Comments Thread For: Canelo-Kovalev Generates $8.173 Million, 10,005 Tickets Sold

[Clubber Pac]

This article is misleading.

The Jacobs fight was in May, this fight was in November, Cinco De Mayo is a much bigger boxing weekend, way more people in town, and that fight only made $500,000 more? That's actually a compliment to Canelo, the fact that it was late in the year on an odd weekend for massive boxing events is impressive.

But you can't ignore that Canelo needs a box office type opponent, which clearly is Charlo at this point.

He fights Charlo in May, it will sell out, people will pay top dollars for tickets, the gate will be more like $15 to $20 million

[lieutenant]

It holds 16,800. It was scaled down to 15K because GB knew ahead of time the event would not sell out - which is why it didn't go to a venue like T-Mobile, which holds 20K.

They didn't fight at the Tmobile Arena because it was already booked by the Vegas Golden Knights, an NHL team...

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

They didn't fight at the Tmobile Arena because it was already booked by the Vegas Golden Knights, an NHL team...

I'm not talking about the same night, I'm talking about going there in general, on any date.

[_Maxi]

so aj/wlad sold 90k tickets and did 11 million live gate? they were only able to squeeze out an extra 3 million out of those other 80k tickets? lol

But they got 80k more people entertained and consuming there.

[OctoberRed]

This article is misleading.

The Jacobs fight was in May, this fight was in November, Cinco De Mayo is a much bigger boxing weekend, way more people in town, and that fight only made $500,000 more? That's actually a compliment to Canelo, the fact that it was late in the year on an odd weekend for massive boxing events is impressive.

But you can't ignore that Canelo needs a box office type opponent, which clearly is Charlo at this point.

He fights Charlo in May, it will sell out, people will pay top dollars for tickets, the gate will be more like $15 to $20 million

Here's a fun fact. Mayweather-Berto sold over 13,400 tickets and did a gate close to $10 million - which everyone at the time said was a huge disappointment.

[Vodkaholic]

Same thing happened after pac and my fought. There was a decline in ticket and ppv sales. Just like canelo and golovkin. It only seems natural tbh

[OctoberRed]

Same thing happened after pac and my fought. There was a decline in ticket and ppv sales. Just like canelo and golovkin. It only seems natural tbh

I actually think it's because there is no real promotion for these fights. DAZN bases everything around social media and obviously that ain't working. When HBO had a major fight, you knew it was a major fight. Half my friends had no idea when or where Canelo was fighting until the week of the fight.

[rolshans]

I actually think it's because there is no real promotion for these fights. DAZN bases everything around social media and obviously that ain't working. When HBO had a major fight, you knew it was a major fight. Half my friends had no idea when or where Canelo was fighting until the week of the fight.

...but Canelo just sold 8m+?

[Thuglife Nelo]

You have no idea what you're talking about. They have spent a fortune already on building their brand. They are seeking 500 million in funding because the overall owner is no longer willing to spend his own money to bankroll it.

There is no value for any company to "overspend" which DAZN themselves admits has not been helpful for them because everyone is now looking for big money.

Chavez Jr is getting $6 million for Jacobs, who is getting more than that obviously. They are pissing money away.

And what does Andy Ruiz have to do with anything? He's a PBC fighter and heading back to Fox or Showtime - win or lose against Joshua.

Yeah yeah we heard it all before, ''Haymon overspent...'' and look where we are now. Whom are the next gen of PBC fighters to carry Haymon's business? If you say PBC is doing well, then so is DAZN. Canelo is the commodity. Realistically as tech gets better each year I think Canelo is underpaid! DAZN's back catalog keeps growing.

And regarding Ruiz Jr., buys for AJ Rematch mean much?

[Thuglife Nelo]

Here's a fun fact. Mayweather-Berto sold over 13,400 tickets and did a gate close to $10 million - which everyone at the time said was a huge disappointment.

It was Mayweather's retirement fight and the 49-0 close-out with Marciano's name dragged into it. If you were a diehard FLoyd fan that was your last chance to see him fight live...