If Canelo is the biggest draw in the sport...

Canelo is a draw...I'm not sure if the term big can be used for him. He only draws note worthy numbers when fighting other draws, i.e. Mayweather, Cotto and Khan. Canelo needs GGG and/or an opponent that can match him for national, Mexican recognition. iN steps Chavez Jr lol I honestly think if Chavez is in shape and healthy, he will beat Canelo and end the gravy train. I hope it happens.

So what, is he a bigger draw than Anthony Joshua? Who makes up these titles and what metrics are used? Or is the question really only for the US/Mexican market?

If Canelo didnt fight on the two biggest Mexican holidays and on regular dates like other fighters do, his PPV buys and gates would be terrible.

Flo-mo-s love canelo. It's obvious why.

I think it came from top rank actually. Bob let oscar fight on cinco de mayo and Independence Day and once Floyd beat him on cinco de mayo he just took the date. Oscar tried rival cards but he kept fighting bums and Floyd had his revenge. Once Floyd slowed down it was natural for oscar to want the date back.

Oh god, that was 1 of the most stupid thing I've ever read.

National Holiday as in American or Mexican? Golovkin is old. Easy work for Nelo. Alvarez is younger than all the Welterweight stars now. Lara II , Charlos, Andrade, Spence, Ramirez, Chavez jr., Eubank Jr., Saunders...all mega fights for Alvarez in the future. If ggg is old and easy then why not make the fight? It's the second biggest fight for cantnelo

yeah why fight on date that is proven will maximize your profits that's just stupid. Should just fight on a random Wed night for a fraction of the money instead. SMH

And this is the biggest fight they can make, why does it have to be on a national holiday? Besides seeing him get crushed by GGG could put a dampner on celebrations. floyd used those dates for a reason, wasnt he the biggest draw?? why didnt he fight on MLK weekends? you had the biggest draw ever fighting on mexican hollidays and still cant figure out??

Maximize profits. Maybe they should have on a Monday when no one can watch. Yea, ^this is the glaringly obvious answer. Why would they make it harder on themselves? It's the same reason concerts don't happen at 8am.

You have to squeeze every last dollar out of an event, it makes sense....boxing is all about bums in seats.

And this is the biggest fight they can make, why does it have to be on a national holiday? Besides seeing him get crushed by GGG could put a dampner on celebrations. The name of the game is to come up with an excuse to duck ggg. If ggg wasn't fighting saunders gomez would have came out and said only way canelo fights ggg is he fights saunders first so it can be a unificaition. They'll make whatever **** they have to so the fight dosen't happen.

And this is the biggest fight they can make, why does it have to be on a national holiday? Besides seeing him get crushed by GGG could put a dampner on celebrations. The biggest fighters fight on the biggest dates, lesser fighters won't challenge them either as their own ratings would suffer hugely if they tried fighting on the same date as a big drawcard. I'm not sure when the Mexican holidays became the biggest dates in American boxing but these are the dates Floyd Mayweather established as days for big boxing bouts, at least in terms of PPV numbers.

Maximize profits. Maybe they should have on a Monday when no one can watch. lmfaooooooo

Because its just tradition but if this bothers you why did mayweather fight these dates

And this is the biggest fight they can make, why does it have to be on a national holiday? Besides seeing him get crushed by GGG could put a dampner on celebrations. Maximize profits. Maybe they should have on a Monday when no one can watch.

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