WBA and IBF have agreed that Gennady Golovkin, the holder of both WBA and IBF belts, will face Esquiva Falcão, the mandatory challenger for the IBF title.
The winner of that fight will face WBA regular middleweight champion Erislandy Lara.
Golovkin had his last fight against Mexican Saúl Álvarez at the boxing show on September 18 in Las Vegas. Gennady lost that fight by unanimous decision of the judges.