Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Explains Why Canelo-Golovkin Belonged in Vegas

[BigStomps]

i hope they do! canelo vs charlo, canelo vs jacobs, canelo vs spence maybe some day... jo jo diaz vs santa cruz or mares

Thats who I really want.
I think JoJo Diaz is ready to step up to Santa Cruz and Mares.
Will he win? IDK but I would like to find out

[Verus]

I don't think so. If Chavez/Canelo can do over 1 million I'm sure this should be able to.

But then again GGG fans don't even know about this fight. Some POS RTARD earlier keeps saying Canelo is ducking GGG.

I hope it does attract a wide audience. It is a fight the boxing media and fans have been clamoring for, but the general public is unaware. We shall see.

[Verus]

I don't buy this as a avid PPV nerd. I think the fact the two biggest PPV stars in boxing over the last decade & more who are retired although comebacking in August & just took a L Saturday not being in the sport or the same draw as they used to be accounting for all the 1M+ buy fights over the last 15 years in boxing (minus the alleged 1M mark Canelo vs Chavez hit recently) has more to do with the less impressive figures we've seen lately.

Until Conor went down the boxing rabbithole, Rousey took her ball & went home & other previous MMA PPV draws started turning down fights &/or getting old & less of a draw themselves the UFC was putting in record PPV numbers for them & they have 5 of the 6 1M buy PPV's in combat sports since the Floyd vs Manny fight.

PPV isn't dead its merely sleeping til boxing finds its next stars or the biggest names around right now claim that superstar level perhaps with a win over GGG for Canelo or a win over Wilder for Joshua or some other guy makes himself known more to the casual fans.

I don't think that the younger generation is into boxing that much so it will be difficult for anyone to become a superstar and known to a wider audience. But, I hope you are right.

[p4ptbe]

thats who i really want.
I think jojo diaz is ready to step up to santa cruz and mares.
Will he win? Idk but i would like to find out

jo jo is a very smart fighter! I personally like jo jo to beat valdez! Diaz has a good jab and better footwork than valdez! Santa cruz might be too much but mares is a winnable fight for him probably!

[Eff Pandas]

I don't think that the younger generation is into boxing that much so it will be difficult for anyone to become a superstar and known to a wider audience. But, I hope you are right.

I hope I'm wrong actually. I think the sport of boxing is better off without PPV & with big fights reaching a broader audience via national TV, basic cable &/or on some widely available streaming platform.

BUT I don't see anything the guys digging PPV boxings grave are saying that aren't more correctly surmised by looking at past numbers & who those past numbers are overwhelming attributed to & their current status in the game. That along with the fact no one has come all that close to filling their shoes yet is the main reason "numbers are down".

But numbers always go up & down. And the reality is boxing had its peak PPV buy year in 2015 with 6M PPV buys which broke the previous record in 2007 (5.5M buys) which broke the record in 1997 (5.1M buys). Was boxing PPV dead in those periods of time between the new PPV buy yearly record being broken or was boxing just searching for the new stars, growing those stars & finding them that big fight that would help break the PPV record eventually? I say the latter.

And its also worth noting that the yearly 6M high point PPV number could be surpassed this year if Conor vs Floyd & GGG vs Canelo do the numbers some are suggesting they could.

[etech1]

RTARD do you know they are fighting in Sept.???? GGG has the DUMBEST POS fans like you that I feel sorry for GGG. He has to explainn why your so fkn DUMB! And no WONDER why he has SHT BUYS!!! You guys are RTARDED and either don't know WHEN he's fighting or act ****** so you don't have to pay...

I'm not reading all your BS. Go change your tampon, and then take a FKing hike fruit loop.

[Verus]

I hope I'm wrong actually. I think the sport of boxing is better off without PPV & with big fights reaching a broader audience via national TV, basic cable &/or on some widely available streaming platform.

BUT I don't see anything the guys digging PPV boxings grave are saying that aren't more correctly surmised by looking at past numbers & who those past numbers are overwhelming attributed to & their current status in the game. That along with the fact no one has come all that close to filling their shoes yet is the main reason "numbers are down".

But numbers always go up & down. And the reality is boxing had its peak PPV buy year in 2015 with 6M PPV buys which broke the previous record in 2007 (5.5M buys) which broke the record in 1997 (5.1M buys). Was boxing PPV dead in those periods of time between the new PPV buy yearly record being broken or was boxing just searching for the new stars, growing those stars & finding them that big fight that would help break the PPV record eventually? I say the latter.

And its also worth noting that the yearly 6M high point PPV number could be surpassed this year if Conor vs Floyd & GGG vs Canelo do the numbers some are suggesting they could.

You make a good case. My faded memory doesn't trump (hate using that word) facts and data. I am old enough to remember when PPV did not exist and boxing was a big deal and not a niche sport, but time marches on.

[p4ptbe]

Thats who I really want.
I think JoJo Diaz is ready to step up to Santa Cruz and Mares.
Will he win? IDK but I would like to find out

i just heard that hopkins confirmed on the breakfast club radio show that jacobs is fighting on canelos undercard.

[BigStomps]

i just heard that hopkins confirmed on the breakfast club radio show that jacobs is fighting on canelos undercard.

Damn for real?? Hell yeah!
Who's he fighting?
Any idea who?

[p4ptbe]

Damn for real?? Hell yeah!
Who's he fighting?
Any idea who?

nah i dont think he revealed that im sure they are waiting to announce that soon maybe! i was hoping for lemeiux but i doubt its him! im trying to brainstorm and think of who it might be...i hope its not marco reyes lmao