It’s safe to say that Canelo Alvarez wasn’t happy with having to wait for UFC 244’s conclusion before he could fight Sergey Kovalev.
In an interview with ESPN Deportes (quote via BoxingScene), Alvarez addressed DAZN making him and Kovalev stay in their locker rooms while UFC 244 played out, and he vowed to make sure it won’t happen again.
“I will not allow them to do that, at least for my fights. I will talk to [DAZN],” Canelo said.
DAZN made the curious decision to delay Canelo’s main event vs. Kovalev so that it wouldn’t go head-to-head with Nate Diaz vs.