Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez vs. Rocky Fielding on December 15 at MSG

[RespekonMyName]

Who the fook is this guy?!

[Truth Serum]

Name one thing I said that wasn't factual? GGG for over 5 years said he would move up to 168 instead he stayed fighting bums at 160. Canelo doing something GGG never did. 3 division champ and a new belt to add to the ones he took from GGG.

GGG vs Rocky Feelding is laughable... but for Canelo, he can fight this guy because of a tough beating he took... rumor is they used a plastic surgeon to remove Canelo's vagina GGG put over his left eye... GGG vs Charlo is the fight people wants... No GGG, no PPV for Canelo!

[juandabomb]

Who the fook is this guy?!

that's what everyone is saying..LMAO

[Mammoth]

I'll support this. Put Bunguia on the undercard.

[juandabomb]

How can this fight be sanctioned? Rocky is a bum.

Wins over James Tucker, Olegs Fedotovs, Jamie Ambler and Paul Morby don't count for much when you get KO"d in one by Callum. Wow.

Talk about a cherry picking, ducking, dck sucking btich

The only question is "what color fishnets will Oscar wear?

LOL they are sacrificing a lamb on dec 15

[Boxing Logic]

Awful fight, but no surprise Canelo is fighting at 168. Even to compete with old GGG, Canelo had to roid up to a natural 168 pounder, before using certain tricks, Im sure, to get down to 160 for one night. That's why HBO showed the fight night weights with Jacobs, when they were trying to make GGG look good for the Canelo fight, but did not show the fight night weights for either Canelo fight, when they wanted to make Canelo look good. Canelo needed a weight class worth of a weight advantage in the ring to take GGG's shots.

Anyway, I wont be watching. Boycott Canelo.

[MONGOOSE66]

Fielding is 6’1 and looks like he doesn’t fight tall, has no jab, fairly slow and likes to hook. Custom made for Canelo. Only thing in his favor is he’s big and the fight is at 168.

[Scipio2009]

Why not?

If you're in the Canelo business you got a guaranteed audience for bs fights like this & a nice casual fanbase for the big fights. More value in Canelo's bs fights then a lot of guys' legit fights.

I would think Showtime is the favorite to get Canelo's services with them being the most proven PPV entity in the game now. And I'd make DAZN the 3rd place choice since they don't appear to have any PPV options beyond their regular subscription price.

Getting into the Canelo business, unless my understanding is wrong, is going to also come with getting into the Golden Boy Promotions business as well.

After all of the money that's been committed to Haymon/boxing in general, I find it pretty difficult to fathom Showtime paying the $10m-$20m (Bob Arum allegedly got $30m from ESPN for his fighters) for the dates that Oscar is likely to want for the rest of his guys to let Showtime stage the PPVs.

This is all on the assumption of a basically symbiotic relationship between Golden Boy/Canelo, but I'd have DAZN as the odds on favorite to Canelo simply because they have a believed billion dollar US TV deal and near-no talent to showcase.

Signing the Golden Boy package gives Hearn Alvarez for the US TV (it'll hurt, but I think $20m per fight is doable for DAZN), but it also gets Hearn Lemieux, Ryan Garcia, Joseph Diaz Jr, Jason Quigley and others to pair with Andrade, Jessie Vargas, Daniel Jacobs for however long that deal wins, and any other fighter he can get to co-promote or sign (outside of the few prospect he signed, everyone else seems to be on short-term deals of 2-3 fights).


If there's a chance to just get Canelo, then yes, Showtime is the likely favorite. Jermall Charlo will be the first PPV fight, Derevyanchenko or Jacobs will shortly be coming back with the IBF 160lb belt, and the WBO belt is left on the outside looking in. Add in the exciting fights at 168 and Showtime's announcing crew generally calling fights fair (as long as it's a great fight, neither guy is looked at as being lesser), and you've got a great home for the one fighter.

[Truth Serum]

Eddie Hearn might just pulled off something massive here if this fight is on DAZN. Even if it’s a one off deal it will go a long way in showing he’s a major player

And loses a ton of money in this investment... No one wants to watch boxing on an app or computer... not buying into this or espn+... I'm going to miss HBO boxing but at least I still have Showtime, ESPN in HD, and PBC!

[KO MX]

Awful fight, but no surprise Canelo is fighting at 168. Even to compete with old GGG, Canelo had to roid up to a natural 168 pounder, before using certain tricks, Im sure, to get down to 160 for one night. That's why HBO showed the fight night weights with Jacobs, when they were trying to make GGG look good for the Canelo fight, but did not show the fight night weights for either Canelo fight, when they wanted to make Canelo look good. Canelo needed a weight class worth of a weight advantage in the ring to take GGG's shots.

Anyway, I wont be watching. Boycott Canelo.

You looked the last Canelo fight idiot? He was smaller than Lil g