Boxing appears to be at it once more, testing the waters and gauging fan curiosity in one other particular attraction tremendous struggle. This time, the individuals are Canelo Alvarez and Conor McGregor. Fight sport web site Roots of Fight posted a clip of a younger Canelo within the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr., with the phrase “masterclass” written above. McGregor retweeted the put up whereas touchdown a jab on the champ concurrently.
“One of many best performances in Skilled Boxing this was. I landed extra photographs on Floyd than Canelo. I’d love one other go.” – Conor McGregor
After all, Alvarez, being the “combating” champion he’s, couldn’t let this slide. McGregor’s taunt labored completely in drawing out Canelo, who didn’t cross up the chance to get a dialog going with the previous UFC champ.
“I simply want one hand with you, and I don’t have to throw so many punches.” – Canelo Alvarez
Perhaps they assume they’re fooling the common 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 to this point. McGregor’s sneak shot at Canelo has almost 10 million views on Twitter, over 1,000 feedback, almost 1,000 retweets, and over 23,000 likes.
That doesn’t essentially imply this struggle is assured, however each guys have large fan bases that can journey to observe their guys. It solely is smart that these camps might be working behind the scenes to make this occur. And sure, of us will purchase this struggle on pay-per-view. Between the 2 fan bases, they’d in all probability obtain a million buys simply for a mediocre battle at finest.
McGregor vs. Mayweather generated over 4 million PPV buys domestically in 2017. Whereas that struggle was a lot nearer to the peak of McGregor’s reputation in UFC, a bout between him and Alvarez can be a global affair and would doubtless do giant numbers regardless.
Don’t be shocked when you hear official experiences of a struggle within the works pitting McGregor in opposition to Canelo very quickly. Boxing and MMA purists may not care a lot for the crossover matches, however they aren’t those paying for fights. Most followers will signal as much as see two large names like this 9 occasions out of ten. That’s all promoters care about. Whether or not followers can pay cash to both watch in particular person or on PPV. They might not complete the identical quantity as McGregor’s struggle in opposition to Floyd, however they might get shut.
