Comments Thread For: Hearn: Canelo-Golovkin III Not Possible For September 18; GGG Focused On Murata Fight

[The Big Dunn]

Alvarez is not interested in a multi-fight contract. Haymon offered in effect a 4 fight contract -- the Plant fight plus three others, including Benavidez and Charlo. These are still possible on a fight-by-fight basis on whichever platform provides the highest bid for each fight. But with rare exceptions, like the Mayweather Pacquiao fight, Haymon fighters will not be permitted to fight on other platforms. And that fight required the intervention of Moonves, the CEO of CBS at the time. As it now stands, it appears that Canelo will move up and fight the more formidable champions at 175 rather than be shackled to a multi-fight deal.

Absolutely no valid business reason for Canelo to make a multi fight package in the current environment.

[Thuglife Nelo]

Haymon doesn’t want to let plant lose to canelo at this moment. He would rather have canelo leave the division than lose his peice of the smw division. It was obvious by the way plant spoke throughout the year that he was being coached by haymon to avoid canelo at all costs. The price out was plants best option at cowering from canelo while losing the least amount of face. Pbc is on its way out the door so we only have to tolerate them for another year or so. After their welterweight preplanned merry go round they have nothing left to offer which is why they had 80 year old pac fight Spence in a desperate attempt to give Spence ratings.

Damn… spoken like a boss. OG Green K.

[Thuglife Nelo]

See this is something I find hard to believe because Canelo and his team have to believe they would do well against Charlo based on his last performance.

Why would they balk at a very lucrative, winnable fight?

Is this a rhetorical question or are you making fun of the poster who think Canelo would duck Charlo? Lol

[Thuglife Nelo]

The real question is if Plant vs Canelo negotiations are still going. Haymon is going to have to take a risk as he has with ******s in the underground. Haymon is already hiding his face not be recognized by the ****** world so it makes sense why he is indecisive with Canelo money and losing.

GGG is trying his best for a Middleweight December drain!

[Verus]

Absolutely no valid business reason for Canelo to make a multi fight package in the current environment.

Yep, he was used as a pawn the last time he was tied up in a long-term contract.

[Bronx2245]

Damn, it must really sick to be Demetrius Andrade! Your own promoter doesn't even mention you as a potential opponent at all! That's gotta hurt!

[The Big Dunn]

Damn, it must really sick to be Demetrius Andrade! Your own promoter doesn't even mention you as a potential opponent at all! That's gotta hurt!

Yup. He can’t get a unification fight to save his soul.

His sole purpose seems to be to call out charlo a lot so Hearn and DAZN can distract the media with “charlo is ducking” BS.

[Bronx2245]

PBC Balked At Paying Canelo $40M For Replacement Opponent On Sept.18 If Plant Unable To Fight
Boxing News 24
By Dan Ambrose
August 1, 2021

Canelo Alvarez is stuck without an opponent for his September 18th fight after his negotiations with IBF super 168-lb champion Caleb Plant fizzled over the $40 million guarantee the Mexican star wanted in case ‘Sweethands’ pulled out of the fight due to injury/illness.

Mike Coppinger reporting that Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] wouldn’t agree to the $40M guarantee that Canelo wanted, which involved him getting that amount even if Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) pulled out of the fight due to injury or illness.

It’s understandable why PBC wouldn’t agree to pay Canelo $40 million if he winds up facing a replacement. However, from Canelo’s standpoint, he wasn’t going to take the chance of Plant needing to pull out of the fight due to injury.

The $40 million that Canelo was still insisting on getting in the event of a replacement opponent was clearly a way for him to make sure that he would get top dollar if Plant couldn’t fight. It makes sense for Canelo.

I guess you could call it insurance for Canelo. If he ends up fighting a PBC replacement opponent, he will get the same $40M.

Plant obviously didn’t like the sound of Canelo’s request, but the Mexican star didn’t want to take any chances.

With Plant’s hand injury problems, there’s no telling whether he could make it through training camp without needing to postpone. If Plant pulled out of the fight, Canelo would be stuck needing to fight a replacement. Would that replacement come from PBC? If so, Canelo would essentially be fighting a two-fight deal because he would still wind up facing Plant later.

If Canelo’s fight is on PBC against one of their fighters like David Benavidez, for example, he would still need to face Plant later for him to capture his belt. So instead of it being one fight, Canelo would potentially be fighting twice on PBC.

It would be a great deal for PBC because they get Canelo for two fights instead of the original one, and who knows how much his payday would be for the replacement. It’s unlikely that Canelo would have gotten anywhere near the $40 million that he’d negotiated for the Plant fight.

The loser in all this is Plant, who would have gotten a career-high payday of $10 million. Even if Plant lost the fight, his value would have increased as long as he put in a good showing.

It will hurt Plant to lose out on that payday, especially if Canelo never attempts to revisit the fight. With Canelo, he might choose to ignore Plant after this episode and move on with his career. Indeed, it would be surprising if Canelo chooses to set up a fight with Plant again.

Plant will eventually lose his title once the International Boxing Federation orders him to defend against David Benavidez or if he faces Jermall Charlo. Those are Plant’s best chances for a big payday, but he won’t get the same kind of money fighting them as he would have against Canelo.

[Bronx2245]

Yup. He can’t get a unification fight to save his soul.

His sole purpose seems to be to call out charlo a lot so Hearn and DAZN can distract the media with “charlo is ducking” BS.

That's all it is too! Hearn promotes GGG and Canelo, but he uses Charlo as a distraction from the fact that your own Champion can't get fights with other Champions, even on the same platform!

[filup79]

Yep, he was used as a pawn the last time he was tied up in a long-term contract.

He just finished a 3 fight deal with Hearn. To say he doesn't want to be tied up is kinda dumb. Canelo messed everything up for himself. He was going to get paid, 40 mil, PPV percentage, part of the revenue, way more than he would make with DAZN. Big reason why he chose that route instead of making the fight on DAZN. PBC did the right thing, why would they guarantee him 40 mil to fight a late replacement if Plant gets covid or hurt