Boxing appears to be at it once more, testing the waters and gauging fan curiosity in one other particular attraction tremendous fight. This time, the individuals are Canelo Alvarez and Conor McGregor. Combat sport website Roots of Combat posted a clip of a younger Canelo within the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr., with the phrase “masterclass” written above. McGregor retweeted the submit whereas touchdown a jab on the champ concurrently.
“One of the greatest performances in Professional Boxing this was. I landed more shots on Floyd than Canelo. I’d love another go.” – Conor McGregor
Of course, Alvarez, being the “fighting” champion he’s, couldn’t let this slide. McGregor’s taunt labored completely in drawing out Canelo, who didn’t go up the chance to get a dialog going with the previous UFC champ.
“I just need one hand with you, and I don’t need to throw so many punches.” – Canelo Alvarez
Maybe they suppose they’re fooling the typical fan, however that is nothing greater than the beginning of a plan to get these fighters within the ring. Gauging fan curiosity and the powers that be are in all probability the social media response so far. McGregor’s sneak shot at Canelo has practically 10 million views on Twitter, over 1,000 feedback, practically 1,000 retweets, and over 23,000 likes.
That doesn’t essentially imply this fight is assured, however each guys have enormous fan bases that may journey to look at their guys. It solely is sensible that these camps could possibly be working behind the scenes to make this occur. And sure, of us will purchase this fight on pay-per-view. Between the 2 fan bases, they’d in all probability obtain a million buys simply for a mediocre battle at greatest.
McGregor vs. Mayweather generated over 4 million PPV buys domestically in 2017. While that fight was a lot nearer to the peak of McGregor’s recognition in UFC, a bout between him and Alvarez can be a global affair and would seemingly do massive numbers regardless.
Don’t be stunned when you hear official experiences of a fight within the works pitting McGregor in opposition to Canelo very quickly. Boxing and MMA purists won’t care a lot for the crossover matches, however they aren’t those paying for fights. Most followers will signal as much as see two enormous names like this 9 instances out of ten. That’s all promoters care about. Whether followers can pay cash to both watch in individual or on PPV. They could not complete the identical quantity as McGregor’s fight in opposition to Floyd, however they may get shut.
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