GGG-Canelo: Oscar confirms verbal agreement reached for Fall 2017

[KLockard23]

lol **** this. Golovkin should just move up in weight and forget all about Canelo. It's clear they never want the fight to take place until GGG grows old and his skills hopefully (in their mind) start deteriorating.

[The Big Dunn]

GGG could fight anyone in his weight class and that would be the case honestly....

Canelo could easily lose at 154... He's the one who better steer clear of Andrade,Lara,Big Charlo,etc.... Liam smith and Stevens-Lemieux winner looks likely to me...

That makes it worse. Instead of making the Canelo fight and then moving up to 168 for better fights, we get this.

Boxing is a blip to HBO. They have bigger issues like vinyl tanking and using up a lot of funds. You've been watching a long time, too. I know you've noticed how it's changed over the years. It's whole approach to boxing is much different than it was even a decade ago. I wouldn't be surprised if they remove themselves all together and just do big PPV fights.

Then they should just get out of it already. Boxing is the flagship of HBO Sports along with Real Sports. I get that as TV subscriptions drop and more people get HBO digital through phones/tablets that boxing will not be as big.

Even in this climate this decision is ridiculous. We already are putting up with 2 garbage fights from Kov and Ward prior to their fight do we really need to do the same here?

HBO (and PBC as well) are hurting the sport right now by with the product they are putting on TV. I got cliff's point about building to something (in his PBC article) but this isn't building to something, its just giving us garbage and making us wait.

[Jsmooth9876]

That makes it worse. Instead of making the Canelo fight and then moving up to 168 for better fights, we get this.



Then they should just get out of it already. Boxing is the flagship of HBO Sports along with Real Sports. I get that as TV subscriptions drop and more people get HBO digital through phones/tablets that boxing will not be as big.

Even in this climate this decision is ridiculous. We already are putting up with 2 garbage fights from Kov and Ward prior to their fight do we really need to do the same here?

HBO (and PBC as well) are hurting the sport right now by with the product they are putting on TV. I got cliff's point about building to something (in his PBC article) but this isn't building to something, its just giving us garbage and making us wait.

Yeah I'm pretty sure they tried this lol...

[TheBoxingXpert]

We can't use a VERBAL agreement for anything. Get it signed or shut up, Oscar, you phaggot. And why wait until 2017? It should be the NEXT fight for Canelo and if he doesn't fight Golovkin, then he MUST fight Jacobs or Saunders. Otherwise, Canelo has taken the meaning of b1tch to a whole new level. He's just a semi-talented coward fighting small opponents while hiding from the big boys.

[The Big Dunn]

Yeah I'm pretty sure they tried this lol...

I think if HBO demanded Canelo and GGG fight the fight would get made. HBO has the right to refuse any opponent for either.

I get that doing this makes more money for them and the fighters.

Are you going to hold HBO, Canelo or GGG (to a much much lesser degree) accountable?

[LaidOut]

Being honest, I'm disgusted by both teams now. Team Canelo for, well, being scared of the next loss, and Team GGG for accepting these ridiculous terms. Neither of these guys are May/Pac, so we don't need any godamn marinating! Boxing is such a low-quality managed sport.

[Jsmooth9876]

I think if HBO demanded Canelo and GGG fight the fight would get made. HBO has the right to refuse any opponent for either.

I get that doing this makes more money for them and the fighters.

Are you going to hold HBO, Canelo or GGG (to a much much lesser degree) accountable?

If Canelo wanted the fight then the fight would happen..I don't have to hold anyone else accountable for it not happening...

GGG wants the fight and HBO will gladly air it...

HBO is not gonna tell Canelo who he can and can't fight, he's the biggest star left in boxing at this point...they will air it...

GGG has nothing to do with Canelo not wanting the fight .He needs to get Jacobs and Saunders to fight him, which neither want to do at this point either... Instead he will get Eubanks and Heiland and people will say it's his fault that the other 2 top MW want no part of him.

[El-blanco]

That makes it worse. Instead of making the Canelo fight and then moving up to 168 for better fights, we get this.



Then they should just get out of it already. Boxing is the flagship of HBO Sports along with Real Sports. I get that as TV subscriptions drop and more people get HBO digital through phones/tablets that boxing will not be as big.

Even in this climate this decision is ridiculous. We already are putting up with 2 garbage fights from Kov and Ward prior to their fight do we really need to do the same here?

HBO (and PBC as well) are hurting the sport right now by with the product they are putting on TV. I got cliff's point about building to something (in his PBC article) but this isn't building to something, its just giving us garbage and making us wait.

no argument here. I'm beyond disgusted with boxing at this point. Sincerely doubt I'll follow it much longer.

[Eff Pandas]

Does anyone wonder why boxing is in bad shape in the US. This is like calling a girl at 2am trying to hit dat and saying yea thats cool how about 2 weeks from now.

[SterlingStained]

its moves like this that have caused boxing to be relegated to niche status...