The whole build up to this fight does not meet the modern norm. Theres no 24-7 style build up to this fight. Theres only one press conference. The fighters did not meet face to face with the commercials. The fighters will not see eachother until the weigh-in. I don't even know if the fighters will even see eachother at the weigh-in or if they will weigh in at different times. For a promotional point of view, little work is actually being done. This must be a dream job for Bob Arum, the guy doesn't have to do nothing. To me this whole build up is very strange for such a big fight. Normally with big fights, you go all out to make it really huge, but no, not this fight. All that is being done is the fighters are posting training clips now and then, that's it. Your thoughts. Do you find it strange?
I think youve missed the point. All those press conferences and 24/7 and all the other stuff costs a lot of money. They said at the start that the fight is so big that it sells itself. They are saving money on promotion and that saved money is going directly to the fighters purses. I don't mind the build up, we are getting daily updates on social media and because they have only met face to face once, the weigh in with shirts off and the stare down will be off the scale
That's not true. There's a media day on April 15th and at least one major television special coming up: At Last: Mayweather/Pacquiao premieres Saturday, April 18th at 11:45PM ET, only on HBO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfEyBvKyVmY
That looks pretty good. Can't wait to watch that. Manny Pacquiao seems so out of public character by his confident talking, but I like it
yeah, the build up is different because this fight is different. they don't need all that role-playing schit. mayweather is gonna do his camp and stay focused on the fight. no need to sell it with the kind of showmanship he's displayed over the past few years....i noticed pac and freddie roach doing their best impression of talking smack. but nobody is really paying them any mind. kinda takes the wind outta their sails, cause it's like they were all poised to wage one kind of psychological battle, but instead they come across looking stupid.
All the big fights in the last 20 years have had hype. It's part of boxing as far as i'm concerned. When Tyson fought Lewis, now that was the biggest fight at the time and that came years too late, but look at all the hype. That build up was all over TV, well it was in England anyway.
I still find it strange there isn't any official/direct announcement on why they decided to go on with the fight without all the cool stuff(24/7, face-off...etc).
The build up for that one was literally everywhere. I remember a week before the fight, every single day there was some sort of coverage/hype. Even the Holyfield vs Rahman fight(a week before Tyson-Lewis) had its share of Tyson vs Lewis hype/questions during the event itself.
Floyd is still ****ed because he was forced to take his fight this is his way of punishing the fans: no build ups, no press conferences, tickets snatched by casinos and ****. nothing for the fans aside from a cold and expensive PPV show
The answer is pretty simple. Floyd insisted on as little direct media promotion by the fighters as possible, because he knew he needed the extra time to train for the fight of his life. But also because he didn't want everyone to see how much more popular Manny is than him in his own country. He already stutters every time Manny's name is mentioned. Seeing how much more all the crowds of Americans love Manny would give poor Floyd a nervous breakdown.
I think the promotional team is banking on the fight selling itself and one thing this fight has that the other great matchups didn't is social media which is a strong force in itself. Twitter, FB, Instagram, Youtube etc.... I think it would have been nice to have more professional coverage for the fight. I personally would have loved to see an episode of Face Off but because its an HBO show I doubt showtime would let them have that exposure for free.
