The boxing organization has been meeting in Baku and the WBC revealed their Board of Governors had sanctioned a second fight between the middleweights. Golovkin is the owner of the WBC middleweight strap and is keen on a rematch against the Mexican. The first bout ended in a controversial draw with many believing Golovkin had just edged the super-fight.
Of the three ringside judges, only Adalaide Byrd scored the fight in favor of Alvarez (118-110). Her decision to heavily favor the Mexican resulted in her being suspended from high-level contests. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said: “It’s the fight that the world wants to see.” Golovkin’s Promoter Tom Loeffler is confident his fighter will come through in the rematch, whoever is judging.
The order is still very odd, because Canelo wants nothing to do with the WBC title and last month made it clear that he would not accept the title in victory.
It was believed by many expects that Golovkin had done enough to win the first bout, but the result fell victim to a highly dubious scorecard by judge Adelaide Byrd who inexplicably ruled that Alvarez had won comfortably, 10 round to 2 (118-110), which resulted in worldwide headlines. Byrd has since been removed from working high-level fights.
There is still the issue of WBC mandatory challenger Jermall Charlo (26-0, 20 KOs). Charlo had been expecting to fight the Canelo-Golovkin winner, but now has to wait for the outcome of a rematch. According to WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, the situation with Charlo will be sorted out on Wednesday. The likely scenario is the WBC ordering the Golovkin-Canelo winner to face Charlo. Of course if Canelo wins, and rejects the WBC title, then Charlo will have to face the highest available contender for the vacant belt.
