Ok. This actually seems like a real possibility. Pac is saying it's a good fight. Roach really wants it, and Arum appears to be salivating at the prospect of it... If Pac won, how would you rate the win? How do you feel about this fight? I'll need to see how Pac looks against Bradley to get a real gauge on where he is at. I feel weird about it right now though.
Arum said they wouldn't make Canelo come down, so I'm guessing it'd be at 154 or 155. Maybe 153 if they negotiate well enough and convince them that Pac is just too tiny, too faded for the drainage to matter.
Here is the video so people can see Arum say it himself. I figured they would do it anyway when Canelo was talking about it suddenly during his presser tour for his Khan fight. https://youtu.be/jMqBHAWd2qM
"Canelo's fight is being promoted more than ours - we should mention fighting him to promote our own. It worked for years with Mayweather."
You're confusing talking Mayweather for years to actually being asked about him. I think both Mayweather and Pacquiao have been sick of talking about each other for years. It's the boxing media that has been questioning them nonstop/in every interview. It continues even to this day. Their names will always be connected.
:good To be honest it was the greatest promotional campaign in the history of combat sports. The top 2 guys fighting every guy around them but each other, comparing and contrasting fights against opponents they both faced, Mayweather making $32 mil a fight Manny making $25 mil and then $600 million dollars later...
You're absolutely right. I still remember when Mayweather and Pacquiao ended up coincidentally being at the same Miami Heat game. Social media seemed to crash and sport networks were freaking out. It was insanity. And I thought, if the world stopped when these dudes were at the same basketball game together, imagine the reaction to them being in the same ring. Such a shame it ended up having to be a complete cash grab. Those two had the world's spotlight on boxing- truly, the world's. It was an opportunity to really put boxing on the forefront of mainstream sports again like the Tyson, Holyfield era. But like you said, the promotion of that fight wasn't a year long thing. It was an obsession by sport fans, casual and hardcores alike, that lasted for almost a decade.
Then go watch GGG devour yet another overly matched tomato can. Surely the likes of you will never get tired of that charade.