By Mike Coppinger

Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs) and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) are the two money names in the middleweight division, and they're widely expected to fight each other in 2015.

What's less clear is whether the winner will defend the lineal title against the much-deserving WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. (30-0, 27KOs) However, GGG's promoter, K2 managing director Tom Loeffler, is confident his fighter will get one of the mega bouts with Cotto or Canelo.

"We can definitely get one of those fights next year," Loeffler told BoxingScene.com last week. " ... I would imagine Canelo and Cotto will fight next year, that fight makes a lot of sense. Then Gennady will get the winner of that fight, the WBC mandated that.

"You can't force a fight, but if they don't fight then they'll vacate the title. If he gets the WBC title, then that's just as good as a victory."

GGG needs a marquee opponent to bring him to the next level. Either fight would do the trick.

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