Both sides confirmed there were talks in summer of 2019 for a September unification fight for Canelo vs Andrade. Problem was DAZN was trying to force the GGG trilogy as Oscar De La Hoya had told them he could get Canelo to do it when they were signing GGG.
DAZN told Canelo they wouldn’t approve any opponent other than GGG.
Had DAZN not gotten in the way Canelo would have whipped Andrade’s ass and unified 160. Once that was no longer an option he left 160 behind and focused on 168.
Now you know.
Yup this is what happened. Andrades own network didn't want him to fight canelo. Even then, canelo got stripped of the ibf because the negotiations with derevyanchenko fell through. So it wouldn't have been Undisputed.
They approved Kovalev, who didn't even fight on DAZN. Andrade did fight on DAZN.
Kovalev is quite a bit bigger name than Andrade and using the 2 weight class jump as a selling point obviously brings more casuals to the table. That's simple business strategy on DAZN part.
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