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Their fight was still two months away, but there are a couple of conclusions one could infer from the fact that the middleweight champion of the world and the No. 1 contender each weighed 177 pounds when they walked into the Tavern on the Green in Central Park Tuesday afternoon.
The most obvious is that as middleweights go, these are two big men, and in what he vows will be his farewell to the 160-pound division, Jermain Taylor will for once be picking on somebody his own size.
The other is that given the modest lunchtime fare of cold cuts, melon, and berries, the likelihood is that Taylor and Kelly Pavlik also walked out of the Tavern on the Green weighing no more than 177 pounds apiece.
Ken Condon of Caesars Atlantic City, whose hostelry is bankrolling Taylor-Pavlik, pronounced it “a very, very hot fight,” and offered as evidence that in the three weeks since the bout was confirmed ticket-buyers have snapped up every available seat on the floor of Boardwalk Hall despite the absence of advertising, or, indeed, a formal announcement.
This is known in the business as a “soft sell,” although the soft price of the $400 top ticket might have something to do with it as well.
HBO, having shelled out pay-per-view numbers for a fight that will be shown on World Championship Boxing, has committed to hyping Taylor-Pavlik as if it were a PPV show, including what Ross Greenburg described as a “24/7-style countdown” that will commence on September 22 and run every night for a week before the fight.
What? Did any of you see this coming? I didn't. There's going to be a show similar to that of the De la Hoya- Mayweather one for this non PPV fight- wow!! Does this mean that Mosley-Cotto or Mayweather-Hatton is likely to have a show, too? What do you guys think about this??
The most obvious is that as middleweights go, these are two big men, and in what he vows will be his farewell to the 160-pound division, Jermain Taylor will for once be picking on somebody his own size.
The other is that given the modest lunchtime fare of cold cuts, melon, and berries, the likelihood is that Taylor and Kelly Pavlik also walked out of the Tavern on the Green weighing no more than 177 pounds apiece.
Ken Condon of Caesars Atlantic City, whose hostelry is bankrolling Taylor-Pavlik, pronounced it “a very, very hot fight,” and offered as evidence that in the three weeks since the bout was confirmed ticket-buyers have snapped up every available seat on the floor of Boardwalk Hall despite the absence of advertising, or, indeed, a formal announcement.
This is known in the business as a “soft sell,” although the soft price of the $400 top ticket might have something to do with it as well.
HBO, having shelled out pay-per-view numbers for a fight that will be shown on World Championship Boxing, has committed to hyping Taylor-Pavlik as if it were a PPV show, including what Ross Greenburg described as a “24/7-style countdown” that will commence on September 22 and run every night for a week before the fight.
What? Did any of you see this coming? I didn't. There's going to be a show similar to that of the De la Hoya- Mayweather one for this non PPV fight- wow!! Does this mean that Mosley-Cotto or Mayweather-Hatton is likely to have a show, too? What do you guys think about this??
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