Canelo Alvarez-Ryan Rhodes will likely land on BAD instead of HBO PPV(PW update)

Wait, who says Williams or even HBO is the one pushing him back? There are 52 saturdays every year so im sure they could have Sergio and williams fighting around eachother. Williams fighting doesnt push Sergio back 3-4 months From steve kim: After his dominating outing against Sergiy Dzinziruk on March 12th, the representatives of Sergio Martinez were basically promised by HBO that “Maravilla” would be returning in the summertime. It was thought that Martinez would return in the month of July. Well, recently, it looks like they are now being told that they may not have a summer date for him after all and his return could be delayed into the fall.This means that the chance of seeing this guy three times in 2011 diminish greatly "There are no dates" but yet Williams can get one? Why doesnt Williams fight on June 4th and Martinez fight on July 9th?

Dan Rafael (1:26 PM) We have news from the Bat Email. Dan Rafael (1:26 PM) Got a note from Richard Schaefer saying the Canelo fight with Ryan Rhodes is a done deal and it will officially be on Boxing After Dark from Mexico, not PPV. This is great news!

I'm the first person here to defend why something is on PPV, but even considering Canelo-Rhodes to headline a PPV shows how clueless those at HBO are. It would have been lucky to get half the buys of Mosley-Mora. What a boot Maidana-Morales PPV. I guess anything over 50K would be a sucessfull show. At least Sky Sports got it right with Khan-Mcklousky

i never even knew this was being questioned for ppv, wtf...well great news that it's not, cause it wouldve probably bombed here. keep canelo on BAD until he proves himself

Valid point, but for a couple of reasons imo: 1. Martinez sparked out Williams in their rematch. I'd rather see the better fighter and lets face it the better match up. I know Martinez was looking to fight some crap fight like Manfredo, but there were interesting fights out there for him (Pirog, Angulo, and even possibly a Cintron rematch). 2. More importantly, Paul Williams had numerous dates for him that kept getting pushed back. Originally he had April 30th, but they pushed it back to June 4th. Now they are pushing it back to July 9th? Are you kidding me? Why should Martinez, the middleweight champion and someone who is better than Williams, have to take a backseat? Now he is forced to fight two times a year instead of three most likely. I hope Martinez fights three times this year, but who knows now? I'm for a solid match up, but to kickout Martinez's spot for Williams vs TBA is wrong. Wait, who says Williams or even HBO is the one pushing him back? There are 52 saturdays every year so im sure they could have Sergio and williams fighting around eachother. Williams fighting doesnt push Sergio back 3-4 months

u wanna see canelo ruined? What makes you think GBP will ruin their fighter? Rhodes must KO to win. A 8-4 analytically for Rhodes = DRAW.

Canelo can win this. But he will have to put in a good training camp and be on top of his game. I'm just glad this will be at 154. Enough with the 150 fights. Canelo should be stronger at 154. We get to see if Canelo can adjust to a naturally bigger guy. He can't just walk through Rhodes punches. This is going to rock.

You do know Sergio has already fought once since KOing williams right? Question is how is it fair for Sergio to get 2 dates before Williams even gets 1? Valid point, but for a couple of reasons imo: 1. Martinez sparked out Williams in their rematch. I'd rather see the better fighter and lets face it the better match up. I know Martinez was looking to fight some crap fight like Manfredo, but there were interesting fights out there for him (Pirog, Angulo, and even possibly a Cintron rematch). 2. More importantly, Paul Williams had numerous dates for him that kept getting pushed back. Originally he had April 30th, but they pushed it back to June 4th. Now they are pushing it back to July 9th? Are you kidding me? Why should Martinez, the middleweight champion and someone who is better than Williams, have to take a backseat? Now he is forced to fight two times a year instead of three most likely. I hope Martinez fights three times this year, but who knows now? I'm for a solid match up, but to kickout Martinez's spot for Williams vs TBA is wrong.

Oh thank god... I thought for sure this was gonna be on ppv. I support my boy Canelo but I wasn't gonna pay money to see him fight a relatively unknown fighter.

I like Paul Williams, but its absolute bull**** he is getting a date while Sergio Martinez is getting pushed backed until September. You do know Sergio has already fought once since KOing williams right? Question is how is it fair for Sergio to get 2 dates before Williams even gets 1?

u wanna see canelo ruined? It would be unfair to pass rhodes over for another title shot Canelo is a champ now and has to deal with fighters like these . Good fight .

canelo has a pretty big fan base.And this is a damn good fight. I dont think he is big enough here in the states to headline a ppv against a guy most boxing fans here never even heard of.

I'm the first person here to defend why something is on PPV, but even considering Canelo-Rhodes to headline a PPV shows how clueless those at HBO are. It would have been lucky to get half the buys of Mosley-Mora.

Alvarez/Rhodes was seriously being discussed as HBO PPV? What the hell is going on out there? canelo has a pretty big fan base.And this is a damn good fight.

I'm very hyped about Canelo-Rhodes. I've been saying for awhile now, that this was an amazing match-up. I slightly favor Canelo. u wanna see canelo ruined?

good i truly dont think canelo is a ppv guy no way he needs more time in and be more exiting to watch knock someone desent out i seen he fought baldomir cmon what was that about baldomir was allready old when maywheather fought him look at his last 10 fights 6/6/09 jeferson luis goncalo a nobody 8-8-09 matt kuzeev what who again a nobody 9-15-09 carlos herreara where all this people coming from 12-5-09 leonardo tyner lol bryan chamechis,jose miguel cotto ,cuello,baldomir ok where do i begin chamechis idk who u are so am skiping u u a bum jmc was a fair fight ref stop the fight cotto wasant hurt and canelo was looked like 2ft taller then him cuello is a bum no one likes him cuz he sucks and baldomir comon how much older and out of shape can u be n'dou couldt beat paulie canelo should had killed him and hatton he coulnt put away noway this guy deserves to be on ppv noway make a few interestin hbo n shotime fight then maybe but now no way

Alvarez/Rhodes was seriously being discussed as HBO PPV? What the hell is going on out there?

I'm very hyped about Canelo-Rhodes. I've been saying for awhile now, that this was an amazing match-up. I slightly favor Canelo.

I like Paul Williams, but its absolute bull**** he is getting a date while Sergio Martinez is getting pushed backed until September.

Good it doesnt belong on ppv.