KingRevolver Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 After HBO announced its decision to step away from boxing at the end of the year, the unified middleweight champion and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions came to an agreement with sports streaming service DAZN on a whopping five-year, 11-fight, $365 million deal that will run through 2023, per ESPN. “This is only from my hard work,” said Alvarez, according to ESPN. “The most important thing to me was being able to give the fans the opportunity to see me fight without having to pay the $70 or $80 for my fights on pay-per-view. That was the most important thing, more important than what I am making.” DAZN will be offered as an all-sports streaming service for $9.99 per month. The streaming service is also currently the home to unbeaten heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, who made his debut on the organization’s service with a September TKO of Alexander Povetkin. One of the biggest stars in boxing today, the 28-year-old Alvarez is now the richest athlete in sports history, per the report, passing the New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton’s 13-year, $325 million deal. The deal comes on the heels of Alvarez’s rematch with Gennady Golovkin from September, where he earned a majority decision victory to unify the middleweight title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry The Stiff Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Just read this article on ESPN. Amazing, I've honesty never even heard of DAZN. So from now on if you want to watch a Carnell fight, you have to subscribe to DAZN? What's to stop someone from just becoming a member for one month and then cancelling after they watch the fight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRevolver Posted October 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Just read this article on ESPN. Amazing, I've honesty never even heard of DAZN. So from now on if you want to watch a Carnell fight, you have to subscribe to DAZN? What's to stop someone from just becoming a member for one month and then cancelling after they watch the fight? Well, nothing is to stop that... but DAZN has other fighters and live sports... they figure enough people will stay for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The X Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Just saw this as well. PPV will be obsolete right quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiavelli Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Is this guy gonna win all those fights? Imagine if he starts losing some of them. Man...just a bad deal. But if it helps that venture really take off, perhaps it's alright. Just hot damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajt Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 The champ is not happy! View this post on Instagram #TBT It didn’t matter if Canelo ate his PED steak or not this night, this was by far the easiest fight of my career! Connor McQuitter was a way better fighter than Canelo's cheating ass and I beat the brakes off him too! It takes me 36 mins or less to make $300 million plus. It literally takes me 1 night and 1 fight to make what you might make in 5 years and 11 fights! So really, who's still winning? You do the math!A post shared by Floyd Mayweather (@floydmayweather) on Oct 18, 2018 at 11:25am PDT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiavelli Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Don't even understand why he needed to weigh in. Maybe Kinger can tell us, but I am wondering if he's planning his own type of venture like this after he retires but where he helps bring up others ala De La Hoya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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