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[Dolimite]

Thank You!!!! Red HEAD WAY to step up. We could see an undefeated fight lose come May 4th. Maybe two undefeated fighters get tested. Broner and Red Head.... Come on May 4th! Trout better not take a dive!

[KOpower]

This was the only obvious move for Canelo if what Richard Schaeffer is saying is the truth...and I have no reason to believe that he isn't. Richard said that Canelo wanted a guarantee that if BOTH fighters won, Canelo-Mayweather would be made in the fall. Floyd wouldn't give him that guarantee, so Canelo took his fight off the Mayweather PPV.

This tells me that Floyd wasn't very serious about fighting Canelo in the fall. Why else would Floyd have an issue with this? Canelo is doing him a big favor by fighting Trout on his undercard and boosting his PPV ratings...which makes him a richer man. Canleo-Trout is one of the bigger fights of the year and Canelo was willing to put it as an undercard fight. All Mayweather had to do was say yes to a fight with Canelo in the fall if BOTH men won. That is extremely reasonable and if Floyd wanted to right Canelo in the fall then I have to imagine he would say yes.

I think we are setting up for a 1 year Floyd layoff after the Ghost fight or maybe a fall fight with Danny Garcia or Devon Alexander. If he really wanted to fight Canelo, I can't see him turning this deal down considering the extra PPV buys that will be lost.

Maybe Floyd was just stringing Canelo on this entire time, telling him he will get a shot in the near future if he just fought a few times on Floyd PPV's. That boosted Mayweather's ratings which allowed him to leverage a deal with Showtime. Now Canelo essentially said put up or shut up...either agree to a fight if we BOTH win or I am taking a major fight off the PPV. There has to be a reason that Floyd is willing to diminish his own PPV card.