GBP's 9/15 date and bigger announcement

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by PBFred, Jul 4, 2012.


  1. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So, unless Top Rank decides to move Martinez-Chavez to October 6, it looks like we will have two fairly big events on the same night.

    Schaefer acknowledged that the Canelo opponent is part of a "larger" announcement to be made at the same time and they are going to wait until after the July 4 week to make it. At the same time, Cotto's team has announced that he will return on December 1 at MSG.

    It appears to me that GBP will announce a stay busy fight for 9/15 (Quintana IMO) while announcing the larger 12/1 PPV fight between Cotto and Canelo at MSG.

    This also explains why GBP is absolutlely refusing to move Canelo off of 9/15 as he will need the extra couple of weeks in order to be ready for 12/1.

    Thoughts?
     
  2. Kid Cubano

    Kid Cubano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ODLH says friday will be the announcement and" it will be history"...can you believe that ****? ..history!
    who can Canelo fight on sept 15 to be " history"?...DLH himself?
    GBP is full of ****...thank god for martinez vs junior the same day.
     
  3. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They are leveraging either Cotto or Mayweather in order to hold onto the 9/15 date.

    Canelo vs Cotto 12/1 at MSG would be crazy as would Canelo-Mayweather around the same time in Vegas.
     
  4. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    Goods news if true.

    GBP have really struggled to tie down an opponent for Canelo. And to be fair to them, they have looked at some solid guys - Kirkland, Williams and Ortiz. Just unfortunate that all of them slipped by through no fault of their own (bar Kirkland).

    I have no problem with them settling for a shitty opponent on September 15th, if it means they're gonna' go for a solid fight in December.
     
  5. cippi

    cippi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    i dont think he will fight cotto december 1st . and there gunna have to come wit a good opponent . so ppl wont order serg / jr fite.

    either way i aint ordering the ppv if there is sumthin 4 freee. even if he fites quintana ill watch boxing 4 free on showtime .
     
  6. janeschicken

    janeschicken hard work! deadicayshin! Full Member

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    Barring cotto/canelo, there is literally nothing that can match Martinez/Chavez for appeal, even though Top Rank puts on the worst undercards.
     
  7. Kid Cubano

    Kid Cubano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :deal
     
  8. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Canelo shouldn't be fighting on the same day as Chavez/Martinez. **** like that is another example of the Arum/GBP feud really hurting boxing. Canelo is a star and no matter who he fights, it'll attract massive attention so why would Arum insist on fighting on the same night? There fanbase for boxing is going to be shared between those two cards, instead of fans being given a great fight one weekend and then another great fight the next.

    It really hurts boxing. JCC/Martinez/Canelo are three stars in boxing. It doesn't nobody any favours for them to fight on the same night.

    That rant aside, I'm looking forward to this announcement. I hope it's something along the lines of that tournament De La Hoya mentioned.
     
  9. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Mayweather/Canelo December 1st
     
  10. the_truth

    the_truth Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We will see. GBP has let me down before when claiming huge announcements.
     
  11. Kid Cubano

    Kid Cubano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    right, i remember that announcement that was suppose to be huge and ended up being that DLH was clean of drugs and sober for a few months...pathetic.
     
  12. Richel Hersisia

    Richel Hersisia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    how about they anounce a tournament

    quarter finalgs 9/15

    Alvarez - Quintana
    Lara - Bundrage

    Trout -Kirkland in ocotber

    Cotto to get a bye in the first round

    Semi's in MSG on december 1st
    Finals on cinco de mayo.. which the hope will be Cotto Canelo

    Winner to fight Mayweather..
     
  13. demigawd

    demigawd Boxing Addict Full Member

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    haha the announcement is going to be that they signed JCC Jr. out from under Top Rank, and booked him to fight Canelo for the middleweight championship on the 15th.
     
  14. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    Arum had the date secured first, mate. He already had an agreement in place to put Chavez in with Martinez on that day. And he was carefull enough to only announce it if Chavez beat Lee.

    Schaefer, however, came along after - thinking Top Rank had no intentions of Chavez vs. Martinez - and decided to announce Canelo-Ortiz before Ortiz even fought Lopez. Made quite a ****-up.
     
  15. SouthpawJab

    SouthpawJab On his way up!! 4-0!! Full Member

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    The tournament they are planning is just another attempt to let potential Canelo opponents eliminate themselves.

    They eliminated Angulo by being KO'd by Kirkland.

    They put Kirkland in with a notorious spoiler(Molina) to try and eliminate him. Kirk got lucky with the DQ.

    They wanted Lara vs Vanes but Vanes wouldn't fight anyone.

    Lara vs Bundrage will happen to eliminate one of them

    Trout vs Vanes and then the winners fight each other.

    Canelo then takes on the winner 2 years from now having fought guys like Spinks, Quitana, and Rodriguez for garbage title defenses.