Promoter Bob Arum meant this month that Canelo Alvarez became “businessman“He focused on collecting payments, instead of choosing humorous fights for fans to watch on PPV.
Avoiding the challenge of Benavidez
The Mexican star has not given fans the value of their money in recent years thanks to its money -based approach. He avoided one warrior whose fans asked him to fight, David Benavidez, And instead, he sold them secondary matches at the premium price.
The choice of Canelo opponents and avoiding talented contenders hurt his popularity. Some fans compare what he does with the performance of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Over the past few years in sport.
“Money” Mayweather chose many fighters who had a chance to beat him. However, from time to time he took a risk against Manny Pacquiao after waiting six years and against Miguel Cotto. Canelo doesn’t. He practically ceased to take the risk after his losing to Dmitry Bivol in 2022 and since then he has been cautious about his opposition.
“Bob Arum said this week that he was looking at Canelo much differently than it used to be. Canelo was a pound elite talent, a type of guy like” “. YouTube canal. “Many people have said similar things since Canelo decided not to fight David Benavidez. Is Canelo a boxer or businessman?”
It was a bad career movement for Alvarez so as not to fight Benavidez’s “Mexican monster” because he made him look cowardly, delicate and caring his CV. The last thing the fighter can afford is to perceive the threat chasing them at the elite level and calling them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Arum apparently changed his view of Canelo after he saw him avoided Benavidez for years and fights easier. Alvarez was still after 30 years, when Benavidez began to call him four years ago.
Strategy of the “Pension Route”
“I would agree with Bob Arum. I think he is more a businessman than a boxer, but it happens when you are a PPV star, “said Sergio Mora.” Whenever you are so long in a tooth, like Canelo, he is 35 years aged with over 65 fights as a professional, I think he deserved to be right and choose anyone who wants at this stage of his career.
Arum talks about Canelo during a long pension route, accusing his fans to see how he fights for unlimited fights. He lost the picture he had once when he fought the best from time to time. Even when Canelo was in great shape, he was still calculated with his choices. He decided to fight many best warriors when they were washed, not a threat.
Canelo’s older fighters fought
– Shane Mosley – Miguel Cotto – Gennadiy Golovkin – Sergey Kovalev – Floyd Mayweather Jr – Carlos Baldomir
“I think that deservedly is an operative word there. Fighters who achieved what Canelo achieved have gained the right to selectivity towards their opponents,” said Mannix. “This is not a primary career strategy [to cherry pick]. Considering the fight with low risk and reward, it is exactly what Canelo does. Canelo, go back to early years. Mayweather fought. He fought Erislanda Lara when Lara was a killer, or at least a difficult warrior at that moment. “
The fact that Canelo fought with some of the best warriors earlier in her career does not mean that he deserved the right to being a businessman and selling his fights with the gentle PPV accents. Asking boxing fans to pay that Alvarez is fighting tomato cans or smaller, older, shortbread fighters, such as 38-year-old Crawford, he is not fair. This is a businessman’s approach. Canelo is not a boxer at the moment. He only chooses fights with defeated guys such as William Scull, Crawford, Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia. These should be free fights under Dazna subscription, not PPV.
P4P Canelo debate
“Gennadiy Golovkin fought when he was close to his best [Note: GGG was 35 when Canelo finally agreed to fight him. He’d been asking for a fight for three years since he was 32]. Bivol got up and fought, and he was a pound guy for pounds, said Mannix.
It wasn’t until Golovkin was in his thirties, Canelo finally agreed to fight him, and even then he came after his delicate performance against Kell Brook. GGG has been chasing Canelo for three years since he was 32 years aged without happiness.
“The question is when these pound lists appear for pounds, should we still have a Canelo Alvarez? After his performance against William Sculle, is Canelo still a pound war? [pound-for-pound]? “
Canelo should not be on the list of 10 pounds per pound for these reasons:
Avoiding the best warriors: I’m sorry, Terenka Crawford doesn’t count
Indigent performances from 2022
Skills are falling: deterioration in skills
Zero knockout from 2021
“Of course. When you are a PPV star, it gives you a seniority and the seniority keeps you in the top ten,” Mora said.
Sergio talks about popularity, not performance. The criteria for switching on fighters should not be based on their popularity, but how well they work compared to other warriors. If we talk about pounds for pounds, which is a popularity competition, the name should be changed to “the most popular list of fighters”.
Teofimo Lopez says that he wants to see how the WBC Lightweight Shakur Stevenson champion submitted his blows, throwing more than one next month in defense against Tom William Zazpeda on July 12 at Queens, Fresh York.
Lopez believes that Shakur (23-0, 11 KO) will fight if he tries to defeat Zepeda (33-0, 27 KO), throwing the edges, which is a typical fighting style that he used his entire professional and amateur career. This approach will not be practical against the relentless Zepeda, which can throw over 100 blows per round.
