DAZN’s official refused to pay even a discounted rights fee to stream a Canelo Alvarez- Avni Yildirim fight. The sports streaming agency has no intention of footing the bill for Alvarez to fight someone Anthony Dirrell defeated.
Why DAZN wont's approve Alvarez-Avni Yildirim
BoxingScene.com revealed DAZN won’t approve an Alvarez-Avni Yildirim fight next for the face of boxing. The WBC’s board of governors ordered a Yildirim, Canelo bout Tuesday for its vacant super middleweight title.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Golden Boy, which promotes Alvarez, had not proposed an Alvarez-Yildirim fight to DAZN.
Nevertheless, Alvarez/Golden Boy and DAZN remain confused regarding who Alvarez will fight next and how much money the four-pision champion will be paid for that less than thrilling bout.
Boxing's number one attraction Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) had hoped to return to the ring September 12. He won’t fight that night because that date is just three weeks from Saturday, and he doesn’t have an opponent.
DAZN, with which Alvarez and Golden Boy have an exclusive deal, is open to Alvarez fighting sometime in October or November if they can come to an agreement on a suitable opponent and license fee. Alvarez would be heavily favored to defeat Yildirim, whose third-round knockout defeat to Chris Eubank Jr. in October 2017 is among the reasons DAZN isn’t interested in paying Alvarez to fight him.
Canelo has not fought since November 2, when he knocked out Sergey Kovalev in the 11th round to win the WBO light heavyweight title at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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