Been saying it since day one - Callum Smith a world champ in the making. A class act.
When they talk about it during press tours of their current fights it is to hype fights, yes. It's the entire point of media conferences and press...
"I'm not here to talk about Mayweather, I'm here to talk about my upcoming fight with fighter x." The reason they answer those questions is...
"Canelo's fight is being promoted more than ours - we should mention fighting him to promote our own. It worked for years with Mayweather."
Worth remembering that HBO doesn't own nearly as much of the talent as they did back in 2000. It might not be a real terms cut.
HBO isn't free tv. It has about 46 million subscribers. The same fight you're referring to did 862k views live on HBO - if you want to bother...
That said, in all seriousness, I thought he spoke quite well - hubris aside - in that interview. Came across as a fairly likable big fella.
He's actually just dyslexic - he meant dog.
That's not the case. What the break-even point is will be determined by how much the event actually costs in total. 300k might be the...
Mayweather's first PPV was Gatti and it did 340k buys. The purse was slightly in Gatti's favour, however. He then had 375k buys as the legit...
Who is this guy named [insert boxer here] trying to make a living by doing the same thing as [insert older boxer's name here]?
First I remember seeing of Joseph Diaz - impressed. Looks a talent.
Agreed. Would be very happy with that fight.
Canelo is 25 years old, how do we even know what his prime is yet?
Garcia v Brook is a great fight. Brook would dominate him, I think, but it'd be one of the biggest fights the division can make.