By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s fight against Amir Khan is said to be just a little under 600K, according to the LA Times. The number was a good one considering that Canelo wasn’t facing a big star and he had to do most of the heavy lifting himself with his own star power likely pulling in the fans.
The 600,000 was far off from the 900,000 Canelo brought in against Miguel Cotto last November and the 2.2 million he helped bring in for his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. three years ago in 2013. But for Canelo to be bringing in 600K for a mismatch against a pumped up welterweight with a known chin problem in Khan, it’s pretty impressive.