Can Pacquiao sell a fight?

hofbrau · Mar 30, 2011

Ceej1979 said: ↑

I'm only asking, as I received an e-mail from a friend, on boxinginsider.com, telling me all the crap Top Rank have been asking them to run over the next month.

Not much of it is actually anything to do with Pacquiao or Mosely. It's just load of rumour mongering about Mayweather.

Why are they pushing friendly sites of theirs, to flood with Mayweather stories, during a Pacquiao vs. Mosely promotion?

Not that I want to break any of this, before the site, but I was tipped off with two stories Top Rank were pushing their friendly sites and bloggers to run over the next month or so.

1: Floyd demanding $100 million for a fight
2: Floyd fighting Paul Spadafora

Why? As Mosely looks like a decent bout, when Pacquiao's actual real rival is wanting $100 million, and trying to make fights with guys who retired 10 years ago.

They actually did a similar media campaign before the Margarito bout.

If you recall, there were lots of stories about Manny "agreeing to all testing demands" and Floyd fighting Mathew Hatton................

What's the truth.

1: "$100 million" refers to an offer Floyd received from Don King about 8 months ago, for exclusive rights to his Pacquiao fight. It was quite widely reported at the time.

Arum is misleading folks, by implying it's a purse demand. It's in fact his total fee - purse, bonuses, and a promotional fee

To cut it short - Don Kings going to pay him 100 million if Mayweather lets him promote his half.

2: Paul Spadafora - This is from the "mathew hatton" school of match making. As in, Arum just finding some small name, who has remote links to Mayweather, and trying to start rumours about Floyd wanting to fight him.

What I'm saying is, Arum and Top Rank, and in truth Pacquiao and Roach, do spend most of their promotions talking about Floyd Mayweather.

So my question is:

Does anyone really care about Pacquiao, if Mayweather's not his future?

If Arum came out and said "Floyd is not happening in the next 2 years", in 2009, and "he will be fighting Clottey, then Margarito, then Mosely" do you think anyone would still be bothered about him?

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Nobody cared about him at 130, on the grand scheme of things, and nobody would care about him now if guys like Mayweather and De la Hoya weren't helping him out as big name rivals
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dats da truth

greathamza · Mar 30, 2011

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top gear facepalm

jonnytightlips · Mar 30, 2011

His talent sells the fight. Simple as.

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