Canelo Alvarez has 5 days to negotiate with GGG

I didn't.

 

Considering how disappointing May-Pac was, 900 K is not bad at all.

 

900,000 buys =$58 million total revenue. Not bad at all.
Those are the official numbers.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...l-cotto-pay-per-view-revenue-numbers-revealed

 

Agreed, 900k is a great number if true (I personally believe it'S inflated though). People have raised the bar far too high recently due to Floyd and Pac having tremendous ride on the PPV for a few years (and even these 2 saw their number slip when not fighting top stars)

 

UFC is a lot better at HYPING and promoting their SHIT.

 

Canelo Alvarez ISN'T a "Mainstream" Fighter as of Yet...Miguel Cotto is on the SURFACE of Being a "Mainstream" Fighter...

Ronda Rousey is the QUINTESSENTIAL "Mainstream" Fighter & was THE Most "Mainstream" Entity In Her Sport, Leading Up to the Holm Fight...

Doesn't Surprise REED @ All that Rousey-Holm Did More Buys...





REED:mj:

 

what was the price of the rousey ppv?

 

Shoulda been $7.99.

 

& THIS...




REED

 

Aldo-McGregor is $59.99 SD...REED Would Imagine Rousey-Holm was Similarly Priced...




REED:mj:

 

Deadline extended to December 11

 

*sniff sniff*

Sanctioning Fees, Step Aside Money...You can Literally SMELL It...What Can Also Be Smelled is How Full of SHIT the WBC is...




REED:shit #2:

 

How dare you insinuate the WBC is about anything other than the good of the sport!

#wbcnetgainforboxing

#ootrage

 

I doubt it. Promotion is extremely important in boxing today but that's one of the few matchups that should have largely sold itself. If Canelo looked spectacular and destroyed Cotto it might have helped his next fight. Do you think very many casuals who bought it are thinking to themselves "damn I can't wait to see this guy again!"

I agree that the combination should have done better. The Mex-PR rivalry surely played a part in a lot of the sales. Canelo doesn't have that now so I don't see a reason to believe he can carry a show on his name alone. Even if he agrees to fight GGG next without bullshit stipulations (which won't happen anyway) it will still need a ton of hype.

 

Yeah, the WBC is probably looking for a way to recoup the $800,000 they wanted Cotto to pay GGG to step aside to allow the Canelo to happen. Couple that with the $300,000 they would have taken $1.1 million from Cotto's Canelo purse.

Anyone blame Cotto for telling the WBC to go fuck themself?

 

Not one bit. In fact I hope other boxers do the same.

 

Yeah, probably mikE :l3:

 

nO doubT:laugh11:...




REED~

 

Cotto probably agreed with me that Canelo was going to beat him easily. At that point, why pay the huge sanctioning fee?

Cotto tried to negotiate with them, right? I don't really have, remember, or know all the details, but I don't think Cotto dismissed the importance of the belt, he just felt their sanctioning fee was too high. That's free market at work.