Comments Thread For: DAZN Announces Gennady Golovkin's 3-Year, 6-Fight Agreement

[bigdunny1]

What is the target number of subscribers DAZN needs in order to break even? They need at least 500K just to pay for Canelo's contract.

They are not trying to break even. They have more money invested in sports content rights in other countries right now then what they have invested in Canelo and boxing in the US. DAZN is overpaying for boxing to get their foot in the door in the US while it waits for the other major sports rights contracts to expire. When that happens they going to bid like crazy for NFL, NBA, ect. They already own these rights in other countries. They have larger content deal in other countries that make the 365M they giving Canelo look like chump change. They just signed Neymar one of the biggest global stars in soccer

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/neymar-and-mourinho-join-cristiano-ronaldo-as-dazn-global/1a4dg47ubasni1e29wfz9899rj

Neymar and Jose Mourinho have been unveiled as DAZN's latest global ambassadors, joining an elite roster that already includes Cristiano Ronaldo as the streaming service goes live in Spain.

Announced in a press conference on Wednesday, launching in Spain is the next step in DAZN's global expansion.

The money DAZN is spending in the US is a drop in the bucket to the money they spending to keep launching in new countries with huge sports rights deals. Boxing is a tiny fraction of what they are doing. They have deep pockets and I think their end game is to buy up all the content in all these countries then sell to a Apple, Amazon, ect for a fortune.

[Curt Henning]

same formula

put golovkin in against a can he can ko...make him look like a machine again....watch him get his arse kicked by canelo after

yawnnn

[New England]

great...yay lil g!

hes going to get a 3rd fight with canelo and get whooped even worse this time...I think sanchez might even end up stopping....then golovkin fans will cry and make even more excuses ...cant wait!

could have had good fights with lara, hurd and charlo.....

golovkins resume most likely will remain a joke

how is the guy a joke? he beat the guy canelo is about to fight, drew with canelo in a fight a lot of people thought he won, held his own in a loss to canelo when he was at the absolute height of his powers and golovkin was looking very old. was on the pound for pound list for years and you're welcome to name me 10 better fighters each year during the time when golovkin was in the US.


i get it, you don't like the guy, but to call his resume a joke when he's very likely oging to head to the hall of fame, and who was one of the best five boxers on the planet for years, is pathetic and grounds for people to not take you seriously.


so yeah, name 10 better fighters each year from '13-'18. this will be good.

[aaronbnb]

GGG is 36. Took some hard shots from Canelo in the first fight and came into the second, looking way slower and uncoordinated. In the second fight, he took way more shots. GGG going to be KOed in 2019. Calling it!

But seriously, this deal is crazy. Boxing going to put DAZN out of business. 8 figures per fight?!?

[Shadoww702]

You are a bum. Stop criticizing an elite level boxer who had to wait to get old until Ginger would fight him.

Ginger isb10 years younger you dumb ***!!! Prime GGG Canelo was 17??? SMH how DUMB you are

[pillowfists98]

GGG is 36. Took some hard shots from Canelo in the first fight and came into the second, looking way slower and uncoordinated. In the second fight, he took way more shots. GGG going to be KOed in 2019. Calling it!

But seriously, this deal is crazy. Boxing going to put DAZN out of business. 8 figures per fight?!?

I don't think they're even trying to make any money right now. Its all about buying up as much content as possible and expanding into new territories.

[Curt Henning]

how is the guy a joke? he beat the guy canelo is about to fight, drew with canelo in a fight a lot of people thought he won, held his own in a loss to canelo when he was at the absolute height of his powers and golovkin was looking very old. was on the pound for pound list for years and you're welcome to name me 10 better fighters each year during the time when golovkin was in the US.


i get it, you don't like the guy, but to call his resume a joke when he's very likely oging to head to the hall of fame, and who was one of the best five boxers on the planet for years, is pathetic and grounds for people to not take you seriously.


so yeah, name 10 better fighters each year from '13-'18. this will be good.

Jacobs was considered a joke by golovkins own fans "he got destroyed by pirog", "he got dropped by mora ffs", and "who does he think he is" when they thought he was ducking over money

then when the fight was close we had to listen "danny is practically a cruiserweight"

its cool...I get it...people want to elevate the guy for knocking out b-/C level comp for years....great...I personally am not impressed

when youre beating up on Curtis stevens who was beaten by jesse Brinkley and marcos primera I'm not impressed

saunders is a decent fighter but nothing great...and he toyed with Lemieux.....im not impressed by a career MW pulling up kell brook two classes after making fun of canelo for the khan fight...maybe you are?

meanwhile he talked and talked(well maybe it was his promoter and trainer) but tucked his tail when ward was available to fight...in order to fight brook and dom wade...

I cant respect the man...I just cant....and its not a race thing..i don't dog loma, usyk, or any of the EE guys like him.....hes just smoke and mirros.....he finally stepped up and he looked slightly better than good to me....I was actually expecting more from a man that came with such a rep

[Ake-Dawg]

Does GGG still have to fight in the WBC eliminator? Would Alvarez drop the green belt to fight the trilogy if they didn't approve?

[bigdunny1]

They have not come in to the US market to corner fight sports. They have come in to the US market to dominate sports. Look at the other countries they are active in. Fight sports are their loss leading entry in to the market. Which is great for the fighters.

They launched in the US in what Sept or Oct? By March they have completely taken over Boxing. They have the 2 biggest stars and GGG is probably the next biggest star other then Manny Pacquiao. And not to mention all the other fighters under their stable now. And they did that in just 5-6 months. The only reason they haven't done this yet for the other major US sports is because they have to wait for those network deals to expire. NFL's Sunday ticket contract with Directv will end later this year. There are already reports DAZN is ready to bid like crazy for that.

But like you said Boxing is not their end game.

[Curt Henning]

how is the guy a joke? he beat the guy canelo is about to fight, drew with canelo in a fight a lot of people thought he won, held his own in a loss to canelo when he was at the absolute height of his powers and golovkin was looking very old. was on the pound for pound list for years and you're welcome to name me 10 better fighters each year during the time when golovkin was in the US.


i get it, you don't like the guy, but to call his resume a joke when he's very likely oging to head to the hall of fame, and who was one of the best five boxers on the planet for years, is pathetic and grounds for people to not take you seriously.


so yeah, name 10 better fighters each year from '13-'18. this will be good.

and to amend my first reply...

there was probably a good 2 year period where lara was wanting a fight and lara would have made the best name on his resume

and he never came close to considering it...even his promoter said lara brought no fans or money(like the guys he did fight did?)....lara was known and had headlined a lot of shows in the US on premium and regular cable

but because he was lefthanded and a spoiler they never once considered him....because they liked picking guys they were pretty certain they could KO