Many people on this sub presume to know what happens behind the scenes. I find it pretty funny. When in fact all that the average boxing spectator knows is what he is told and what he sees and hears.

I doubt many of you have sat in on negotiations concerning deals worth tens of millions of dollars and often exceeding into the hundreds of millions when considering network revenues. Many interests in many directions have a hand in boxing. To fault one fighter for a situation like this, in this instance Canelo, is absurd.

People complain that "they" aren't giving the public what they want. That they are somehow robbing us of the best matches. I understand the sentiment, but I also understand that boxing is unlike any other sport, with the exception of MMA to some degree. And because it is unlike any other sport, it will have issues that other sports don't have to deal with.

Specifically, boxing is innately tied to business. Each fight is a new business deal. Each fight is a new merger, acquisition, partnership. Each fight is a new contract. This doesn't happen in league sports where salaries and not purses are the standard. Organizations in a league have their opponents predetermined for the entire season. And each individual player's salary is based, primarily, on individual stats and not wins and losses. This is why a soccer player from a losing side in Colombia can be purchased by a winning side in Spain along with a substantial salary increase. That is not the case in boxing.

Boxing paydays are predicated on wins and losses, directly. Look at Victor Ortiz. He was poised to fight Canelo at one point but was derailed by Josesito Lopez. That is just an example. But the point is that boxing is different. A boxer must safeguard his stock value, yet maintain a legacy. It is a fine line to walk.

And on top of that, you have competing sanctioning bodies that create rules from thin air, impose ridiculous sanctions, and stammer negotiations. A negotiation worth over $100 million dollars is not something on which you impose a 15-day deadline. Negotiations of these sums often take months, if not years, in any other business context. Why should boxing be different?

Most people on this sub are saying Canelo's primary reason for which he vacated is to avoid GGG. Well, that's probably what the average spectator on the outside would say because he probably has no damn clue what is going on behind the scenes.