By Steve Kim

Promoter Gary Shaw has more than just a passing interest in this weekend's event at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn where Miguel Cotto defends his WBC middleweight title versus Daniel Geale. Shaw also promotes the WBC's second rated challenger, Tureano Johnson, who is waiting his turn for a crack at this belt.

"I have sent in a respect to have Tureano fight (Jorge Sebastian) Heiland for the mandatory to Cotto - assuming he wins," said Shaw. "Heiland is currently the top ranked contender by the WBC. I don't think (Cotto) will fight 'Triple G' (Gennady Golovkin), that's my personal opinion."

But there is this, the WBC's president Mauricio Sulaiman has stated that if Cotto should defeat Geale and move onto a lucrative match-up with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez - the winner must then face Golovkin next or risk being stripped of the belt. Shaw described this whole situation as "complicated''.

There is also a rematch clause held by Cotto in the event he loses this weekend.

"If Cotto exercises the rematch clause and didn't fight 'Canelo', then I don't know what the WBC would do," admitted Shaw.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.