One of the central issues in the Canelo/DAZN issue is that he is supposed to fight 2x per year with at least 1 fight being against a "premium" opponent. Fair enough. At issue is who constitutes a "premium" opponent. (more)
DAZN considers GGG "premium" but claims guys like Jacobs & Kovalev weren't (I strongly disagree, especially given what DAZN paid for them.) DAZN has also not given Canelo a list of those are would be considered "premium" foes. (more)
DAZN approved Callum Smith & BJS for Canelo but not as "premium" guys & wanted to dramatically cut license fee. I'm told DAZN would consider (not joking) De La Hoya, Jorge Masvidal & Khabib "premium" foes even though Oscar is 47, not since '08 & other guys aren't boxers. (more)
It seems unfair/unrealistic to give guy only one bona fide choice to fight in GGG when the contract doesn't specify that, according to the suit. To not consider Jacobs, Kovalev or Smith "premium" opponents is not legit to me. (more)
I think Canelo just wants to fight. He's a fighter. That's what he does. But he also doesn't want to be disrespected and not have his contract honored, one he earned. Also, it's not like he's looking to fight bums. (more)
All that said, I am told Canelo IS willing to take a haircut on the money (at least before the suit was filed) AND also willing to fight with no fans, meaning even less money because he gets a chunk of the gate. (more)
DAZN, to me, seems to be having simply a bad case of buyers remorse but nobody stuck a gun to anyone's head and made them offer Canelo $35M per fight. It's no different than a baseball owner signing a huge $ free agent and regretting it later. Still have to pay up. (more)
Canelo is willing to fight Smith and Saunders as well as the 3rd GGG fight, but that's a heavy lift with no gate when the first fight did $27M in tickets and the second did $24M. Who's making that up? This will be messy.
It seems unfair/unrealistic to give guy only one bona fide choice to fight in GGG when the contract doesn't specify that, according to the suit. To not consider Jacobs, Kovalev or Smith "premium" opponents is not legit to me. (more)
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