Canelo-Golovkin was signed before Canelo even fought Chavez Jr. Everybody though Canelo would win but its still kinda disrespectful to write Chavez Jr. off completely like that. Ward had the 3 fight HBO deal with Kovalev as the third fight if he got past his first two opponents but I'm not sure if the Kovalev fight was completely negotiated and signed until after the Brand fight.
Can anybody think of any more cases where a different fight was signed while one or both fighters had upcoming fights?
Same! I was also looking forward to the Pavlik vs Williams fight. Not sure why that fight ended up not happening
Ah yeah, that was another good fight we didn't get mate.
Kind of remember it having something to do with Pavlik getting a staph infection, or something along those lines.
It happens to often. Floyd/Zab was signed before Zab fought Baldomir. Manny/Morlaes 2 was signed before Morales fought Zahir Raheem.
I absolutely HATE it when a fight is signed before a guy wins.
Ah, that's the one..Josesito Lopez. Cheers fellas.
Lopez ended up facing Canelo in the end didn't he. Maidana after that too..ouch.
Man, the Paul Williams fight, i'd forgotten about that one. I was looking forward to that one.
Same! I was also looking forward to the Pavlik vs Williams fight. Not sure why that fight ended up not happening
That was before Ortiz fought Josesito Lopez. That was the whole Canelo cure era :lol1: He was supposed to fight Kirkland, but Kirkland got hurt (later found out that he wanted more money), he was supposed to fight Williams but he had the motorcycle accident, then he was supposed to fight Ortiz but Lopez broke his jaw
That was Ortiz vs the Riverside Rocky kid, damn I forgot his name.
Ah, that's the one..Josesito Lopez. Cheers fellas.
Lopez ended up facing Canelo in the end didn't he. Maidana after that too..ouch.
Man, the Paul Williams fight, i'd forgotten about that one. I was looking forward to that one.
Was Ortiz set to face Canelo before he lost to Collazo ?
Not sure if it was a signed contract, but kind of recall Canelo being sat ringside.
That was Ortiz vs the Riverside Rocky kid, damn I forgot his name.
Was Ortiz set to face Canelo before he lost to Collazo ?
Not sure if it was a signed contract, but kind of recall Canelo being sat ringside.
That was before Ortiz fought Josesito Lopez. That was the whole Canelo cure era :lol1: He was supposed to fight Kirkland, but Kirkland got hurt (later found out that he wanted more money), he was supposed to fight Williams but he had the motorcycle accident, then he was supposed to fight Ortiz but Lopez broke his jaw