Offens Gatling Gun Zepeda
William Zepeda’s crime is like 19th century Repeatedly, rapid, manually Gatling GunAnd he doesn’t stop throwing. Pop pop style of throwing Shakura strokes would not fit the higher level of Zepeda fire.
Stevenson’s defense was designed to avoid a head shot. It is perfect, bends or moves away to avoid hitting the head. However, Zepeda focuses on throwing the body, and this is an area that Stevenson cannot protect if he intends to follow the Teofimo Council regarding throwing combinations.
View Lopez 50/50
“Shakur [Stevenson] He knows how to box fighters in this way [William Zepeda]. I hope Shakur will cast more combinations. If not, it could be a 50/50 fight – said Teofimo Lopez RingThinking about the fight next month between the lightweight champion of WBC Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda in Queens, Fresh York.
He asks a lot of Stevenson to stand in his pocket, to cast combinations against William Zezda, because he is not a kind of warrior who “knows how to box.” Teofimo is far with this comment.
Stevenson never fought with a high blow during his professional career. Last time he fought with a warrior with a huge volume crime, he was at the 2016 Olympic Games Robeisy Ramirez. He lost this fight because he couldn’t match the Robeisa combination. Stevenson was later crying without tears, unable to fully understand why he lost. Now we will soon see the same next month when Shakur will face Zepeda.
Shakura glass hands
Teofimo did not mention Shakur glass hands. There are no fit hands to throw a combination that Zepeda must stop by machine. Shakura’s hands are too low to fight and fall apart if he is forced to stand in his pocket and match the absurdly high performance of Zepeda.
Shakur threw combinations in his fight in February last year against the replacement opponent Josh Padley. However, he was a faint British national warrior, whose supervisor Stevenson, Eddie Hearn, dug up as a deputy at the last minute, when his original opponent, Floyd Schofield, withdrew from the fight.
Padley had no power or any offensive abilities. He was only a random guy whose Hearn chose a more hazardous option, Cuban knockout artist Jadier Herrera (17-0, 16 Kos), who would be a nightmare for Shakur. It was Hearna’s wise decision.
Shakur could lose to Jadier, and this ended his striving to fight the great money he was working on against Gervont Davis.
Brian Norman Jr., WBO Voiceman Master, does not care about the threat that Jin Sasaki poses for him on Thursday, June 19, in a 12-round headline at the Ota-City junior high school in Tokyo, Japan.
(Loan: Naoku Fukuda)
Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KO) studied Sasaki’s “habits” (19-1-1, 17 KO) and says that nothing can do in this fight that will surprise him. No wonder Norman Jr. He is so confident because 23 -year -old Sasaki is more novice than a real contender.
Sasaki: An unworthy opponent
The world boxing organization gave him ranking No. 2, but all his biography is filled with lower level fighters. Sasaki should not really be near the highest level, and even in the first 50. His CV is terrifying.
Event Norman Jr. vs. Sasaki will be streamly sent live in ESPN+ on Thursday, June 19, at 7:15 ET/16: 15 entitled It would be engaging to know what Norman’s promoters in the best ranking think about their choice of Sasaki as an opponent.
They cannot be too satisfied with this fight, because it is a vague warrior, and the time of the event means that many fans will not see it. This is a waste of Norman JR’s career, as well as the highest rank, because his popularity will not augment from this fight. This will not be observable. Sasaki would be a good opponent of one of the rivalry with lower rankings in 147, such as Karen Chukhadzhian.
I don’t think he had a chance against Chukhadzhian, but this is a kind of warrior he should face to try to get the stripes.
Why fans ignore Norman-Sasaki
This is a kind of fight that would be overlooked, even if it was shown on Saturday evening in a regular time period. Fans did not talk about this fight because Iit is not attractive. This is a mismatch.
The highest rank in the future must be managed by Norman Jr. Against more significant warriors to build his name/ defense again, that Sasaki is a bad look.
“I know habits, techniques and everything he wants to do,” said Norman. “Nothing can do to surprise me, except for breeding the third arm. I expect it to fight more strongly than ever before because of the size of this fight, but the final result will still be like that. I went with the belt and I go out with the belt.”
Who among these fighters was good enough for WBO to give Sasaki ranking No. 2? That’s what I want to know. As far as I know, these 100-level half-weight. It’s okay that Sasaki beat them, but how does this translate into a high ranking he was given?
Norman Jr. It seems that his goal is to milk his WBO title as long as possible. He is the wrong master. If he intends to fight with such guys as Sasaki, one of the talented 140 pounds must go to 147 and Detro him.
Eddie Hearn sounded furious on last Saturday, responding to his warrior match, a welterweight master of IBF Richardson Hitchins, announcing inside the ring that he was a free agent after winning George Cambosos at Madison Square Garden in Novel York.
