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs), who had given GGG a very tough fight in a close decision loss in March 2017.
"He's stubborn and wanting 50-50 and it's not going to happen," De La Hoya said on Tuesday. "The Canelo train has left the station. So there's a deal on the table for Daniel Jacobs to fight Sept. 15 against Canelo. ... So we're just moving forward and ** sure that Canelo has the toughest dance partner possible for Sept. 15."
Even though Golovkin is now willing to come down on his asking price, what about De La Hoya's declaration that they were moving on?
"I'm not negotiating with Oscar. I'm negotiating with Eric Gomez," Loeffler said of the Golden Boy Promotions president, who has been the company's point person in the discussions. "I spoke to Eric (on Wednesday) and he's going to go to Oscar and Canelo and see if they can get something done."
Gomez was traveling on Wednesday from Los Angeles to Verona, New York, for Golden Boy's ESPN2-televised card on Friday night, but when reached during his layover in Chicago, he said he had spoken to Loeffler but did not know whether De La Hoya and Alvarez would be willing to return to the bargaining table.
"I just spoke to Tom a little bit ago," Gomez said. "I told him I am going to be speaking to Oscar about it and then we will talk to Canelo. We'll see what happens." |
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