Is GBP/Team Canela in panic mode/damage control mode?

Canela talking more about Golovkin instead of his next opponent, Liam Smith could be an indication of slow sales of his coming fight?

As pointed out by another poster earlier, peeps already saw Canela lose a fight. I replied to that

I think one of the biggest misconceptions about Mayweather is that he wasn't popular and sold because he was hated. Mayweather was the most popular fighter in boxing, with only Pacquiao rivaling him. You don't sell like that off pure hatred. The crowds at his fights were full of oohing and aahing fans every time he landed a punch. Also, Mayweather typically fought great fights that people wanted to see. That allowed him to keep selling despite the Pac fight not coming together. Yeah he had a couple Ortizes and Guerreros, but he never blatantly ducked anyone like Alvarez is ducking Golovkin. I still see this as being the same angle. Of course the circumstances aren't totally the same. and I also said that Canelo has many fans too

well, that's exactly my point... he gains haters day-by-day and only if the half of them will buy hi next fight in hope to see him lose he will earn twice as much... Plus the GOlovkin fight will be also much bigger once they fight. View the fight like a pig. You feed it, feed it, feed it and feed it and when it's finally full sized you cut it and eat it. The larger it gets, the more meat you get. Big fights are going by the same logic. They are marinating it intentionally to cash out for twice as much than if they would have done it like this September. Their pig isn't big enough yet so they keep feeding it. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Golovkin and his team would also know about this and they also participate in the build up. Of course as a boxing fan it sucks cause I'm impatient too and would want to see them fight now I wouldn't prefer to wait one more year or so but let's be honest, when it happen I'm gonna tune in anyways and that's the point for them. It's all business As pointed out by another poster earlier, peeps already saw Canela lose a fight.

yeah, thing is we have already seen Canelo lose... Against Mayweather the other "hated villain" and it was 3-4 years ago. He can easily build up a villain persona after that... An average Golovkin fan probably won't go back to watch the May vs Canelo fight again just to see Mayweather win easily, lol... I imagine that the overlap between Mayweather and Golovkin fans is relatively small. (no not because race or etc... just opposite style of fighters), I'd think Golovkin and Pac fans have a large overlap so that's another reason why a loss to MAyweather isn't such a satisfaction to GGG fans.

The point is not to gain fans how many fans do you think Floyd "gained" or "lost" with his out of rig antics...? A huge portion of people bought his fights cause they wanted to see him lose. Canelo's angling for that too now. He wants people to buy the fight in wish to see him lose what they won't see against Smith. of course next to that he also has many fans cause he is boxing's #1 name right now, aside of Pacquiao maybe... I think one of the biggest misconceptions about Mayweather is that he wasn't popular and sold because he was hated. Mayweather was the most popular fighter in boxing, with only Pacquiao rivaling him. You don't sell like that off pure hatred. The crowds at his fights were full of oohing and aahing fans every time he landed a punch. Also, Mayweather typically fought great fights that people wanted to see. That allowed him to keep selling despite the Pac fight not coming together. Yeah he had a couple Ortizes and Guerreros, but he never blatantly ducked anyone like Alvarez is ducking Golovkin.

IDK if Canela can effectively emulate Floyd's antics in boasting sales. Two different characters and background. See... too many chickens and putos on Canela's Instagram account. https://s14.postimg.org/8ri38ycf5/nelas_chickens.jpg well, that's exactly my point... he gains haters day-by-day and only if the half of them will buy hi next fight in hope to see him lose he will earn twice as much... Plus the GOlovkin fight will be also much bigger once they fight. View the fight like a pig. You feed it, feed it, feed it and feed it and when it's finally full sized you cut it and eat it. The larger it gets, the more meat you get. Big fights are going by the same logic. They are marinating it intentionally to cash out for twice as much than if they would have done it like this September. Their pig isn't big enough yet so they keep feeding it. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Golovkin and his team would also know about this and they also participate in the build up. Of course as a boxing fan it sucks cause I'm impatient too and would want to see them fight now I wouldn't prefer to wait one more year or so but let's be honest, when it happen I'm gonna tune in anyways and that's the point for them. It's all business

The point is not to gain fans how many fans do you think Floyd "gained" or "lost" with his out of rig antics...? A huge portion of people bought his fights cause they wanted to see him lose. Canelo's angling for that too now. He wants people to buy the fight in wish to see him lose what they won't see against Smith. of course next to that he also has many fans cause he is boxing's #1 name right now, aside of Pacquiao maybe... yeah, thing is we have already seen Canelo lose...

