![]() ![]() Venue: Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.The following cards will be streaming live on DAZN - please check the fight details beneath each card to check if the event is excluded in your country. In addition, DAZN will occasionally offer high-level events for a supplementary one-off fee via DAZN PPV. DAZN subscribers can watch sports and original programming on multiple devices for a monthly price with no contract. It provides fans with access to events, both live and on-demand, and is available in more than 200 countries and territories. Whether Canelo likes it or not the first two fights have been inconclusive in most people’s eyes and allied to that it’s the best and most lucrative match out there for him.DAZN is a global live streaming and subscription service that is dedicated to sports. That would be one way to settle their differences.Ī third fight with Golovkin. Either that or wait for Oscar De La Hoya to come out of retirement then fight him. Also, after two close fights he would surely fancy a more convincing win if he fought the 38-year-old now. If that doesn’t happen, Saunders vs Smith should happen 100%.Īlthough it looked like the lustre of a trilogy fight with GGG had gone, it now seems like a good option. Even though it might cost him a few quid short term, he’s not short of a few quid and for his boxing he should definitely stay active and maybe do it behind closed doors or maybe with a reduced crowd.Ĭanelo needs to fight Billy Joe Saunders or Callum Smith in a world title unification fight. Inactivity is detrimental to any fighter. Both would be absolutely excellent fights. I’d love to see him fighting either Billy Joe Saunders or Callum Smith. Panel – What should Canelo Alvarez’s next move be? The Canelo dispute is another ominous sign. Without spectators that is a challenge but it has to be addressed. The sport will fade from public consciousness if its star names can’t take part in high profile events. Even two fights a year, Canelo’s usual recent schedule, probably isn’t enough and in 2020 it doesn’t look likely that he’ll get in one.īoxing must also find a way to get its biggest names into action. Inactivity is highly detrimental to a boxer’s career. The courts will have to decide the merits of the case but he is right that he needs to fight. “I filed the lawsuit so I can get back to boxing and give my I’m not scared of any opponent in the ring, and I’m not going to let failures of my broadcaster or promoters keep me out of the ring. In a statement to Boxing Scene Alvarez said: “I’m the pound-for-pound number one in the world. ![]() There have been talks for him to fight super-middleweight champions Callum Smith or Billy Joe Saunders next but these have stalled, leaving Canelo with no fight presently lined up in 2020. Those were two big fights even if boxing Rocky Fielding in Alvarez’s first appearance on DAZN was a low key outing for Canelo. Still Canelo’s relationship with DAZN has seen him unify middleweight titles against Danny Jacobs and leap up two divisions to beat a leading light-heavyweight world champion in Sergey Kovalev. There has been speculation that DAZN wanted to reduce Canelo’s guaranteed payment. (Their first two fights were televised on HBO.) The sport is making a troubled return, currently without crowds and therefore with no gate money, in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic. DAZN also has a broadcast deal with Canelo’s great rival Gennady Golovkin but has not been able to put together a third fight between the two. They have not been able to come to terms for Alvarez’s next fight and the Mexican star is now suing DAZN and his promoter Golden Boy for breach of contract among other things. But three fights into that agreement, the arrangement has soured. DAZN, a new sports streaming service, made Canelo the most highly paid athlete in the sport when he signed a $360 million dollar 11-fight deal in 2018. CANELO ALVAREZ’S next fight looks destined to take place in a courtroom rather than a boxing ring. ![]()
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