(Credit: Geoffrey Knott/Matchroom)
Hearn says he has invested a lot of money in the development of Hitchins (20-0, 8 KO), maneuvering him to the title of the world and the fight of Cambosos. He lost his money in Hitchins’ fight. He felt that he was a stab in the back, a sign of disloyalty, which Richardson, 27, decided to announce to the world last Saturday, that he was a free agent.
Hearn’s Lost Hitchins Investment
Hitchins, of course, counts, it’s someone with a lot of money, such as Turks Alalshikhh, to collect him and pay him millions, as if we saw with a former match warrior, Edgar Berlang.
Richardson: no power, monotonous style
Hitchins did not show the talent who defeated the best fighters at the age of 140. He can defeat some of them, but he probably lost to Gary Antuanne Russell, Alberto Puello and Teofimo Lopez, because he has no power. Hitchins’ crime is restricted to stab and law.
This style will not work against Russelle, Lopez and even Subriel Matias. This can explain why Hitchins did not show interest in the fight against Matias or Russell. These guys beat him. The novice in the division, Keyshawn Davis, would also be a nightmare for Hitchins, like Ernesto Mercardo.
Hitchins is like another type of Devin Haney. There is no power and must be carefully adjusted, otherwise he lost. It is not clear why Hearn wasted money on him because he is not talented enough to defeat the killers in the division obsolete Mayweather game.
“There is no loyalty in boxing. I remember when I met Richardson Hitchins. The door of his car fell. I spent a lot of money, investing in a youthful man I really respect,” said Eddie Hearn IFL TVResponding to Richardson Hitchins, announcing that he is a free agent in the ring last Saturday evening after the victory over George Cambosos Jr.
I don’t know why Hearn is so nervous that Hitchins announces his free agency. He should say, don’t let the door hit you. Now I can focus on fighter -friendly fans.
The real question is: why did Hearn invested money in Hitchins when his combat style is monotonous, not one that resonates with fans? It was a mistake. Hearn has fighters who have much more fans -friendly styles than Hitchins, which he should build. In the case of Hitchins, it must be protected, because if it is inserted with good 140-pound, such as Gary Antuanne Russell, Ernesto Mercado, Keyshawn Davis and Subriel Matias, would probably lose.
Even Arnold Barboz Jr. And Jake Cattell would be 50-50 fights for Hitchins. He would be pleased with these guys. The only good thing in Hitchins is a garbage conversation, which he performs outside the ring during interviews. He is not a social media guy such as Shakur Stevenson, who publishes on X every day and has vast supporters. Hitchins’ account in social media has very few observers.
Ticket sale: Hitchins problem
“I turned him on Madison Square Garden [against John Bauza]. I recorded him in Orlando [against Jose Zepeda]where we didn’t really sell a lot of tickets and lost a lot of money, “said Hearn about Hitchins.” I adhered to it. I ordered him in Las Vegas [against Gustavo Lemos]Where we didn’t sell many tickets again and lost money. “
The manweather style fails Hitchins
Hearn should have woke up and feel coffee when Hitchins fights with Bauza, Zepeda and Lemos, they did not sell tickets. In addition, Richardson was booed by fans in these fights for his monotonous, most vital combat style. At this point, Hearn should get a clue that the USA on the west coast does not like their hit Retro style manweatherwhich does not work in this era.
“As for Richie [Hitchins] He is concerned, Keith Connolly said: “Make sure you are a free agent.” But that’s fine because you know what you are dealing with. Do I want to be in the Richardson Hitchins industry if so? “Hearn said.
Hitchins has already shown his hand, announcing to the fan that he is a free agent and there is no match. Why would Hearn still want to work with him after he did it? I wouldn’t do it. Let him leave. When Hitchins begins to lose and discovers the money, which he thought, will not be there, he is not there, he will come back. These two problems of Hitchina are these:
Dull fighting style: he uses the style of Mayweather Pot-Shot, which does not work in this era to entertain fans. His fight with Cambosos from the surplus was monotonous to watch.
Lack of power
It must be protected: Hitchins promoters must avoid putting him against killers aged 140 or 147 because he lost. He is not talented enough to defeat Russell, Mercado, Keyshawn, Brian Norman Jr. or Giyasov Shachram. Everyone can see it.
“Edgar Berlanga, who also [is with Keith Connolly, won the lottery, but Turki came along and [signed him]-said Hearn about Berlanga, a warrior who recently decided not to repeat the match again, despite the fact that he was maneuvering a great payment against Canelo Alvarez.
“If he suits me,” said Hearn, asked if he would be ready to cooperate with Hitchins again.
It seems that Hitchins thinks that Turks Alalshikh collects him like from Edgar Berlang after leaving the match. According to Turk’s reports, she will not cooperate with the Hitchins, unless he is with Matchroom. It does not leave Hitchins as soon as you swallow his pride and return to Hearn, hoping that he will still welcome him.
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