DAZN Urges Gennady Golovkin to Reduce His Pay Ahead of Title Defense Against Kamil Szeremeta

DAZN has urged IBF and IBO Middleweight Champion, Gennady Golovkin, to reduce his fees ahead of his first title defense against Kamil Szeremeta. GGG will return on December 18th against undefeated Polish boxer Szeremeta.

This is not the first time that DAZN has stated its trouble with the deal it had initially agreed to with its boxers. Earlier, the streaming platform had also approached four-division champion, Canelo Alvarez, for a reduction in pay.

Alvarez cut a 1-fight deal with DAZN, after coming to an agreement with Golden Boy Promotions.

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Gennady Golovkin signed a 6-fight deal with the streaming platform last year for an estimated amount of $100 million. However, according to The Athletic, Golovkin is almost closing a new deal with the streaming platform.

The negotiations have been going on for quite some time now. It’s the perfect time for the negotiations to finally come to an end ahead of his first title defense against the undefeated Pole.

Gennady Golovkin returns on Dec 16th

Golovkin came close to beating Canelo Alvarez when both the boxers met inside the ring back in September 2017. Needless to say, arguably 2 of the greatest boxers of all time put on a spectacle inside the ring, not once but twice for boxing fans around the world.

However, Golovkin failed to get his hands raised in the rematch, suffering the first loss of his professional career. In the process, he dropped his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight titles to the Mexican boxer.

Be that as it may, he bounced back with a scintillating KO win over Steve Rolls. He won the vacant middleweight title with a unanimous decision win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko in the very next bout.

Meanwhile, Kamil Szeremeta remains undefeated in his professional career. The European middleweight champion of the world will look to get his hands on the IBF and IBO middleweight title, which will be on the line on December 19th.

Szeremeta is a calculative boxer and has an incredible fight IQ. However, getting past Gennady Golovkin might prove to be too much for the Polish boxer.

Be that as it may, the sport of boxing is as unpredictable as it gets. Needless to say, GGG’s return to the boxing ring is sure to bring the world of boxing together once again.