Comments Thread For: Oscar De La Hoya: Canelo Alvarez 'Very Close To Signing a Deal'

[whoseyourdaddy]

For the money they paid him it’s no where near enough...other Mayweather who was the A side ggg was only fighter to helped him get good numbers

Really!? I clearly remembered Jacobs 1.3 million subscribers, I remember JCC Jr. doing over a million PPVs, vs Cotto 980K PPVs and vs Mayweather 2.2 million. Nugget please! Go educate yourself in the matter you ignorant fool!

[Shadoww702]

Just keep fighting the weakest champion and the plan will work out. 🥊

Weakest Champion??? how soo? He's ranked #1 by BoxingRec
#2 ESPN
Ring Magazine #2
P4P #11

Should be 1-1 with Andre Ward

[ruedboy]

The question is, were Chavez JR at 164 and Fielding at 168, risky fights?
Serious fans would say Lara and GGG were his riskiest fights.
Kudos to Alvarez for coming away with a draw and 2 close controversial decisions in those three fights .
But avoiding a third fight with GGG shows the diva don't want to risk losing.

[whoseyourdaddy]

I'd say that is highly unlikely however, once the kovalev fight is announced, it would be interesting to see who these other fighters DLH claims to have been negotiating actually are!
Equally insightful would be how much these other fighters were actually offered. As we all know it's easy to say " they didn't want the fight" if they've only been offered a derisory purse!

If they gonna be like Derevyanchenko and reject 5 million, then they can all go fight someone else or each other for a million or million 1/2 as simple as that. Canelo do not owes them anything.

[Shadoww702]

You are right, this is not an easy fight for Canelo. It is 50/50 at best. I favor Kovalev at this point. If Kovalev is considered old now, then there is no point in Canelo fighting GGG, because GGG is older than Kovalev. Folks should get a grip and understand that this is a very interesting match-up.

Kovalov didn't look old to me his last two fights? I mean he knocked the dude out with a JAB! This is INSANE ppl are calling a Middleweight a duck for fighting a Light HW??? I would bet $$$$ On Kovalov to beat GGG, Jacobs, and any else at 175. And I would bet him to beat Callum , Bivol, and Artur Beterbiev. The only one I wouldn't bet is against Oleksandr Gvozdyk. But I bet that would be a HELL of a fight! And if odds right I would take Kov then

[Shadoww702]

The question is, were Chavez JR at 164 and Fielding at 168, risky fights?
Serious fans would say Lara and GGG were his riskiest fights.
Kudos to Alvarez for coming away with a draw and 2 close controversial decisions in those three fights .
But avoiding a third fight with GGG shows the diva don't want to risk losing.

??? The real Diva said NO to Charlo and Andrade TWICE to fight Vanes and Rolls. Do I also have to remind you GGG has NO belts and DEMANDED the 3rd fight be in NY?

And who says GGG even beats Sergiy?? That ISN'T an easy fight and he will have his trainer back like he didn't have against Jacobs.

[lieutenant]

The question is, were Chavez JR at 164 and Fielding at 168, risky fights?
Serious fans would say Lara and GGG were his riskiest fights.
Kudos to Alvarez for coming away with a draw and 2 close controversial decisions in those three fights .
But avoiding a third fight with GGG shows the diva don't want to risk losing.

Canelo is going up to 175lbs to face a top 3 champion, you don't consider this a risk? You must hold Canelo in high regard.

GGG got his face broken in the second fight. He was sent to the shadow realm for 9 months, in that same time Canelo got a title at 168 and unified middleweight titles against Jacobs. You need to move on like GGG appears to have done.

[QballLobo]

As soon as the fight is signed the Canelo hater squad will hype up Kov as the next hope for them to see Canelo take an L.
Kovalev is getting his retirement fund to cash out his strap at 175.

[whoseyourdaddy]

very easy fight for clenelo. Kova is slow as hell and weak in the body. 🥊

Dumb @ss Kovalev beat/outboxed Ward in the first fight, he easily beat Alvarez in the rematch and easily beat the younger more athletic Yarde, it’s gotta be because he was so slow and shot, right?

[stealthradon]

in that same time Canelo got a title at 168.

So GGG beat Hopkins MW defense record?