Even in Arizona the Mexican people were pushing for Canelo vs Callum.
If Golden Boy trots in an over-matched Jason Quigley or John Ryder, the U.S fans are going to avoid it like the plague, and choose not to reactivate their DAZN accounts. Callum Smith and Billy Joe Saunders are awaiting better offers to fight Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, their promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed. It doesn’t matter if Canelo doesn’t fight Smith now, he’s going to face him eventually, and he’ll get his asking price then. So that, in turn, strengthens Callum Smith’s hand. Canelo Alvarez offered new $20M per fight deal by DAZN, Callum Smith offered $5 million to face Canelo on Sept.12, Canelo vs. Yildirim purse bid rescheduled for October 6, Eubank Jr wants Canelo, Golovkin, Murata or Jermall title shot. Privacy Statement l Cookies Policy l Boxing Resources l Back To Top l Contact Us. … He can probably make more than that facing WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders in 2021 in Anfield in front of a large crowd, but that’ll depend on a vaccine being produced by next year. Additionally, fans want Alvarez to fight someone good because his last match against the old-timer Sergey Kovalev was seen as a ripoff, and people were upset about the poor quality of action they saw. Canelo can’t or better yet; he WON’T fight those two PBC fighters.
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window._taboola = window._taboola || []; Mexican hero Canelo Alvarez proved his multi-dimensional star power on Saturday night at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, drawing more than … Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin III: Will this fight happen in 2021? DAZN wants and needs Canelo to face a quality fighter, so there’s a lot of pressure being put on him. Fans want Canelo Alvarez to fight in 2020. Since Canelo isn’t showing much courage to take on talents like Benavidez, Plant, Artur Beterbiev, or Dmitry Bivol, Callum is in an excellent place to get even more than $6 million as long as he remains patient, and is willing to wait until 2021. "In September Canelo will have to fight a Callum or a Gennadiy Golovkin. Canelo is going to want to fight Smith sooner or later because he’s the best of the DAZN 168-pound fighters. Copyright © 2007-2020 Boxing News 24. If you’re Smith, you might be better off rejecting the offer and holding out for the $6 million. Also, Canelo wants to fight class – but not significant – opposition. Jacobs got $12 million for the Canelo fight in 2019. By Charles Brun: Golden Boy Promotions has offered Callum Smith $5 million for him to face Canelo Alvarez on September 12 on DAZN. "Callum Smith is a good fighter and has an amazing shot of beating Canelo and he turns it down?" KSI says he’d beat Mike Tyson because of his age, Terence Crawford vs. Kell Brook hasn’t been picked up by UK networks, Bob Arum goes off on Sky not showing Lomachenko vs. Teofimo in UK on Oct.17th, VIDEO: Lomachenko vs Lopez Preview and Prediction, Pulev Promoter Gotzev: “Anthony Joshua has failed to deliver, we’ll fight on a boat”, Mike Tyson REJECTS $20 million offer for Bare Knuckle fight, Buatsi Undercard: Fiaz vs. Baker on October 4, Live on Sky, “Like a dream” – Mairis Briedis returns to Latvia with the Ali Trophy, Photos: Jermell And Jermall Charlo – Impressive Performances In Historic Showtime PPV, Results / Photos: Josh Taylor KOs Khongsong in 1 Round. If DAZN starts putting pressure on Canelo to take some real risks with his career by fighting Beterbiev, Bivol, Benevidez, and Plant, we could see Alvarez’s career implode.
According to The Athletic, the 30-year-old Smith …
He probably should be asking for $7 million because he deserves that much. DAZN and Canelo both want the Callum Smith fight, and that makes perfect sense given the low-quality options that Golden Boy has been considering. Whether Smith will agree to the $5 million offer is unclear. That’s why Canelo needs to delay that pressure from DAZN and the boxing public for a little longer by taking on Smith. But when you subtract the starting taxes and expenses of paying for his team, Callum will likely get a lot less than that. Smith beats those guys, and it would raise his stock more. All Rights Reserved. Look at it this way. According to The Athletic, the 30-year-old Smith (27-0, 19 KOs) has been given a smaller offer than the $6 million that he was asking for to face Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs). OK, it sounds good, Smith getting $5M, right? Alvarez has to make the fight with Callum because he’s already running out of guys that DAZN will want him to fight. Smith should be getting at least $10M if not $12 million, and he can probably get all of that as long as he waits. Alvarez, the middleweight world champion, a secondary super … Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Most people believe Smith has no chance of beating Canelo, and they’re probably right. He’s not as talented as the Premier Boxing Champions super middleweight champs in Caleb Plant and David Benavidez in Brun’s estimation.