Canelo vs Rhodes on PPV ?

WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has begun training for the first defense of the title he captured in early March. Alvarez will fight on June 18 at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Mexico. The venue can hold as many as 15,000 fans. Alvarez last fought there in July 2010, when he captured a WBC silver belt with a TKO victory over Luciano Cuello. Trainers José "Chepo" Reynoso and Eddy Reynoso are monitoring Alvarez's work.

Eddy Reynoso says the next defense of Canelo will be shown by HBO pay-per-view, which is going to mark the unbeaten Mexican's first appearance as a pay-per-view headliner.

"It will be the debut of 'Canelo' in a starring role on HBO pay-per-view. He already appeared on HBO pay-per-view when he beat Jose Cotto in May 2010, in Las Vegas, but now he will headline the event," said the young coach.

No opponent has been set. Mandatory challenger Ryan Rhodes has been mentioned as a possibility. The WBC is potentially going to order a purse bid for Alvarez-Rhodes by the end of April, if no deal is reached between the two parties.

gomez1012 wrote:i thought June on regular HBO then PPV in Sept?

SlickMoney wrote:HBO makes no sense sometimes but i doubt they make his next fight on PPV. In Sept. with Mexican Independence i can see them doing it.

kbyte wrote:Most of you were probably gonna steal it online anyway.

gomez1012 wrote:

kbyte wrote:Most of you were probably gonna steal it online anyway.

The guy putting on the stream is the one stealing it

shdavistx wrote:
No. He is paying for it, how is he stealing it?

He is illegally distributing it though.

GrantZilla wrote:I got no problem "stealing" over-priced un-worthy PPV fight. I'd pay, and have many times, for good PPVs. I'd prefer to watch the fight on the big TV in HD. But not going to pay 50 bucks, plus service fees, plus more for HD for this kind of shit