Formerly unified middleweight champion signs multi-fight deal
By Aaron Cooper
As reported previously by IntuBoxing.com. Former unified world middleweight champion, Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (38-1-1, 34KO) has signed a deal to exclusively fight on fledgling streaming service, DAZN.
According to industry sources, the deal was completed in the early hours of this morning. With a formal announcement expected to take place in Los Angeles on Monday. It is thought that Golovkin’s first fight on DAZN will take place in June.
The deal will see Golovkin fight twice a year for three years, pocketing the ‘Kazakh Thunder’ an eight-figure salary per fight. The deal will also see Golovkin join the likes of Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo become an ambassador for DAZN, Latest Boxing News in UK.
If the remuneration wasn’t enough of an incentive to sign on the dotted line. The deal also guarantees two cards a year (of which he does not have to fight) for his own promotional company (GGG Promotions) starting next year and going into 2021.
The battle for Golvokin’s services was a fierce one. After HBO announced that it was removing boxing from its programming. Both PBC and ESPN attempted to lure the hard-hitting middleweight to their network/stable. PBC was thought to have offered a two-fight, eight-figure payday and a PPV fight with Jermall Charlo
Ultimately a trilogy fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Who signed a huge ten-fight $350 million contracts of his own. Along with the talent-rich middleweight fighters like Daniel Jacobs and Demetrius Andrade as potential foes. DAZN’s deal was too good to turn down.
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