The reason why Canelo Alvarez was right in not excepting the typical PBC deal that Al Haymon gives all of his fighters is because when it comes to business, Canelo & Eddie Reynoso are a lot smarter than most people realized.

After listening to some of the interview I did with Rick Glaser it all makes sense now. Let me explain.

When you look at some of fighters at the PBC, the so-called star fighters are not the most business savvy people in the world.

These fighters need father figures and Al Haymon is the father that they need. These fighters have vices that causes them to make bad choices.

These fighters live a lifestyle far beyond their means and some of these fighters are just plain natural fu** ups.

Al Haymon knows this. So he does try to protect his fighters ignorance by giving them allowances and advances from their own money.. because let's be honest.

People like Jermall Charlo, Adrian Broner, & Errol Spence need to be treated this way. To be honest, a lot of fighters would fall into this category.

When a fighter is an alcoholic, loves to drink, party, hang out & tries to live the lifestyle of the super rich without being super rich themselves, it's a recipe for disaster.

So when you have a roster full of fighters with this mentally, then theirs no wonder why Al has to treat these fighters like children.

He is saving them from themselves. Or at least thats the narrative that's being pushed by the pro PBC D Riders.

But when it comes to Canelo. He doesn't have any of the vices that your favorite PBC fighter have.

Canelo has more leverage than any PBC fighter. He understands he is the real cash cow in the sport of boxing... not this bs lie that Leonard Ellerbe is spitting about his fighter.

He understood that Al Haymon was trying to use him to build up a failing company that has over 250 fighters under contract with only 2 or 3 star fighters.

This is why Al wanted to sign Canelo to a multi fight deal but he said know. Eddie Reynoso & Canelo are not stupid.

They fully understood the PBC business model of so-called backend money, and low guarantee purse splits with weekly allowances.

So he did the right thing and forced Al Haymon to pay him $40 Million guaranteed plus TV rights & PPV splits.

No fighter in the history of the PBC have ever got paid this much money up front but the non PBC fighter did.

Now I have no doubt that payout Al Haymon was forced to give Canelo in order to secure the Alvarez vs Plant fight might have hurt the PBC's bottom line as it relates to the rest of their extremely large roster.

But at the end of the day I believe that Canelo did the right thing. Stick'em up for the bag and move on. There's no need in trying to save a sinking ship.

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