Dela Hoya: Saul Alvarez is more marketable than Mosley

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by bayu, Dec 4, 2010.


Page 1 of 4
  1. bayu

    bayu Active Member Full Member

    506
    0
    Apr 24, 2010
    Oscar: "This is my take on Bob Arum saying that Mosley has more of a household name," De La Hoya said. "Mosley's last pay-per-view in September, I think he drew about a thousand people and `Canelo' drew about 10,000 people. And I think `Canelo' drew probably 95 percent of the pay-per-view.

    "So Bob Arum is saying, `Well, Mosley's a more credible opponent because he's more marketable.' That's not true, that's not true at all. Marquez is the fighter who everybody knows and who everybody wants to see against Pacquiao."

    De La Hoya is not happy with Mosley at the moment, so his comments should be taken as such. Mosley was promoted by Golden Boy for five years, but recently announced he was a free agent and could fight for the promoter of his choosing.

    The way De La Hoya sees it, he made Mosley millions of dollars and he's upset Mosley walked.

    "I feel hurt by it," De La Hoya said. "I mean, obviously, I don't really let my personal feelings get in the way of the job we have to do. We want to do the best job possible for the fighters. When fighters do things like that, it hurts.
    "It's sad because they don't realize what we've accomplished for them. There's a lot of work and you put a lot of energy into it and then you get slapped in the face."




    And now Oscar is saying that Mosley is not a draw and is pushing for a Marquez-Pacquiao trilogy.

    So is Marquez more marketable than Mosley? They only had 4,920 live gate attendance, with Andre Berto and Caballero on the undercard.
     
    bayu, Dec 4, 2010
    bayu, Dec 4, 2010
    #1
  2. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

    79,438
    2,646
    Feb 1, 2007
    4920 is good attendance numbers in vegas.


    But Oscar is a fake ass mother****er anyways.
     
    PH|LLA, Dec 4, 2010
    PH|LLA, Dec 4, 2010
    #2
  3. unsigned_userv2

    unsigned_userv2 Well-Known Member Full Member

    2,138
    0
    Sep 3, 2010
    If Saul Alvarez becomes a big star then all these ginger kids will start thinking it's ok to be ginger.
     
    unsigned_userv2, Dec 4, 2010
    unsigned_userv2, Dec 4, 2010
    #3
  4. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

    8,657
    14
    Aug 1, 2010
    He needs to be stopped!
     
    LancsTerrible, Dec 4, 2010
    LancsTerrible, Dec 4, 2010
    #4
  5. zabjudah

    zabjudah Guest

    lmao they kickin shane mosley into the curbs, sugar slave shouldnt have ducked zab.
     
    zabjudah, Dec 4, 2010
    zabjudah, Dec 4, 2010
    #5
  6. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

    8,657
    14
    Aug 1, 2010
    Zab should have ducked when Tzsyu hit him right on his glass jaw.
     
    LancsTerrible, Dec 4, 2010
    LancsTerrible, Dec 4, 2010
    #6
  7. diamondDave

    diamondDave Boxing Addict Full Member

    3,264
    11
    Jul 21, 2004
    Of course he is for starters, Mosley has maybe one or two fights left in his careers tops.
     
    diamondDave, Dec 4, 2010
    diamondDave, Dec 4, 2010
    #7
  8. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

    22,296
    5
    Mar 14, 2007
    Alvarez IS more marketable than Mosley, but he's not more popular right now. They need to hurry up and get him in there with a popular old fart to help pass the torch. Once Alvarez gets comfortable enough with English to do interviews in English, watch out! He'll be everywhere.

    That said, Oscar is ****ing ******ed for saying all this stuff out loud. He's setting things up so that he loses Alvarez to Top Rank when his GBP contract expires in a few years.
     
    Brickhaus, Dec 4, 2010
    Brickhaus, Dec 4, 2010
    #8
  9. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

    19,105
    42
    Apr 12, 2008
    Considering that Mayweather's recent ppv appearances came against both JMM and Mosley, we actually do have a reasonable gauge to compare who is the better 'B-Side' ppv draw between the 2 fighters.
     
    Beenie, Dec 4, 2010
    Beenie, Dec 4, 2010
    #9
  10. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    18,812
    3
    Jan 31, 2010
    That is a seriously frightening thought.
     
    ImElvis666, Dec 4, 2010
    ImElvis666, Dec 4, 2010
    #10
  11. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

    9,468
    376
    Feb 10, 2009
    I think Alvarez probably is more popular than Shane right now. If they both fought the same opponent, I'm sure Canelo would sell more tickets.
     
    Henke67, Dec 4, 2010
    Henke67, Dec 4, 2010
    #11
  12. Taylex

    Taylex Boxing Addict Full Member

    6,885
    1
    Oct 15, 2007
    That can not be true. Only 5000 people in the crowd for the Marquez-Katsidas fight????? Man Boxing is really struggling in the US. If those guys fought in Britain there would be easily 10000+ fans guaranteed in the arena.
     
    Taylex, Dec 4, 2010
    Taylex, Dec 4, 2010
    #12
  13. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

    14,049
    1,098
    Aug 6, 2005
    I've said it for years, despite his big name, even out side of boxing.. Shane has never been the draw.. his biggest fights were all because of the guy he was fighting, not him.
     
    nervousxtian, Dec 4, 2010
    nervousxtian, Dec 4, 2010
    #13
  14. truewarrior

    truewarrior Boxing Addict Full Member

    7,284
    0
    Feb 3, 2008
    Dude its scary how popular Canelo is. Usually I have to let my coworkers know whos who on the undercards of big fights but everyone already know who Canelo is already. Reminds me of Chavez big time and not so much DLH although he does get alot of female attention. If Pac fought Canelo right now it would do good numbers, just imagine in 2 years?
     
    truewarrior, Dec 4, 2010
    truewarrior, Dec 4, 2010
    #14
  15. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

    8,657
    14
    Aug 1, 2010
    It is painful going on his Twitter at times.
     
    LancsTerrible, Dec 4, 2010
    LancsTerrible, Dec 4, 2010
    #15
Page 1 of 4