Just what the fudge is GBP doing to promote The Battle of the Planet exactly?

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  1. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    I mean, I've heard nothing from Oscar and his boys since the press tour ages ago....

    This just in from the official GBP website:

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    http://www.goldenboypromotions.com/schedule/2008/april/4.19.08.htm

    Absolutely terrible effort from them. At least the Brits sold their allocation of tickets - asked for more, sold them - asked for a few more and sold them....

    Just what are Golden Boy taking a cut for exactly? And what are they doing to promote the fight in the US considering it's one of their legends against a cocky upstart?
     
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  2. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    I think that answers my question, thank you.
     
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  3. 4Rounder

    4Rounder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Its on free HBO, they will have limited advertisement for this non-ppv bout. But I think I have seen the commercials.

    Plus the HBO crew will announce it over and over in the fights of this weekend.
     
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  4. Symphenyceo

    Symphenyceo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i saw a billboard on 42nd street here in NY..and one in the train station also...but i havent seen any comercials or anything
     
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  5. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    Its not a PPV fight...your not really gonna get a great undercard.
     
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  6. JLightningFys

    JLightningFys Member Full Member

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    Wow!!! that is a horrible undercard. I'm hoping TBA pulls out a knockout
     
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  7. boxingabc123

    boxingabc123 Member Full Member

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    When i was driving home on 95 from a phillies game there was a billboard for. the fight.
     
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  8. smoochp

    smoochp Da flyest1 Full Member

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    Theres billboards all over Vegas and at UNLV, but not to many people talking about it
     
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  9. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins did GBP's part of the promotion saying he'll never lose to a white boy. That's better than a King Kong-sized fight poster on the Empire State Building or an artificial island created in Dubai with Hopkins surrounded by plastic surgeons.
     
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  10. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    I've seen alot of posters for the fight here in NY.
     
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  11. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Someone on their site got lazy. Most of the undercard fights have at least one fighter named....

    David Lopez v. Marco Antonio Rubio
    Bradley Pryce v Norberto Bravo
    Audley Harrison v TBA
    Nathan Cleverly v TBA
    and a bunch of other guys I've never heard of before...

    Most of the money on the US side comes from the site fee, so it would be a waste of money to promote it too heavily. There are a lot of ads online for it.
     
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  12. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    you guys make good points, but in general I agree with PrideofWales.

    It is eerily similiar to the Calz/Kess fight that supposedly did bad #'s on ratings. They did jack **** to promote that fight.

    The same can be said about Pav/Taylor II, next to nothing for that fight either. It was as if they said: " Well the first fight was really good, so that should promote itself".

    I agree PrideofWales, this fight even though not PPV, should be in all the ESPN magazines (JT I was, a cool spread in ESPN mag, but not II). It should be in the general publics face all the time.
     
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  13. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    they don't care about promoting it cause its not PPV but IMO this is a mega-fight that could have sold 350-400K and more if you put it on Sky PPV in the UK
     
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