Comments Thread For: U.S. debut Alalshikh card could've used a few more tweaks

[boxing IQ]

I keep saying that Turkie is not very knowledgeable in the sport of boxing and more of a fan. Some of the fights on this card make no sense.

He’s putting on a show in Cali aka little Mexico and has Crawford and his unknown opponent as the headline. This show should have had a Mexican star as the headline.

Then Turkie is chasing Crawford v Canelo, when he should have pit his money in Canelo v Benevidez and Crawford v Boots.

If Canelo v Crawford happens, you have two outcomes. 1. Crawford loses and he uses the excuse that he bit off more than he can chew fighting at 168. If Crawford wins, people will say Canelo is old and only a smitten of his former self. In other words, it’s a ****** fight.

Turkie acts more like a trust baby who inherits a lot of money and goes spending sprees spending someones else’s money like a drunken sailor.

Inshallah, Turkie will work with someone not named Hearn or Warren who are in his pockets .

Without Turki, we'd be watching Fury-Chisora 4 lol

PBC is in shambles (shocker), Top Rank has been reduced to a talent-development agency, Golden Boy fighters are jumping ship, and every year Matchroom finds a new way to screw DAZN out of millions

Maybe, we need a fan to run things for awhile

Canelo-Crawford is a win-win for all those reasons you just stated. Turki's doing his part as the A-side to give Canelo a career-high payday lol

[Bronx2245]

It is what it is! Bud is not a draw. Spence vs. Crawford did less PPVs than Tank vs. Garcia! This is why Bud is chasing Canelo, and not Boots. Black vs. Black might be Best vs. Best, but it doesn't sell like Black vs. Brown! This is why I have said that if Pitbull shines, we'll probably get Tank vs. Pitbull 2!

[DClefthook]

If this were the best card the US has ever seen then it should break every record out there. 6 mill PPV buys. 100 mill gate. 800 mill gross revenue. STOP!! This card is dookie. No one is going to watch this fight because no one has Dazn. 20k ppv buys and 800 thous at the gate. Absolutely horrible!

[Bronx2245]

If this were the best card the US has ever seen then it should break every record out there. 6 mill PPV buys. 100 mill gate. 800 mill gross revenue. STOP!! This card is dookie. No one is going to watch this fight because no one has Dazn. 20k ppv buys and 800 thous at the gate. Absolutely horrible!

I think the PPV is DAZN, ESPN+, Prime, and PPV.com?

[takenotes]

Well, I am not really enthusiastic about the card being in LA. Should have been in MSG

[HandsofIron]

Of course this wasn't going to sell, Crawford isn't a ppv Attraction and Madrimov is an unknown to the casuals.

[TonyRespectful]

Tszyu Ortiz would’ve added a lot,I’ll give this card a solid B

[Phase III]

As I’ve said many times, Crawford is a very good fighter with absolutely no personality org marketing/PPV value. . Madrimov, his opponent has a excellent amateur record but even in boxing circles, is an unknown. Turkie is wasting the Saudi oil money desperately wanting to make Crawford v Canelo. Crawford beats Canelo, Canelo is old and only a shadow of his former self. Canelo wins and you have Canelo beating another little guy. Crawford v Canelo is a complete waste of money. Crawford v Boots is the fight Turkie.

Ruiz v Miller are twice HW fighters that are not going anywhere in the HW division. Miller is a serial drug cheat and Ruiz has been inactive and known to eat his way out of the most important fight of his life (AJ). Ruiz had the opportunity of a lifetime in his rematch against AJ and blew it and showed he has no discipline and would prefer to be in the West Coast version of the Nathan’s hot dog chowing contest by eating the most Tacos in 10 minutes. Would be more interesting to see if Ruiz can eat more tacos than Miller eating more hot dogs in 10 minutes. Neither fighter is going anywhere in the HW division. Total waste of money Turkie.

Morrell v Kalajdzic….another showcase win for Morrell. He may just be the best fighter between 168-175. No Canelo for Benny? Benny v Morrell is the fight!

Andy Cruz v Moran is an easy fight for Cruz. If Turkie was going to spend money making the Saudi US debut, Keyshawn Davis would have been a much better fight.

Anderson v Bakole is a 50/50 fight. Bakole is no easy out and could give Anderson all he can handle.

Pitbull v Valenzuela is the best fight on the card. Pitbull has shown difficulties with southpaws but should survive a close decision.

This event would be lucky to do over 300K PPV buys in the U.S. This card wasn’t well thought out for a Saudi U.S. debut.

Turkie is spending Kobe beef money and getting Mac n Cheese.

[PNUT901]

It's really pathetic that such a huge card is having to reduce ticket prices. I thought that this would have sold out on day one . I'm surprised by this. You'd think that holding the fights in such a huge population center , one with so many people from a country where boxing is huge ,would make for an easy sell out. It's surprising to me that without a Mexican in the main event that a card of this magnitude would suffer. I guess that it's probably because I have never cared about a fighters race , nationality , or anything else about them. I just care if they put on good fights. That being the case though , the promoter should have loaded the card with popular Mexican fighters if they couldn't put one in the main event.

[mrpain81]

Card looks good but $200 for nosebleeds in a stadium, yeah I'm not paying that **** + parking.