Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Making Canelo-Golovkin Was Easy; Only Took Two Weeks

[Verus]

that, and the fact that they were almost certainly going to have to entertain Saunders next, which could have affected Golovkin's marketability even worse

the time was right

Yep. I think the haters should take a deep breath and quiet down for a couple of weeks. It looks to me that Canelo is improving with every fight so it should be a good scrap in September, but to help set the stage it would have been better if Chavez Jr. hadn't gone AWOL and put up a better fight.

[Derranged]

I hope it's in Dallas.

As long as Laurence Cole is kept away from this one...

[Nightfall]

jerry jones is smiling

[PoserExposer]

AT&T stadium would not only attract the biggest Latino demographic but the most seats. This should be a no brainer for GBP and K2.

[Chuckguy]

For all you GGG ****riding haters who claimed he was ducking Canelo 😂😂😂

He ducked him for 2 years but the fights finally made it only took 2 years

[Scipio2009]

thats easy, main events guaranteed their fighter a purse in line with what the event was projected to generate. You know, like every other promoter in the world besides Roc and Haymon.

there was a revenue split beteen Main Events and Roc Nation, and each side was responsible for paying their own guy. Main Events didnt lose money. Roc did. THATS why its put on Ward......

The comment that I responded to attempted to put the "PPV flop" of Kovalev-Ward onto Ward and RocNation, even though the event was led by Kathy Duva's Main Events and Ward/RocNation's contribution to the fight never seemed to go much beyond having Ward show up on fight night and Roc Nation getting some of their prospects onto the undercard.

The "PPV flop" lays largely with Main Events (almost entirely, due to Main Events not letting Roc Nation contribute substantively to the actual event).

Roc Nation has led three fights for Andre Ward (vs Paul Smith, vs Sullivan Barrera, and vs Alexander Brand), and are leading their first PPV fight for Andre Ward in June. If that flops, you can blame it on Roc Nation.

Beyond this conversation, for a person who claims to have been a fight promoter, a lot ends up being pretty sus.

Did Main Events split the MGM Resorts site fee? What about the sponsorships on the event and international money? And what about the actual PPV proceeds (not a fight promoter, but it's pretty public knowledge that proceeds from the PPV come to the lead promoter(s) for up to 12-14 months after the actual PPV fight)?

at least $9m off of the PPV, $3.7m at the gate, sponsors on the live event, Televisa paying for the Mexican TV rights, Sky Sports outbidding BoxNation for the UK TV rights, and the sizable international TV interest in the fight [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey...l_broadcasting ], among other things, and you've got a good deal of revenue in play. $7m to the two main event fighters doesn't seem, to me, like all that much of an ask.

RNS got their money up front (giving Andre Ward a bit of a bump out of their pocket), and Main Events seemingly got the proceeds from the event (guaranteeing Kovalev significantly less on the front end); doubt that Main Events opened up their books to Roc Nation

[Golden Boi 360]

Hopefully no stools in the corner during breaks was in the contract

[Golden Boi 360]

AT&T stadium would not only attract the biggest Latino demographic but the most seats. This should be a no brainer for GBP and K2.

I wonder if this fight can do 100,000? That would be sick.

I doubt it goes to Texas, Vegas is where the money is

[PoserExposer]

Absolutely it can. Vegas would command a higher gate but there's nowhere in Vegas or west of the Mississippi that could pack 100,000 people and the biggest Jumbotron for all to see than AT&T stadium.

I happen to like the MGM and the Thomas & Mack, there's not a bad seat in the house but neither compare to AT&T stadium for a live event.

I wonder if this fight can do 100,000? That would be sick.

I doubt it goes to Texas, Vegas is where the money is

[aboutfkntime]

He ducked him for 2 years but the fights finally made it only took 2 years

2 years ago, lil'G was still ducking Ward

chill man..... you should try to be classy, because your boy is about to get dished up by a fat red kid with freckles