They know ducking Golovkin was a huge PR gamble and they're trying to minimize the potential damage of that move. They know they're wrong here. I think they're doing an especially bad job of it. The best way to respond to the kind of blatant ducking that happened here is to push the "we have a potential deal for next year" angle so people are convinced the fight will happen. Instead they're kind of saying the ginger fraud will fight Golovkin eventually and trying to use him to sell the Smith fight, while also downplaying any reason to fight him at all. Alvarez sounds like the biggest b*tch in boxing with every word he speaks about Golovkin.

The point is not to gain fans how many fans do you think Floyd "gained" or "lost" with his out of rig antics...? A huge portion of people bought his fights cause they wanted to see him lose. Canelo's angling for that too now. He wants people to buy the fight in wish to see him lose what they won't see against Smith. of course next to that he also has many fans cause he is boxing's #1 name right now, aside of Pacquiao maybe... IDK if Canela can effectively emulate Floyd's antics in boasting sales. Two different characters and background. See... too many chickens and putos on Canela's Instagram account. https://s14.postimg.org/8ri38ycf5/nelas_chickens.jpg

I don't know if what they're doing now will work. I think Canela was losing more fans day by day than gaining new ones. Fans were even attacking Canela's and Oscar's social media accounts with chicken emojis. The point is not to gain fans how many fans do you think Floyd "gained" or "lost" with his out of rig antics...? A huge portion of people bought his fights cause they wanted to see him lose. Canelo's angling for that too now. He wants people to buy the fight in wish to see him lose what they won't see against Smith. of course next to that he also has many fans cause he is boxing's #1 name right now, aside of Pacquiao maybe...

I'm sure 95% of Canelo's fan base dont even know who Liam Smith is and will lay eyes on him for the first time when they actually see the fight. ****, I've been following the sport since '86 and I didnt even know who this guy was until I googled him when it was announced that Canelo will be fighting him. The first fight I watched was Clay (Ali)-Liston II... :) I follow the British boxing scene, therefore I knew who Liam Smith is...

He's boosting his sales with this. Old tactic. I don't know if what they're doing now will work. I think Canela was losing more fans day by day than gaining new ones. Fans were even attacking Canela's and Oscar's social media accounts with chicken emojis.

I suspect they can't sell enough for this Liam Smith fight. I'm sure 95% of Canelo's fan base dont even know who Liam Smith is and will lay eyes on him for the first time when they actually see the fight. ****, I've been following the sport since '86 and I didnt even know who this guy was until I googled him when it was announced that Canelo will be fighting him.

There is nothing they can say they have ruined this young man, no matter what he does unless he beat GGG or fight him he will be classed as a chicken that is face Canelo either made his promoter show who is boss not the other way very sad day. Why talk big and then give up belt ***** I think that Canelo really wanted to fight GGG but Oscar stopped him eventually... :)

Is GBP/Team Canela in panic mode/damage control mode? They were spewing press releases after press releases demolishing Golovkin in recent days. Are they feeling now the fans backlash of Canela handing his WBC Middleweight belt to Golovkin without a fight? Canelo: Golovkin-Brook? GGG Should Have Shut His Mouth! Canelo Jabs Critics: Nobody Will Pressure Me Into Golovkin Fight! Canelo Smiles: Lara Calling Out GGG, Golovkin Won't Fight Him! Canelo: I'm Making History - Golovkin is Older and Fought Nobody! Canelo: Ready To Face Golovkin? He Has To Be Ready For Me! etc. etc... There is nothing they can say they have ruined this young man, no matter what he does unless he beat GGG or fight him he will be classed as a chicken that is face Canelo either made his promoter show who is boss not the other way very sad day. Why talk big and then give up belt *****

Is GBP/Team Canela in panic mode/damage control mode? (...) etc. etc... I suspect they can't sell enough for this Liam Smith fight.

they have been a PR disaster since he dropped the belt

He's boosting his sales with this. Old tactic. Bring up another fighter's name often few weeks before your fight --> more people will tune in to your too. This is good for Golovkin and for him too since Golovkin will also fight just one week before him. He's building up the future fight to make it bigger and bigger. tbh I wouldn't be surprised if the whole situation would be staged and it would be just the show. I mean I can imagine that Golovkin and his team also know abut this ad they already dealt the roles between each other. They constantly talk about each other, Canelo tries to be more and more negative to contrast Golovkin's "good boy" role (familiar, huh?) . Btw Canelo mostly said the truth about Lara, Golovkin's resume and the Golovkin v Brook fight. Maybe it's not that complicated though and they don't build up **** just talk **** to each other cause they don't like each other, idk...

On the other hand, Team GGG is now not mentioning Canela anymore and concentrated its focus on Brook... and Saunders.