Floyd vs Canelo less that 1 month away. Where's the promotion!?

If Shaefer thinks this fight is going to draw anywhere near what floyd/Oscar drew then he's kidding himself. Why? The Floyd/Oscar fight was promoted like no fight I have ever seen. Here in Nyc there were giant billboards up, posters on buses and in the subway system, TV commercials, etc. The Floyd/canelo fight is less than a month away and I have yet to see any type of advertisement for it whatsoever. My bday is actually that wknd and a friend of mine who owns a bar is going to order the fight and have a post fight bday party there as well and to he totally honest, many casuals don't or didn't know Floyd was fighting and/or who he's fighting. Now I'm amped for this fight and especially for the Garcia/Lucas bout but I have a feeling that the #s will fall far short of what gbp and showtime are expecting and it will be a lack of promotion to blame. Now maybe it's just here in Nyc, but is anyone else in other states also witnessing a lack of promotion/advertisement for this upcoming fight?

Comments (20)

dc3383

Fight is going to do about 1.7 million NSB will say thats a flop

12y ago

Evol

Fight will easily break 1.3mil

12y ago

dc3383

Exactly and ESPN with Skip and Stephen A are NO BETTER! Stephen A didn't even know who Canelo was, and Skip knew none of his last few opponents. None of them knew who Brandon Rios was, I don't understand why they just don't bring Dan Rafeal and Teddy Atlast on first take to talk boxing. I think they knew who Canelo was barely; they had no idea who Rios was thats why they kept saying you came back to fight this dude.

12y ago

BoxingFollower

Don't worry. Now that Fox SPorts 1 is on the air they will force ESPN to improve its boxing coverage. I hope they give dan and atlas a show. Yes and just leave ALLLLL the boxing talk to them.

12y ago

icha

You don't know anything about psychology or marketing. How many people have been to the great wall throughout history? Probably billions. Having Pacquiao and Rios there connects with people on a much more emotional level. And alot of people care about the Great Wall because its one of the 7 wonders of the world. And Yao Ming is the greatest Chinese basketball player ever. Thats like saying if Michael Jordan was at the Canelo-Floyd press conference no one would care. MJ would never be caught associating with Floyd tho cuz its bad for his image. i know about the importance of the great wall but not on a boxing event, again that is important for the boxers not for the fans, and to be honest yao is not that great, is only cuz he is asian, but he is not an ATG on NBA history... but hey then again if want to believe that pac-rios is a bigger event is up to you, i respect your opinion mine is way different...

12y ago

The_Big_Dunn

Exactly and ESPN with Skip and Stephen A are NO BETTER! Stephen A didn't even know who Canelo was, and Skip knew none of his last few opponents. None of them knew who Brandon Rios was, I don't understand why they just don't bring Dan Rafeal and Teddy Atlast on first take to talk boxing. Don't worry. Now that Fox SPorts 1 is on the air they will force ESPN to improve its boxing coverage. I hope they give dan and atlas a show.

12y ago

BoxingFollower

Try that with kovalev and cleverly or gaele and barker. I had to literally teach my homeboys that these guys are all really good fighters and that the fghts would be good. Yet they all know who Broner is from the ridiulous youtube ****. Exactly and ESPN with Skip and Stephen A are NO BETTER! Stephen A didn't even know who Canelo was, and Skip knew none of his last few opponents. None of them knew who Brandon Rios was, I don't understand why they just don't bring Dan Rafeal and Teddy Atlast on first take to talk boxing.

12y ago

dc3383

This fight set the guarantee record for closed circuit and broke the live gate record. I wouldn't be too worried. Exactly the fight sold itself by being announced; along with tickets selling out with 24 hrs(happy to have one).

12y ago

SD180sx

Very awesome man. I was in SanDiego a bit ago watching the Titans lose haha but I stay with my buddy's rich cousin in Vegas. He has no boxing friends and somehow I latched on Nice, but the Chargers still messing up bad. And having a connect in Vegas always comes in handy. My friends mom always hooks us up with rooms because shes a Diamond member if I remember that right. Also finally saw a TV advertisement for the fight

12y ago

The_Big_Dunn

Agreed, I watched May Vs Mosley with people who didn't know crap. They were over there talking about Sugar Ray Leonard was Sugar Shane's Mosley father.... Who would win out of Ali vs Mayweather Who would win out of Mayweather Vs Tyson Who would win out of Mayweather Vs Lewis NEVER WATCH BOXING WITH CASUALS!! Try that with kovalev and cleverly or gaele and barker. I had to literally teach my homeboys that these guys are all really good fighters and that the fghts would be good. Yet they all know who Broner is from the ridiulous youtube ****.

12y ago

BoxingFollower

nothing worst than watching fight's with people who 'don't know **** about boxing'..... Agreed, I watched May Vs Mosley with people who didn't know crap. They were over there talking about Sugar Ray Leonard was Sugar Shane's Mosley father.... Who would win out of Ali vs Mayweather Who would win out of Mayweather Vs Tyson Who would win out of Mayweather Vs Lewis NEVER WATCH BOXING WITH CASUALS!!

12y ago

Cinci_Champ

What I dont understand about these city tours is, unless you're a big boxing fan who actually attends these events, who knows about them? When they have them here in NYC it takes place about 10 minutes from my job yet unless you're a boxing fan who follows the sports current events, you wont know anything about it. These tours pretty much cater to those who plan on purchasing the ppv anyway!! ya and even that number is going to be gigantic

12y ago

Cinci_Champ

well it does not help that so many time warner costumers dont have showtime now me included

12y ago

junior_gong

nothing worst than watching fight's with people who 'don't know **** about boxing'..... He'll be in good company because he doesnt know ish about boxing. Dude's one of them floboner's.

12y ago

salitap4p1

tbh canelo is going to gas after a few rounds and floyd's going to school his a ss. best not to promote it as an insane mega-fight as it's not going to live up to the hype.

12y ago

Dagomba

It's doing fine, you only need like two weeks to convince casual fans anyway. It's the stubborn hardcore fans who need constant promotion to be convinced and usually we do this amongst ourselves just by talking about it. They did a 10 city conference and all access starts on saturday. Sporadic commercials and billboards are just a back up. Trust me the fight hype is there, everyone knows about the fight.

12y ago

dc3383

Its more Internet advertising than anything these days

12y ago

BURNER

Ive been seeing advertisement everywhere. Way more than the Guerrero build up.

12y ago

0uthpaw

I've seen the the DirecTV commercial a few times. I saw the commercial as a preview in the movie theater but not much after that, I've actually seen more promotion for the Guerrero fight than this one but there's still a few weeks left so only time will tell.

12y ago

halo16

I live in Los Angeles and there is a billboard on the 5 north towards East LA of Bradley and JMM. I have not seen any billboards or anything on buses of Mayweather vs Canelo. Not sure what GBP is thinking not promoting the fight at least little in LA more.

12y ago