Why aren't the TV networks taking more advantage of the Pacquiao-Mayweather undercard

The eyes of the world will be on the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight this weekend.

The undercard features:
Vaysl Lomachenko vs. A Bricklayer
Leo Santa Cruz vs. A Taxi driver.

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I believe the price the Yanks are paying for it is $99. For one fight. What if that fights ends in the second round due to a head clash and is ruled a technical draw?

And what about the people in the arena who have paid for tickets? How ****ed off would they be?

My suggested fights was:
- Roman Gonzalez v Juan Francisco Estrada II
- Nicholas Walters v. Vaysl Lomachenko

They are on paper, competitive and entertaining fights and relevant to the division those guys fight in.

The advantages of having these:

- Hardcore fans who have become sick of Mayweather/ Pacquiao and their antics over the years would be more willing to part with their money for the significant fights on the undercard.

- The atmosphere in the arena would build nicely if two wars precede the main events

- People watching getting their first glimpse of these fighters will likely be interested in seeing them again- thus they may one day be headlining their own hows.

- People will feel less ripped off if the main event fails to deliver.

- The fighters I mentioned wouldn't command an astronomical fee for this kind of exposure.

 

Nobody have an opinion on this?

 

But on the Brook v Gavin you are more liekly to get value for money as 1- it's cheaper and 2- there are competitive fights on the under card.

 

So what's the point in having an undercard then? Why not just start with the main event?

And I guarantee you if they had the undercard I suggested hardcore fans would probably care more about that than they do the main event

 

I think Leo got 825,000 on the undercard of Mayweather-Maidana 2 and the taxi driver got something like 75,000.


I think Gonzalez said at one point he wanted 1m between him an Estrada to rematch, but he would probably take a little less for this kind of worldwide exposure, so I doubt there would be much difference in it.

 

Did you read the rest of the post or do you have reading comprehension issues. I know you're not the sharpest poster on the site, I'm saying why not take advantage of all these eyes to make stars people want to watch again?

And if what you are saying is true, why have an undercard at all?

 

I remember how awesome the Canelo-Mayweather undercard was when they put Lucas-Garcia on the undercard.

The fact that you don't have a comeback other than resorting to insults like a keyboard warrior shows that you are the mentally ill one son.