What has happened to promotion for Mayweather- Pacquiao?

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  1. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Honestly pretty much everyone involved has done a poor job handling this fight. Its actually interesting to see such a high level failure.

    Meh... all I care about is may 2 and that bell finally ringing. But it is pretty crazy how amature they have made this seem.
     
    kirk, Apr 12, 2015
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  2. BeastsideBoxing

    BeastsideBoxing "The Thrill" Gavril Full Member

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    You watch 24/7 and All Access only to get informed about their careers ?
    Have you heard of entertainment ?
    Getting pumped-up for the fight.
    Things like that?
     
    BeastsideBoxing, Apr 12, 2015
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  3. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Exactly. There is ZERO hype for this fight. It has zero mainstream appeal, too. Nobody outside of boxing fans is talking about this.
     
    madballster, Apr 13, 2015
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  4. Jacory Harris

    Jacory Harris I'm a gorilla I'm a dawg! Full Member

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    Who cares? After all, Money will be ridding us of the CongROIDSman and that's all that matters.
     
    Jacory Harris, Apr 13, 2015
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  5. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    it all seems bizzarely lackadaisical

    no promotion

    ticket prices ensuring a large percentage of these guys biggest fans wont be able to afford the thing

    how are Filipino's supposed to cough up $100 let alone afford a ticket to the damn thing?
     
    Beouche, Apr 13, 2015
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  6. tarugojones

    tarugojones Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As if you can afford it. :rofl
     
    tarugojones, Apr 13, 2015
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  7. Getrcarzon

    Getrcarzon Member Full Member

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    Charging 100 bucks for the ppv is pathetic. I don't care how big of a fight it is. Damn blood suckers. This is exactly why the state of boxing isn't and hasn't been healthy in the United States for quite some time.
     
    Getrcarzon, Apr 13, 2015
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  8. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Maybe it's just me, but I'm also excited to see Lomachenko on the undercard.
     
    VG_Addict, Apr 13, 2015
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  9. pacman24

    pacman24 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What should they charge? If UFC charges $70 this is worth $100.
     
    pacman24, Apr 13, 2015
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  10. DanishPride

    DanishPride Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is what happens when you got amateurs trying to be promoters. You can say alot of **** about Arum but he do know how to promote a fight. Its mind-boggling Arum and Manny would even agree to this farce AKA TMT promotion or should I say TMT NO PROMOTION. I really think they shot them-self in the foot. no-one knows there is a big fight coming may 2 unless you a boxing fan and we all know that fan group is not very large. Completely insane there is zero promotions being made.
     
    DanishPride, Apr 13, 2015
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  11. humbug

    humbug In Vino Veritas Full Member

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    That's not true, I think if you are a fan of sport in general the fight comes up in conversation.
     
    humbug, Apr 13, 2015
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  12. Getrcarzon

    Getrcarzon Member Full Member

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    $60. Sixty bucks is expensive enough. Too many elitists in boxing. The way it's priced, they want to out price the working class audience.
     
    Getrcarzon, Apr 13, 2015
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  13. victor879

    victor879 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It has been promoted for 5 years. Let's just see the fight.
     
    victor879, Apr 13, 2015
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  14. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    This fight can sell it self everyone knows about it. I was out yesterday for Sunday Funday and there were a group of women talking about it and what they were going to be doing for the fight. The type of women you wouldn't classify as sports fans at all.
     
    Pimp C, Apr 13, 2015
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  15. boxingscience

    boxingscience Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They are ****ing it right up. Even if the fight sells itself, surely they should be helping to make it sell even more. The whole build-up is weird. To me, I think this is Floyd's doing and i'll tell you why. I think he's told HBO and showtime he'll do most of the promotion on his social media accounts aswell as Pacquiao. Both boxers are posting frequent training videos. Both never normally do that as frequent. This is a way for Floyd to promote shots which he is an investor in.
     
    boxingscience, Apr 13, 2015
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