Canelo says he’s ready to take over when Mayweather and Pacquiao retire as Boxing’s biggest PPV star

By Boxing News - 09/24/2014 - Comments

canelo1111By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) says he’s ready to assume the position as the biggest pay-per-view attraction in the sport of boxing after Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao both call it a day at some point in the near future.

Canelo believes he’s ready to take over for those two fighters despite the fact that he was clowned by the 37-year-old Mayweather just last September and arguably beaten recently by Erislandy Lara in their controversial fight last July.

“I am ready for that [to take over as boxing’s No.1 pay-per-view star after Mayweather and Pacquiao retire] and I am ready for more,” Canelo said via esnewsreporting.com. “I am ready to make history.”

I’m not sure if Canelo is going to be able to take the position as the sport’s top money seller once Mayweather and Pacquiao hang up their gloves. While I think Canelo can temporarily take the position as the top PPV guy, I don’t know if he’s going to be able to hang onto that position for any length of time.

Once Canelo gets pressured into fighting Gennady Golovkin and subsequently beaten by knockout, I see boxing fans losing interest in paying to see his mismatches against fighters like Alfredo Angulo.

For Canelo to get back to where he was, he’ll need to fight Golovkin a second time to try and redeem himself. Once that happens, I see Golovkin knocking him out a second time. At that point unless Canelo can get a mouthpiece trainer like Freddie Roach, who can put a huge spin on Canelo’s wins over over-matched opposition by saying he’s rejuvenated him like he supposedly did with Cotto after his mismatched against aging fighters, I don’t see Canelo being able to remain a viable PPV fighter. Golovkin will put a big crimp on Canelo’s status as the next PPV star.

The only way that doesn’t happen is if Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo avoid Golovkin entirely by saying he’s not a big name and that he brings nothing to the table. In other words, like what the excuse Cotto’s team are making for why they shouldn’t match him against Golovkin.



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