BE HONEST: Have you seen mainstream buzz for "Firepower"? Not NSB...mainstream!!

[kocface]

i work in a restaurant in a rich whilte town and MOST my co workers r WHITE n they ALWAYS know when PACS fightin, n they def not in "boxing circles" n if u have i.o. cable they showed the FIRE POWER commercial TWICE during the WORLD SERIES lasnite... bein that the first press conference was at YANKEE STADIUM.... RICH WHITE TOWN N BASEBALL R NOT "BOXING CIRCLES" but u will still say theres no MAINSTREAM BUZZ???? A LOT OF FCKIN PPL WERE WATCHIN THE YANKEE GAME

[bunce101]

im in australia nobody knows who either pacquaio or cotto is shockingly some know mayweather from de la hoya fight even though pac fought him too

[JAB5239]

"homies who love boxing" are boxing fans. But as the question asked....outside of boxing circles.

You're talking the United states though. I have no doubt the "buzz" is deafening in the Philippines and Puerto Rico. As much as I'd like to say I am missing your point, I see it for what it is. Take in all the facts facts though my man, not just what you think you're seeing.

[Ray*]

From my side in the UK the buzz isnt great for the Pacquiao/Cotto fight even though they would be showing it for free on SKYSPORTS. I think because of David Haye's fight coming up SKY has been more into promoting/adverting that fight more than the Pac-cotto fight.

[IIG]

The answer to the question in this thread is NO. I don't think anybody cares. I love boxing, and I'm not even excited about it. I think the fight does south of a million buys. Somewhere between 925,000-950,000 is my prediction.

[PittyPat]

Here in London? Absolutely nowhere. I don't hear anyone talk about it at the gym, nor has it been mentioned on TV. The only person who knows about it is my rabid boxing fan of a friend, and obviously we're watching it.

Haye-Valuev, however, is getting a fair bit of hype over here.

[S.G.]

Like the other UK posters have said, Haye has kind of stolen their thunder in regards to media coverage and stuff.

My mates are looking forward to it though, but that could be down to me.

[PowerpuG]

There are 4.1 million Puerto Ricans and 3.1 million filipinos living in the US as of 2007. That's 7.2 million potential fans. The numbers will be fine on that alone.

[M.I.C.]

It doesn't have the buzz anyone thought it would, this fight was actually promoted better during the Mayweather-Marquez promotion. HBO is blowing it by not emphasizing the winner fights Mayweather...

[JBell11]

Ten days away from the fight...have you seen the buzz, excitement, anticipation, buzz, etc that a fight of this magnitude deserves?

Where - outside of boxing circles - have you seen indications that the casuals, non-fans, and , mainstreamers have caught on?

JAY-Z mentions Pac on his latest album (by the way it's pretty hot). That's pretty mainstream...but to answer the question... I've heard buzz on the radio stations here about the fight.