Sounds like Hearn won the Saunders/Andrade purse bid

[Kezzer]

Agree with everything you said other than the final part.

If HBO offer good money.. or any other network for that matter that Hearn can't or won't match..he will let fighters fight on showtime or HBO if it's in their interest.

AGRee . I suspect he will try to do a deal with DAZN get the fight after a lag e.g 3 days; something like that - for big fights he could earn money elsewhere.

[Curt Henning]

Andrade a top 5 middleweight? Are you high?

Based on what? He has had ONE fight at middleweight - versus a mediocre ShoBox fighter, Alantez Fox - and he got knocked down before winning a decision.

Yes, Andrade is skilled, but he's been fighting at 154 - and his resume isn't even that good there. What's his best win? A split decision over Vanes at 154? A 12th round TKO of Willie Nelson at 154, who had already lost to Vanes? Neither of those wins makes him a top 5 middleweight? In the biggest fight of his career - a title shot vs Charlo - Andrade was a no-show. He pulled out of the fight.

And hate to burst your bubble - but GGG and Canelo both have exclusive contracts with HBO. Since Andrade has an exclusive contract with DAZN, he won't be fighting Golovkin or Canelo anytime soon.

im from RI along with andrade...ive been following him since his am days and really pulling for him since he turned pro....but id have to agree with most of that....even his win against culcay wasnt very impressive at all....

the whole charlo thing though...im not so sure that was really his fault...although it might have been...there was never any obvious clarity as far as i could see.....he claimed roc nation told him to back out and they would still pay him for the fight....they backed out after he backed out so he claimed..i know he filed a suit but think it got dropped...not sure if they settled or he dropped it altogether......could never really tell if he was lying or not

[rickJen]

Hearn is after the title.
Just like he and Brook went after Porter's in the US for $200K.
See how ridiculous Wilder looks?
4 titles, $15 million.

[KTFOKING]

Andrade a top 5 middleweight? Are you high?

Based on what? He has had ONE fight at middleweight - versus a mediocre ShoBox fighter, Alantez Fox - and he got knocked down before winning a decision.

Yes, Andrade is skilled, but he's been fighting at 154 - and his resume isn't even that good there. What's his best win? A split decision over Vanes at 154? A 12th round TKO of Willie Nelson at 154, who had already lost to Vanes? Neither of those wins makes him a top 5 middleweight? In the biggest fight of his career - a title shot vs Charlo - Andrade was a no-show. He pulled out of the fight.

And hate to burst your bubble - but GGG and Canelo both have exclusive contracts with HBO. Since Andrade has an exclusive contract with DAZN, he won't be fighting Golovkin or Canelo anytime soon.

Um yes, two top 5 MWs. If you want to get technical and say he hasn't proven anything at the weight, then fine. So top 5 MW talents. Is that better?

LOL @ split decision vs Vanes. Hilarious how fan boys count GGG beating Canelo in a legitimate close fight yet use the final verdict of a one sided fight against Andrade. The man landed DOUBLE the punches Vanes did and NO ONE watching the fight live thought it was close at all. One judge was on drugs scoring it for Vanes. That was a clear decision, and it was a more dominant performance than Lara or Charlo had against Vanes.

Buddy, Andrade vs Canelo would be PPV so DAZN exclusive contract is irrelevant. Hearn said he will let his fighters fight on PPV as they would make more money there than with DAZN. Now, against GGG would that be PPV? Something tells me GGG isn't fighting Andrade for regular HBO money. If GGG beats Canelo, you could bet he's fighting on PPV from here on out. So yes, both fights are possible, as is the fight with Jacobs if he is to beat Derevyanchenko.

[boliodogs]

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No, he didn't. There was no purse bid. A deal was made without a purse bid.

[boliodogs]

No surprise and I love it. This is a quality quality match up. Two top 5 MWs going at it. Winner has to be in play for the GGG/Canelo winner.

I'm going with Andrade in a close decision, but this is pretty much a pick-em.

Sorry for nit picking but I think Andrade is a top 6 middleweight at best. GGG, Canelo, Saunders, Jacobs and Jermall should all be ranked higher than him in my opinion and maybe a couple of others as well. He only has one win at middleweight and that guy stunk even worse than Jermall's two middleweight opponents. At least Jermall KOed his two lousy middleweights quickly.

[KTFOKING]

Sorry for nit picking but I think Andrade is a top 6 middleweight at best. GGG, Canelo, Saunders, Jacobs and Jermall should all be ranked higher than him in my opinion and maybe a couple of others as well. He only has one win at middleweight and that guy stunk even worse than Jermall's two middleweight opponents. At least Jermall KOed his two lousy middleweights quickly.

That's fine, say top 6, but I think he will prove to be one of the absolute best at MW when it is all said and done. None of these guys will go undefeated if they fought in a round robin. I think Andrade will beat BJS, but it hasn't happened yet so fair to rate BJS higher.

Very good division now that hopefully will have one King when it is all over.

[BennyBlanco]

Buddy, Andrade vs Canelo would be PPV so DAZN exclusive contract is irrelevant. Hearn said he will let his fighters fight on PPV as they would make more money there than with DAZN. Now, against GGG would that be PPV? Something tells me GGG isn't fighting Andrade for regular HBO money. If GGG beats Canelo, you could bet he's fighting on PPV from here on out. So yes, both fights are possible, as is the fight with Jacobs if he is to beat Derevyanchenko.

Ummmm, no. DAZN business plan is put all the big fights on the DAZN service. They explicitly said they are trying to eliminate PPV, so they're not letting fighters leave for PPV fights.

[KTFOKING]

Ummmm, no. DAZN business plan is put all the big fights on the DAZN service. They explicitly said they are trying to eliminate PPV, so they're not letting fighters leave for PPV fights.

No, Hearn never said he is trying to eliminate PPV. He even said some fights have to be on PPV as they wouldn't be able to match. You are out of your f'n mind if you think Canelo will fight on DAZN. Is that a sick joke? And if GGG beats Canelo in the rematch, I highly doubt he fights outside of PPV the rest of his career.

[ThelronMike]

Bucktooth British clowns saying it is a good fight(Which it is), while at the same time claiming that Wilder-Fury is some sort of PR move.

If Fury was promoted by Hearn these Hearn/DEEZ NUTS **** suckers would be singing a different tune.

Glad this fight is happening though.