Gennady Golovkin will not be returning to the ring on December 10th after all. The best middleweight in the world had been looking to get one more fight in before 2016 ended, but negotiations with Daniel Jacobs have taken longer than expected and there’s not enough time to make the bout now.
Both sides have their reasons. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler simply believes that the date is too close for the bout to get the proper build (via LA Times):
“Negotiations are taking longer than we anticipated and a fight of this magnitude needs a longer promotional schedule than we’d get if we tried to keep it on Dec.