Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Gate Record Proves Canelo is Top Draw in Boxing!

[filup79]

Im still curious about the the attendance. They say there was over 22k people in attendance for the fight but they only sold around 17k tickets and comped around 900. So where did those 4k people come from if they didn't buy a ticket or get comped?

[TheCell8]

Golovkin had a lot to do with that, because the gate was $20M more than the Chavez fight.

[filup79]

Something to think about, Canelo/GGG did well at the gate and sold 1.3 million PPVs plus whatever international and theater buys. Canelo/GGG was a big fight but not many people cared to see it. For the circus it was, Floyd/Mac did over 4 mil in PPV, broke the SKY PPV record in the UK with over 1 mil buys, was #9 at the box office in theatres and had over 3 mil people watching illegal streams. People didn't even care to illegally stream the Canelo/GGG like they did Floyd/Mac. I doubt Canelo hits 1 mil PPVs with anyone else other than GGG again.

[Shadoww702]

Im not a FLoyd fan but Don't compare resumes at that age when it comes to Floyd. It's just laughable. Floyd earned his PPV status just like Manny did. Canelo felt entitled and was handed his status. He had his chance to take from Floyd and failed. Only reason he has the Mexican dates is because Floyd retired.

??? Canelo wasnt given sht. He earned it bu fighting nuch better boxers than Floyd did at that age. Floys 40 and aint coming back unless its for another freak show. He will not come back to fight a real boxer.

[Death_Adder]

Not sure bout top draw. That might belong to the boy Joshua.

They were practically giving those tickets away. Besides it's over there in England or whatever.

Bring AJ here to the States and see if he can bring the crowds.

Sell Canelo tickets at those cheap prices and he'd fill up Cowboys stadium.

[filup79]

??? Canelo wasnt given sht. He earned it bu fighting nuch better boxers than Floyd did at that age. Floys 40 and aint coming back unless its for another freak show. He will not come back to fight a real boxer.

Better fighters than Floyd at that age? He's only fought Lara, Floyd, Trout Cotto and now GGG that were top fighters. In all those fights he never really dominate or look good against them. He's beaten old, shot and smaller fighters with a name other than that. Go look at who Floyd had already beaten by 27. And if you don't know any of those names than you must have barely started watching boxing.

[WesternChamp]

fake numbers!!! canelo couldnt have pulled in these numbers since he lost to floyd.

[skinnystev]

they came to see Triple GGG not the running coyote canola nobody likes a runner listen to the boo's

[Pigeons]

What record? Mayweather vs. an MMA fighter doubled their gate at the same venue just 3 weeks prior.

[Lou Cipher]

the only part of this post that has even a sliver of truth in it is that Vegas is Mayweathers home town. The rest of this is opinion, ignorance and straight up lies.

Actually FMJ's hometown is Grand Rapid Michigan so that would be the only disputable information in that post you ignorant donkey ****. So for the rest you are saying Canelo is not a star, youre saying he beat GGG and youre saying his fight against FMJ was not a Majority Decision loss.

You'd better learn your boxing if you're going to come on this site and challenge Lou Cipher, the most knowledgable Boxing Historian by far on this Bro-Board.

It's aboutfkntime you stick to one account for a while. You ****** ass.