Have DAZN screwed themselves with the Canelo deal?

[Fangedgrowl]

There's a reason for Canelo signing with DAZN. He gets a series of guaranteed paydays, with the lone stipulation of selling Hearn on his opponents. As for PPV, we know he won't take on all prime top contenders and ODLH won't offer them top dollar. Has the name Charlo even crossed his lips?

I have heard enough of Charlo. Canelo whips him in a New York Minute and everyone on here knows this. Canelo should just fight for legacy now. GGG, Ramirez, Benavidez, Bivol, and Beterbiev. Screw all this fight deal stuff. Quit fighting guys who have not earned a payday. Heck he could even fight The japanese middle weight?!

[SUBZER0ED]

I have heard enough of Charlo. Canelo whips him in a New York Minute and everyone on here knows this. Canelo should just fight for legacy now. GGG, Ramirez, Benavidez, Bivol, and Beterbiev. Screw all this fight deal stuff. Quit fighting guys who have not earned a payday. Heck he could even fight The japanese middle weight?!

If he fights Charlo, part of Canelo's legacy will be that he got his ass beat by him. As for "earning" a fight, Charlo is the WBC champion. If Alvarez is so badass, let him try and take it. Cantnelo vacated his WBO LHW belt six weeks after winning it from Kovalev, so he won't be fighting any of those big boys you named any time soon. The only "legacy" fight that you mentioned which he may actually take is a third one against an aging Golovkin.

[Mooshashi]

Yes and they'll be worse off without him

I watch DAZN almost daily for news, interviews, other sports.
All without Canelo.

DAZN should declare an "act of God" for that contract, the act being the pandemic. It was working out just fine before COVID, now it's another story.

If Lomo will fight for next to nothing during these troubling times, so should Canelo...for a legacy fight, like Lomo is doing.

[Mister Wolf]

It was a bad business decision born from them being desperate to get into the US Market. Both should go their separate way.

[BoxingIsGreat]

DAZN and Canelo need to end their agreement IMO. Canelo is better off on PPV and DAZN is better off doing weekly cards with their British guys and making AJ their top guy.

You mean do it in the UK, right? I'm all for that.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Canelo shouldn't take anything less than his guarantee. Otherwise, show DAZN the door back to the UK and Europe. Hopefully, it stays there.

[sicko]

It was clear from day one that DAZN wouldn't work and it won't work BUT as a boxing fan I'm glad they came in and at least tired and spend a lot of money on the sport of boxing and tried to make big fights

The issue is the Politics and Divide in boxing among promoters making it impossible to make the big fights when Networks want the big fights. Even with them having Canelo, GGG, Andrade, Callum, Billy Joe...they still can't make fights among those fighters!

Boxing is a SH^TTY Investment and a waste and you're seeing exactly WHY! Instead of committing all that money to Fighters and Promoters in Exclusive Deals, they should've just offered to pay for BIG FIGHTS ONLY regardless of Fighters or Promoter

[champion4ever]

It was clear from day one that DAZN wouldn't work and it won't work BUT as a boxing fan I'm glad they came in and at least tired and spend a lot of money on the sport of boxing and tried to make big fights

The issue is the Politics and Divide in boxing among promoters making it impossible to make the big fights when Networks want the big fights. Even with them having Canelo, GGG, Andrade, Callum, Billy Joe...they still can't make fights among those fighters!

Boxing is a SH^TTY Investment and a waste and you're seeing exactly WHY!

Agreed; In addition Boxing it's a niche sport. Now there's only just a handful of hardcore boxing fans even bother to watch it nowadays in the U.S.

[BoxingIsGreat]

It was clear from day one that DAZN wouldn't work and it won't work BUT as a boxing fan I'm glad they came in and at least tired and spend a lot of money on the sport of boxing and tried to make big fights

The issue is the Politics and Divide in boxing among promoters making it impossible to make the big fights when Networks want the big fights. Even with them having Canelo, GGG, Andrade, Callum, Billy Joe...they still can't make fights among those fighters!

Boxing is a SH^TTY Investment and a waste and you're seeing exactly WHY!

I blame all that on Hearn alone. Good riddance if they actually leave boxing. Then better fights might happen.

[Shadoww702]

LeBron James gets paid $37M to play 6 preseason games, 82 regular season games, plus the postseason. Canelo gets paid the same to fight for one night, typically as the overwhelming favorite.

Boxing pay is dumb. No one watches the sport, no one knows the competitors, yet they still get paid what they do. And on top of that, we rarely get even odds fights. What a pathetic sport.

Did you just compare dribbling a ball to getting punched in the face?? Are you fkn ****** or RTARDED???