Sept: Canelo vs Plant

Plant wants $15,000,000

He knows he will lose so why not cash out? It is a unification fight after all and the box office numbers will be huge.

Will DAZN agree? It's alot of outlay to give to a guy with only one belt, zero can base and little marketability.

If the Plant fight does not happen just go straight for Beterbiev. If Canelo takes it, mad props to him even though he'll get his face punched in.

It's not like he'll lose his 168lbs and Plant can still keep his belt warm for a unification fight in May 2022. Canelo will need all the time off to recover from Beterbiev assaulting him.

 

15milly!?
Plant is insane
He won’t get that.
Thought he wanted 10milly…

Canelo will fight Beterbiev for sure.
He has the youth advantage.

 

Yup, Plant is playing hard ball.

Canelo really wants that title and DAZN may up their offer. Everyone wants that retirement money that Canelo brings to the table.

 

This fight makes sense from a divisional, financial, and legacy perspective, but I really wish Plant would have faced Benavidez before this. Both of those guys need world level competition before taking on someone like Alvarez.

 

Can't blame Plant. He should try and maximize his profit. After all, a Canelo fight will bring in a lot of money.

 

Plant is ripe for the picking (get it?) so I don't blame him for cashing out, but he's being too aggressive if he's actually asking for $15M. He isn't as good or nearly high profile as BJS.

 

All he is doing is correct, also if he had asked even for $16M.
Canelo needs to be an absolutely undisputed champion in 1 division, then most likely he might have all 4 major most well known orgs belt and The Ring belt.
With this he might achieve big step as historically valuable achievement for his legacy. Cos this he does knows how damn valuable is this fight for Canelo and that this fight will really generate enough money to pay his and Canelo purses with a glance. Promoters too will be happy.
PR and sales ppl will sell this fight better than fight vs BJS by advertising this as fight for undisputed. I they knows their job.
HW undisputed looks that we will not see this year, something still should be sold and there it is.

 

He is key side not A, B or C or D side.

If Canelo will fight vs Plant and win, he will be Undisputed and this is big value for legacy. Canelo needs this one.
What else he might do? Fight vs someone at 175 lbs and then spent next half year in negotiations vs next opponents at 168 lbs or 175 lbs?

There? 1 fight and Undisputed at 168 lbs if he will beat Plant. It is big, very big difference.
Plant most likely does knows that Canelo prefers older opponents and if he will fought Plant next, he will have the same supposed 175 lbs division opponents in the ring older than if he will fight vs them in september for example.

Pro boxing is business and still, maybe someone thinks that he does have enough money already and not beg for Canelo paychecks like " thank you, you are big name, I don't know why you need to fight vs me ". Plant does knows why.

 

If Plant signs up or he moves to LHW that's 3 solid opponents plus a marginal guy in 12 months.

When was the last time a champion above bantamweight did more than that? Maybe it was 2019 I have no idea but I'm struggling to come up with something recent.

 

Hearn putting Plant on the spot. Sure, Plant wants to get as much as possible for a Canelo fight, but if Canelo goes up and faces Beterbiev instead and loses, Plant might not get the chance of such a pay day again. Those are the thoughts Hearn are trying to instill.

 

Plant is dumb as **** if he out prices himself from this fight. He will still make career high pay , life changing money, and if he wins the boxing world is his. Maybe he is aiming high and realistically looking for 8-10 million range plus some of the PPV.

if he sticks to the 15 million then he never wanted the fight.

 

Hes obviously playing hardball since they made it clear from the jump that Canelo wanted to be Undisputed. Had they not expressed and emphasis on that he probably would starting at $8-10 million. Also Kovalev getting $12 million and Danny Jacobs getting $15 set the market and what an opponent with a belt would be expecting. It’s risky on Plant’s behalf but business is business us fans hate it but fighters are all about maximizing their profits while they can.

 

I think it’s just him posturing too and personally I think 15 million is far for a unification fight.