Then, at the post-fight news conference, reporters pressed the issue relentlessly, and the result was both Alvarez and De la Hoya stepped further forward than ever before. “The result was that the aftermath of Canelo vs. Khan had little to do with Canelo vs. Khan. Nothing could be more propitious for boxing right now than the hope -- and you might even call it optimism -- that the sport's biggest possible fight will take place this September. First, both Khan and his trainer Virgil Hunter made clear in the ring they strongly feel Canelo is honor bound to fight Golovkin next. “And everyone in boxing agrees the entertainment level would have been far higher if that fight had taken place years earlier.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2016 19:26 UTC