Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull events are priced separately at $59.99 or purchased as a bundle at $89.99, live on DAZN.
Fans’ reactions to the prices are mixed, but the Garcia-Romero event has a more favorable view because it has three solid fights in the Fatal Fury card on DAZN PPV at Times Square in New York City.
The Value Question
There would be a lot more interest in the Canelo event if it were packaged with the Garcia-Romero card. Canelo could be a worthy chief support bout.
Many of them say they’ll take a hard pass on the Canelo-Scull event because they view it as terrible. Scull is not a PPV-level fighter, which is seen as a mismatch.
Garcia vs. Rolly card – $59.99
– Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez
– Teofimo Lopez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr.
The Canelo-Scull event on May 3rd includes an undercard featuring older fighters and ones coming off defeats. IBF 168-lb champion Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) isn’t well known to fans, and many who saw his last fight against Vladimir Shishkin weren’t impressed. They believe he lost that fight. I watched the fight, and I had Shishikin winning 10-2. It wasn’t close.
Canelo vs. Scull undercard – $59.99
– Badou Jack vs. Ryan Rozicki
– Jaime Munguia vs. Bruno Surace 2
– Martin Bakole vs. Efe Ajagba
– Brayan Leon vs. Aaron Rocha Guerrero
– Marco Verde vs. Michel Galvan Polina
Super middleweight contender Munguia is coming off a knockout loss to Surace, and he’s lost two out of his last three fights. He’s not the ideal guy for the co-feature spot. If Munguia were still unbeaten, that’s another thing, but he’s not.
Heavyweight Martin Bakole was knocked out in two rounds in his last fight against Joseph Parker. He came into that fight looking like a blimp, weighing 310 lbs. Given Bakole’s recent performance, he’s out of place on a PPV undercard.
WBC cruiserweight champion Badou is 41 years old and was maneuvered into winning his belt by beating a handful of middle-of-the-road fighters. He’s not someone you can throw in the ring with Jai Opetaia or Gilberto Ramirez and expect him to come out victorious.
“I heard they’re fighting at six in the morning. If I know he’s fighting at six in the morning Saudi time. It could be regular time here, nighttime here [in Southern California],” said trainer Robert Garcia to ESNEWS, reacting to Canelo Alvarez leaving three weeks early for his fight in Saudi Arabia on May 3rd.
“Why is he leaving three weeks early? Because if you’re leaving three weeks early, you’re going to have to adjust to the time change over there. So what are you going to do, wake up at four in the morning? No, earlier to go fight at six in the morning? It’s not like you’re at high altitude over there [Saudi].
“So, what I would do is instead of leaving so early to adjust to the time because you’re fighting at the time that you’re supposed to fight in the States. So, you’re going to fight at six in the morning over there. What I would do is go the week of the fight and don’t change my sleep pattern,” said Robert.
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Last Updated on 04/15/2025
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