Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin bring in boxing's third-highest gate in history!

[lolpz]

Of course not. They would rather keep calling him Mr. 97K to make themselves feel better.

Let's be real here...I mean GGG can bring in decent ratings but the true star is Canelo, and the fact it did as well as it did was because Canelo was fighting GGG and everyone knew it would be a great fight.

You put Canelo vs a tomato can

Take that tomato can and put him vs GGG

Do 2 seperate ppv's and tell me Canelo wouldn't blow GGG out of the water in sales.

You guys are trying to give Golovkin WAY too much credit in the star power department. Don't get carried away because you love him so much.

[GrandmasterWang]

Great, increases chances of a 2018 rematch.

[kidbazooka]

Great fight without a doubt.

Props to both but we know who really brought in the fans.

War canelo.

[kidbazooka]

Let's be real here...I mean GGG can bring in decent ratings but the true star is Canelo, and the fact it did as well as it did was because Canelo was fighting GGG and everyone knew it would be a great fight.

You put Canelo vs a tomato can

Take that tomato can and put him vs GGG

Do 2 seperate ppv's and tell me Canelo wouldn't blow GGG out of the water in sales.

You guys are trying to give Golovkin WAY too much credit in the star power department. Don't get carried away because you love him so much.

This.

Canelo was the main guy here.

Nuff said.

[Madison Boxing]

noones heard of golovkin outside of this forum doe...

[SilverMiles]

Let's be real here...I mean GGG can bring in decent ratings but the true star is Canelo, and the fact it did as well as it did was because Canelo was fighting GGG and everyone knew it would be a great fight.

You put Canelo vs a tomato can

Take that tomato can and put him vs GGG

Do 2 seperate ppv's and tell me Canelo wouldn't blow GGG out of the water in sales.

You guys are trying to give Golovkin WAY too much credit in the star power department. Don't get carried away because you love him so much.

To a degree you right but at the same time don't want to give Golovkin the credit he deserves.

He's a decent A side fighter who can carry a small PPV by himself similar to Marquez but a very strong B side who helps generate big numbers against A side fighters. There's very few pairings in boxing today that generate these numbers.

Many Golovkin fans rate his drawing power accurately but his detractors just don't want to admit the guy is one of boxing premier champions.

[snoopy360]

Glad the fight did as well as it did. At this point the rematch should do just as good. Anyone concerned with who is the A side or the B side is just arguing to argue. Both dudes brought something to the table and the formula brought in a ton of cash.

[soul_survivor]

All this is with barely a 10th of the production and hype budget that May/Mac/Pac have had.

Thats impressive.

[The Big Dunn]

Great news imo. 2nd and 3rd highest gates ever. Good year for boxing. Shows that Floyd/ Conor helped this fight. Hopefully this fight helps interest in others as well.

[uppercut510]

Great for boxing but somehow it will be a point of contention and bring new arguments amongst boxing fans