De La Hoya v Mayweather 24/7 - Skysports 1 @ 7pm tonight

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 19 Apr 2007, 09:20

Jamie Sanigar wrote:It seemed very pro De La Hoya to me and certainly played the good cop bad cop card to try to sell the fight. It certainly seemed to have Golden Boy seal of approval before it was aired!

I think Mayweather understands his role as the bad boy in the promotion and is playing it well. His behaviour is only going to increase pay per view sales which means more $$$$ for him!

It’s exciting for me as I'm gonna be there in Vegas! Missus isn’t to pleased that I spent the budget on doing up the bathroom to go!

You lucky swine Jamie! I'd love to be there for this one. Still, will have a big one over here.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 19 Apr 2007, 09:28

what are you lot5 all on about? Those home scenes with DLH struck me as totally AUTHENTIC lol

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 19 Apr 2007, 09:38

KOJOE90 wrote:BOXING loves good guy vs bad guy promotions, not just the Americans

True, but it fits into the American dream way of life alot better than it does into ours IMO. I wonder if there are many Americans on their forum saying that the scenes were staged in last nights show???? or are they all just Whooping and Wailing 'Come on Oscar, dawg'.

Jamie Sanigar · Post by **Jamie Sanigar** » 19 Apr 2007, 09:47

Very true Chambers.

Those Americans will have fallen for that HBO glossy nonsense.

They will all be cheering the Mr Clean Cut Family Values champ to beat the Mr Nasty Disfunctional Family Hip Hop Loving Gangsta!

Mind you I'm paying a fortune to go so does that make me a bit of a sucker too?!?!?!

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 19 Apr 2007, 09:55

Jamie Sanigar wrote:Very true Chambers.

Those Americans will have fallen for that HBO glossy nonsense.

They will all be cheering the Mr Clean Cut Family Values champ to beat the Mr Nasty Disfunctional Family Hip Hop Loving Gangsta!

Mind you I'm paying a fortune to go so does that make me a bit of a sucker too?!?!?!

All the bullshit aside, its still 2 of the top boxers in the world squaring off against each other. It makes you a jammy bastard not a sucker.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Apr 2007, 09:57

De La Hoya vs Mayweather JR is the biggest non-Heavyweight fight since..............................?????????????????/

I need to think about this one.

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 19 Apr 2007, 10:03

Leonard-Hearns the first time round......possibly

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 19 Apr 2007, 10:31

Hopkins DLH ?

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Apr 2007, 10:34

Hagler - Leonard?
DLH - Tito?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 19 Apr 2007, 10:34

KOJOE90 wrote:De La Hoya vs Mayweather JR is the biggest non-Heavyweight fight since..............................?????????????????/

I need to think about this one.

DLH v Trinidad was the biggest PPV, I think Leonard v Hagler generated the most money overall, if you figure in inflation.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 19 Apr 2007, 11:17

DLH – Trinidad might have done the record non-heavyweight PPV numbers but was it really that big of a sporting EVENT outside of the Latino communities?

For me, I would say no.

They were running short teaser trailers for De La Hoya v Mayweather on the strip in Vegas back in December, a full 5 months before the fight is scheduled to happen.

In my eyes its bigger then De La Hoya v Trinidad, but not as big as Hagler v Leonard in terms of publicity and interest from the average sports fan (certainly in the US.)

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 19 Apr 2007, 11:20

Difference is, only one of the two men this time are global stars. Mayweather is a nobody globally compared to Hagler and Leonard.

They need to hype this one hard to get a return on the massive investment.

Oscar is a big player, but they need to hype it to bring more to the table for floyd, who is hardly a huge draw.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 19 Apr 2007, 11:45

They have to hype Mayweather up, because once the DLH cash cow is gone - HBO are on their arse.

Lewis, Jones, Gatti, Tito, DLH. Morales,....HBO are losing a generation of superstars.

Have they readily replaced them yet?

I know some smart arse is about to tell me they're all Showtime fighters I just named but you get the jist.