Comments Thread For: Armed With HBO, Canelo Aims To Reclaim May, September

[Bronx2245]

Canelo should've taken the Cinco de Mayo date the old fashioned way...by beating Mayweather @ 154 (no CW) in May 2015.

[JakeNDaBox]

If I'm Cotto, I'm the A-side and I demand that Canelo fights me at Madison Square Garden on Puerto Rico Independence Day. I still doubt Mayweather will move the date, but Amir Khan needs to beat a quality opponent to hype the fight with Floyd or Thurman or Garcia have to do the same thing.

Ironically, that would have been yesterday (Sept 23), which is the closest Puerto Rico has to an Independence Day. Since PR isn't truly independent, there's no true celebration, other than US' Independence Day.

If you mean the weekend of the Puerto Rican Day Parade... well, keep in mind that while Cotto sells out MSG during such occasion, it's never been a big PPV draw weekend for him. Challenging (and beating) Martinez for the MW title is as big an occasion as they come, and that PPV bombed. PPV headliners versus Malignaggi (TR Independent PPV) and Judah (HBO PPV) didn't exactly blow the doors open, either... though again, all three drew big crowds at MSG.

[Wizardsh]

Canelo should've taken the Cinco de Mayo date the old fashioned way...by beating Mayweather @ 154 (no CW) in May 2015.

another idiot why don't you deman floyd fight on mlk day?
Hate to burst your bubble but Floyd's doest own those days,when are you pigheaded idiots going to understand this,they are own by any mexican fighter. All you butthurt groupies tell us how you really feel

[JakeNDaBox]

Their recent attacks on Floyd are becoming more and more clear.

By "they" do you mean Golden Boy Promotions?

[Wizardsh]

He can take his 300k ppv buys and fight in mexico.

How many idiots are going to post in this topic. Larry stop using alts you piece of diarrhea $h!t

[FeFist]

By "they" do you mean Golden Boy Promotions?

I was referring to HBO. I don't really recall GBP saying much of anything.

[Weebler I]

He can take his 300k ppv buys and fight in mexico.

No, he'll take his 300k and add it to Cotto's 300k, throw in some hype and Mexico-PR rivalry and it'll likely do up against a million, if not more.

Mayweather vs. GGG would rival Canelo vs. Cotto. Canelo vs. Lara plus Cotto vs. Martinez, both combined, do not equal Mayweather vs. Maidana I.

Yeah, but people buy the fight as much as the fighter.

Mayweather-Canelo doing 2.1 million yet dropping to 850k and 350k respectively after that is substantive evidence of that.

Also, Mayweather-Golovkin okay...but we both know that's not happening.

[jso416]

Mayweather vs. GGG would rival Canelo vs. Cotto. Canelo vs. Lara plus Cotto vs. Martinez, both combined, do not equal Mayweather vs. Maidana I.

Mayweather is not going to fight GGG and we've never received any official numbers for Mayweather vs Maidana 1 or 2 for that matter.

[Jayallday9]

Like I said after the Lara fight, Canelo's stock has dropped!! Spin it how you want, but he is not a PPV star,especially demanding to fight on ppv and against people not in his weight class. Oscar knows if Canelo fights in his real weight class he gets wrecked so getting him a long term HBO deal is best for them because outside of Cotto, another PPV will have to be against someone truly threatening...

[Death_Adder]

Canelo should've taken the Cinco de Mayo date the old fashioned way...by beating Mayweather @ 154 (no CW) in May 2015.

Wow some of you people are idiots.

This isn't the NFL where a team that got beat in the playoffs can come and say, 'oh we're also playing on Superbowl Sunday, across town in another stadium.'

This is boxing, Canelo went to HBO and can fight on any day he wants. There's no earning of dates.

Smfh @ these morons.