If you were DAZN, would you drop Canelo??

[boliodogs]

It depends on how the contract is set up. If they could get out of it then I think they should.It was an 11 fight deal for 365 million and he has nine fights left. I don't think he will be fighting for 9 more fights. He could lose to a number of top fighters and then the magic and super stardom and franchise championship are gone.

[turnedup]

I expected a few more posts like these, but I think that's because I do all the purchasing for my biz so my mind is constantly thinking about profit. I don't see how they can make profit paying him 32 million to fight guys who have no value.

But, I also see the "he's all they have" argument. That's valid. But, if he's all they have and they can't make profit on him, then they don't have a business. His worth is not unlimited. That's why no one else was willing to pay that money.

Anyhow, I think it's just an interesting subject. There's no right answers.

Same here, the bottom line and the spread is what its about. Burn rate being cool and all when your investors have deep pockets but you can't burn forever. It's an issue that plagues a ton of businesses especially tech. You can't rely on one product to have longevity, yeah you can make a ton of cash on it but the odds are against it. DAZN can't be the Canelo network either, they have to be known as the go-to place for fights, not just his fights. I think they were trying to achieve that reputation of the go to place but that 32 million can go far being spread out intelligently. In the end it'll come down to how long before Oscar fks this situation up anyway.

[The Big Dunn]

TRY to put your love/hate for the guy aside for a sec. Assuming they did the normal they did the normal thing and gave themselves the ability to get out of the contract, would you back out of the Canelo deal if you were working at DAZN and trying to get to profitable?

DAZN overpaid Canelo because they wanted to fast-track their way into the streaming biz. There's a lot of speculation that the Jacobs event failed to bring in major subs, and now the guy doesn't want to fight GG (which was why they brought GG onboard) and there's talks about guys like Munguia. DAZN can't be happy.

I don't have a real opinion as I don't know enough about their metrics. Curious to hear what people here would do though.

I don’t think you consider dropping him at this point.

I think you have to face the realization that if you want Americans to buy Dazn you need to have the biggest draw fight quality American opponents.

I don’t think the us audience wants to see any more fights with British fighters they don’t know. I also don’t think us fans want to see cw fights with guys they think are washed up.

You keep Canelo and use your vast resources to make fights with Americans .

[Fanofreason]

It made no sense for Dazn to break into America using Hearn. Then the panic and overpay Canelo.

What a botch for the start.