Canelo, and his leverage, are rolling over GGG and DAZN

[kidbazooka]

He looks like a pampered bytch, not a fighter. I don't care if he's the A side pop star and all you cheerleaders are going to sing about how he can do anything because he's popular. You keep worshiping stars and I'll be rooting for the actual boxers who got balls and are getting in there and fighting.

You do realize ggg is the one with zero balls right?

Tell his scary ass to fight a legit fighter next instead of trying to get another freebie.

[kidbazooka]

Canelo owns ggg dazn and they can’t do ****tt about it

[filup79]

If you define entitled as: being the best possible opponent for winning the first fight in the eyes of the people, losing a close decision in the rematch and being the consensus best fight in the division...Then yeah. And i guess a lot of other great champions have been entitled before and since because trilogies have been made on much lesser qualifications.

Anyways, do you think dazn wants to make the fight based on ggg being "entitled" or because they are going to make loads of money/subs?

Since when was ggg not game to fight another mw? Dazn is trying to make the fight happen now for obvious reasons. Is g supposed to say no? If youre ggg do you pass up the main course to fill up on sides?

GGG wasn't willing to fight Andrade and chose Rolls. Wasn't willing to fight Charlo to be Canelos mandatory. Wasn't willing to fight Derv and chose Vanes. Will he fight Derv for the vacant IBF or Andrade for the WBO now that he won't get a Canelo fight. Manny went years without rematching Marquez, people had no problem.

[LetOutTheCage]

All these supposed boxing fans celebrating because Canelo is refusing to fight, just let that sink in for a minute.

[kafkod]

exactly

so you WERE lying when you said this.....

First ... a question cannot be a lie. That's logically absurd, like most of the rubbish you come out with.

Read the statement by Hearn and the response to it from Gomez again and highlight the part which you believe means that Canelo asked to fight Andrade and DAZN refused to approve it:

"I spoke with Eric Gomez and [Golden Boy matchmaker] Robert Diaz and they asked if Demetrius would be available to fight Canelo in September," Hearn told ESPN on Wednesday. "The answer is a big yes and although I don't think we are first choice, it's the undisputed fight and one Demetrius would be 100 percent ready for. We will see what happens over the next few days."



"Gomez acknowledged the discussion with Hearn but said Alvarez also has other options."

Hearn is DAZN's director of boxing and Andrade's promoter. Why would he be talking about Canelo vs Andrade as a possibility if he knew DAZN had ruled it out?

[Mr. 29K]

As I posted I few weeks ago, Canelo has supreme leverage over DAZN, GGG, he is their daddy, he owns them, he has them by the short and curlies.

Canelo opting not to fight is the pound for pound king putting people in their place, and the fallout cannot be understated.

Here is what it means.

1. Canelo NOT fighting is a disaster for the network, it stands to reason a ton of people will unsubscribe, or not subscribe at all until there is a Canelo fight on tap. AJ/Ruiz 2 will boost subscriptions, but does not take place until around the time Canelo will start promoting his next fight. So DAZN is up sh/ts creek right now, no attractions on the scale of Canelo, just old a$$ GGG, boring a$$ Andrade, faded Danny Jacobs, and gate keepers. Now that Canelo is out, people are going to use those jail broken fire sticks for the rest of the lot. DAZN is going to lose money, and so is GGG, Canelo's decision is meant to punish both parties, and remind them who is boss, he literally put the both of him on his lap, and spanked them in front of the entire planet.

2. As I said a couple weeks ago, Canelo should seek a buyout, DAZN really believed they could force a GGG fight, and Canelo feels strongly enough about it to turn his back on Mexican Independence Day weekend, that says quite a bit, that says that Canelo is willing to go down with the ship to get his respect, and maintain his position. DAZN should cut the cord, because Canelo isn't fighting GGG anytime soon, nor does he need to to break that bank, and no way in hell is he going to have anything to dictated to him as he is one the most dynamic box office draws boxing as ever seen.

3. GGG is in the Bermuda Triangle of boxing, his persona, his earning potential, is entirely based on the box office appeal of his another fighter. He does not want any fights that are competitive, not unless he has physical advantages, he easily could go after Kovalev, or Smith, or rematch Jacobs, or even go after Andrade, but he is so bt^ch made at this point, that will only take a risk if a massive payday is involved.

Canelo freezing him out has marooned GGG, he is a financial liability to the network without Canelo, or a serious threat, Canelo just shrunk GGG's profitability, he makes much less if there is no Canelo fight, or any belts, people need to remember that the term "could be worth up to $100 million" is a loose term, that's in the event he maximizes his bonus schedule, fights Canelo, and collects belts. Right now? He isn't doing that, and unless he grows a pair, it aint going to happen, Canelo's decision makes GGG much less relevant than he was even yesterday.

The realist shyt I’ve ever read. Green k

[kafkod]

All these supposed boxing fans celebrating because Canelo is refusing to fight, just let that sink in for a minute.

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[ruedboy]

All these supposed boxing fans celebrating because Canelo is refusing to fight, just let that sink in for a minute.

You're right. It used to be fans admired fighters for moves they made in the ring, now it's guys raving about how their guy made all this money and avoided fighting any contenders in his division. You can't make this sh/t up.

[Scopedog]

DAZN offered Canelo 365 million for 11 fights total. That's 33+ million a fight. Put it this way, if I'd have signed up to a contract worth that much I'd fight King Kong if they asked me to. I don't think it's unreasonable for DAZN to at least ask Canelo to fight the most immediate and in-demand challengers that are in his division and in the same stable. There's something especially pathetic about him refusing to play ball like this when DAZN are offering him that much money to do something perfectly reasonable.

[Lance98]

GGG's dumb a$$ keeps waiting on canelo and making decisions dictated by canelo's decisions, and I think he is someone who will fail hard as a promoter if that is his goal for the future. He contradicts himself, can't talk for *****, let's canelo's team make decisions for him like a puppy and now both him and canelo have stalled their next fights. GGG is too much of a coward to make power moves like facing andrade for the belt so that he has more negotiating power if there were to be a canelo/ggg 3. He doesn't want no parts of charlo because charlo has a mean streak. GGG is turned into the biggest joke of boxing and I hope his die hard fans see through him and call him out on social media about it.