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title: "WBC Orders Gennady Golovkin to Face Jermall Charlo for Interim Title"
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published: "2018-10-03T10:36:08Z"
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# WBC Orders Gennady Golovkin to Face Jermall Charlo for Interim Title

Former unified World middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin has been ordered to face WBC ‘Interim’ champion Jermall Charlo – with the winner gaining the right for a shot at full champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

Golovkin, who ruled over the middleweight division with a dominant twenty-consecutive title defences, has spoken recently of his desire for a trilogy fight with Mexican star Alvarez, following his narrow majority decision loss on September 15th in Las Vegas.

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However, any hopes of an immediate rematch have been quashed by the sport’s governing bodies, with the WBC announcing their plans for Golovkin to meet unbeaten American hotshot Charlo.

Texas-born Charlo – a former titleholder at 154lbs – has been vocal in his own desire for a shot at the division’s elite, and has been waiting patiently (if not silently) for an opportunity to step into the ring with ‘GGG’ and/or Canelo.

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Boasting an unblemished record of 27-0 (21 KO’s), the elder Charlo twin captured the ‘interim’ strap in his last outing, halting then-undefeated Hugo Centeno Jr. in two rounds on the undercard of Adrien Broner’s draw with Jessie Vargas in Brooklyn.

With Golovkin now a free agent following HBO’s withdrawal from boxing programming, rumours continue to circulate that the Kazakh superstar may lay his hat at the feet of Al Haymon and Showtime – making a bout with Charlo a realistic and tantalising prospect.

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However, now aged 36 and surely in the twilight of an already illustrious professional career, it remains to be seen whether Golovkin would wish to entertain a bout with the brash, power-punching 28-year-old.

Nevertheless, a match-up between the two would come with a guarantee of a big-money showdown with Alvarez: and with it, a chance for Golovkin to gain the retribution many fans believe he is entitled to following two controversial decisions in their previous bouts.