Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Manny Pacquiao Master Discussion Thread

[HanzGruber]

Yeah that's what i'm wondering, does this fight really need a 3 million dollar commercial?

you can say that about lots of thing.. every knows about doritos and coke and budweiser but they have commercials every year

[Flash13]

Everyone surrounding this fight is looking for a big payday....I doubt they waste promotional money on the Super Bowl...but who knows....

My question is what happens for hbo 24/7 and face to face with max kellerman? I would think hbo insists on these. Does hbo get only PAC and showtime does their version with only Floyd? Do they have two face offs...one with hbo and max and one with terrible Jim gray at showtime? Seriously, Jim gray is the absolute worst interview

HBO does a much much better job, so i would hope that showtime would back off a little, and let HBO do their thing. They probably do both tho, imo.

For a fight this big I don't think 3 million for the commercial wouldn't be a big deal. It'll be great exposure for the fight (and boxing in general) and could pull in an even larger audience. From a marketing perspective, it's a great opportunity to piggyback off one of the biggest events in sports. That could have an huge increase on the number of PPV buys. Boxing back in the mainstream! Let's see UFC do that! But it's all wishful thinking at this point.

I agree it would be great exposure for the sport, that's for sure. I'm just not sure that three million would translate into enough buys to justify it. This fight will spread like wildfire once its announced. Sports shows that don't even talk about boxing will probably lead off with the magnitude of this fight.

[Shapopojoe]

HBO does a much much better job, so i would hope that showtime would back off a little, and let HBO do their thing. They probably do both tho, imo.



I agree it would be great exposure for the sport, that's for sure. I'm just not sure that three million would translate into enough buys to justify it. This fight will spread like wildfire once its announced. Sports shows that don't even talk about boxing will probably lead off with the magnitude of this fight.

I agree...hbo team much better at production and pre- fight shows

[Ferrarijones]

What would you guys think of Khan-Bradley on the undercard? Would there be enough money to go around for them?

[Flash13]

What would you guys think of Khan-Bradley on the undercard? Would there be enough money to go around for them?

Absolutely love the fight. Perfect fight for a main event of this magnitude. However, i feel there going to just put out crap, because nobody is paying for the undercard anyways.

[Shapopojoe]

What would you guys think of Khan-Bradley on the undercard? Would there be enough money to go around for them?

Great idea but I don't know if there is enough money to go around!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Have a beer and enjoy some real football

It's on a Sunday night at 2am or something. I'll probably have to get rat arsed just to get through it.

[Weebler I]

it's well worth it, Dirk...some people tune in JUST for the commercials

the party im going to, we even have bets on what type of commercials will be shown first ie. movie, car, beer, chips etc

I watched the Superbowl last year, it's soulless, commercialised shit.

[DARKSEID]

The fight's almost signed guys

[Weebler I]

The fight's almost signed guys

There's definitely a bit of that, it's a bit like the Mayweather-Cotto fight in that it should have happened years ago and both guys are past prime, cheated boxing a bit, but if it happens then better late than never. Everyone still wants to see it.