Comments Thread For: Canelo Back on March 8, July 26 and November 22

[The Big Dunn]

Well I prefer it this way. I'd rather them keep their budget open then blow it all on 3 mismatches and/or rigged Texas fights.

CBS is a huge company but I just can't see them allowing espinoza 5 ppv's in a year between 2 guys.

[Tay Roc]

He will probably do may/guerrero numbers. He could do better if he gets a legit opponent.

Only fights I want to see are: cotto & martinez.

Both w/ HBO. I'm sure Dibella is willing to burn some bridges for that PPV $$$

[mrlopez]

It seems crazy now, but this was quite normal not tom long ago. HBO easily had 15-20 ppvs a year.

ive had HBO for damn near 20 years, i dont remember 15 let alone 20 ppvs, EVER

If Canelo is taking these dates and floyd does the 2 big Mexican holidays as planned, thats 4big boxing weekends (not july 26) taken already. Seems a little premature to secure dates this far in advance.

only 1(diez y seis) is a holiday son!

And none of those fights are PPV worth it

EXACTLY

[Jloro]

Cotto first, I feel like Cotto takes it
Lara or Trout? Lara stops him, Trout wins rematch
Maravilla- Martinez retires Canelo and rides off into the sunset

[batista84]

So canelo has 3ppvs floyd has 2 and whatever hbo ppvs they put out. Are u fn kidding me. It's bad enuff I have to carry a showtime subscription due to the Cold War. Damn 2014 might be the year of making sacrifices that or streaming everything on my iPad if that's even possible

I don't see anything wrong with that, ask a 36 year old boxer to fight 3 times in a year , and a 23 year old to fight the same.

you don't want to see the fight just don't watch it, don' t pay, like Floyd ? pay his ppv, like Canelo pay his ppv, simple as that.

[SouthPawAngle]

No way in hell Canelo is doing 700k+

Chavez Jr(who's popularity at the time was equal or greater) did 475k against the universally recognized MW champ who had fought numerous times on HBO and had been in good scraps had been in good scraps vs names like Williams and Pavlik. He'll be lucky to do 400k, especially after he got thoroughly outclassed vs Mayweather.

[batista84]

Canelo vs Maravilla, Canelo vs Cotto and Canelo vs Lara are worth ppv's even tho the Lara one could be a technical snooze fest most of the people think Lara is the king of Jr. Middle, I'm not backing up my words, Canelo is a world class boxer, loosing to Floyd is what other 17 champions did so no shame on that, i put my bet's in favor of Canelo except for the Maravilla one, Sergio is on the decline, but still a tough cookie to crumble, Canelo KO's Cotto and wins a closee UD against Lara.

[-PBP-]

CBS is a huge company but I just can't see them allowing espinoza 5 ppv's in a year between 2 guys.

We'll see. With fighters like Floyd and Canelo there are enough fans that will pay regardless. I prefer it this way because it gives you the option to pay for it or not and ShowTime Championship Boxing can still put on stacked cards with GBP's other fighters.

[AddiX]

ive had HBO for damn near 20 years, i dont remember 15 let alone 20 ppvs, EVER



only 1(diez y seis) is a holiday son!



EXACTLY

You may not remember it, but it happened. Go back some years and check the schedules if you dint believe me. You had HBO doing over 10 ppvs, Showtime with 4-5, and than some random ppvs off network.

I've always said UFC did Boxing fans a favor by replacing bad boxing ppvs with there own.

[MRCHOKEaMF]

Golden boy has to increase there ppvs to pay the fighters/haymon the kinds of guarantees they want.

And they GBP/Showtime will continue embarrassing themselves with bad ppv #s(besides mayweather) and canceled ppv events (broner/maidana). GBP is on a role with failed ppv events and ppv events that never happened. Remember when canelo was suppose to go ppv again Kirkland? This a common theme with GBP.

I really want to know what Showtime paid for it's two big events coming up on Showtime for free. haymon amd GBP have built a business climate where everyone thinks there worth more than they are. It's going to get ugly for everyone.

Kirkland just had shoulder surgery and they offered him a fight knowing he would not be healed that soon. So of course they turned it down, hence the cancellation.