Comments Thread For: Arum Really Pumped For Start of Pacquiao-Mosley Hype

[Tweezy316]

LOL @ you getting butthurt.

Butthurt about what? I'm stoked!! UFC 126 Anderson Silva LET'S GET IT!!!

[Gino Ros]

Top Rank will use the 2nd round of the Mayweather-Mosley fight to promote this garbage. And when casual fans see the big right Mosley landed on Mayweather they'll say "oh wow, and then what happened?". Once they find out that Mosley was completely outclassed and never won another round they will lose interest in this fight. Nice try tho Arum. At least the *******s will buy the fight.

If HBO licenses them to use their copyrighted material.

But pacstitutes would buy tickets to watch their illiterate congressman take a dump. And pay extra if they could taste it.

[Gino Ros]

This is gonna be the highest grossing fight of the year and its not even gonna be close. Good business move and good move for boxing. Its a win win.

What was the highest grossing fight of 2010?

[ThePrince]

If HBO licenses them to use their copyrighted material.

But pacstitutes would buy tickets to watch their illiterate congressman take a dump. And pay extra if they could taste it.

tell these fine people why you're so mad.

What was the highest grossing fight of 2010?

What about 2009? What is your point, sir?

[flint]

pure garbage. arum is pimping 2 steroid dope heads. one fights old stiffs and the other is a old stiff. from a boxing point of view it does'nt matter what pacquiao does. ALL ROADS LEAD TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER. (PERIOD).

[ThePrince]

pure garbage. arum is pimping 2 steroid dope heads. one fights old stiffs and the other is a old stiff. from a boxing point of view it does'nt matter what pacquiao does. ALL ROADS LEAD TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER. (PERIOD).

and another ****'ry is heard from.

[pugay_kamay]

Yes, Bob. Bring the Illiterate congressman fighting a shaky grandfather to the people.

Can you define Illiterate pls?

[pugay_kamay]

Like I said, if you think this is all about Pacquiao-Mosley then you are short-sighted and/or dense. Cotto/Mosley and Pavlik/Hopkins wasn't advertised on CBS because A) There was no deal struck between the network and Top Rank at the time B) Those fights were licensed to HBO C) None of those guys are the calibre of star Pacquiao is.

The last part is key as I've used the parallel to the film industry before to illustrate this point. If you're a producer or director and you have a script for a big budget movie and you are trying to get financing/financial support from a major studio, your chances of getting your project green lit are exponentially increased if you're able to get a star attached to the project. Studios wouldn't green light a $100 million budget movie with no name actors in the lead roles (unless it's something with a huge built-in following like Harry Potter), but if you go to a studio head and say 'Will Smith agreed to take the lead role', then that opens the door for you and makes major deals much easier to strike.

Same exact scenario here, CBS would be bank-rolling Top Rank's project but in order to justify their financial commitment, they need a megastar who they know would guarantee a return on their investment. It's not Cotto, it's not Mosley, it's Manny, point blank.

Now if the PPV on SHOW does big numbers, obviously CBS would want to keep Pacquiao in their pocket, which means Uncle Bob can dictate terms more or less as Manny's promoter (agent). This would include moving a show like Top Rank Live from Fox Deportes to CBS primetime. The windfall would benefit Top Rank's lesser stars and introduce them to wider audiences, as well as build new names. Imagine Cotto, Chavez, Mosley, Cintron, Benavidez, JuanMa, Gamboa, Bradley, etc fighting regularly on free TV as well as Fight Camp 360.

How does this not benefit boxing? ESPN has a nice thing going but it's a niche phenomena compared to what CBS can offer.

Bob would be ****** not to use this as a springboard for taking boxing back to the mainstream, it is a reality.

But you think it's about one fight with Mosley and NCAA commercials?

**** outta here with your simple self

This is a very good perspective. Nice post!

[pugay_kamay]

pure garbage. arum is pimping 2 steroid dope heads. one fights old stiffs and the other is a old stiff. from a boxing point of view it does'nt matter what pacquiao does. ALL ROADS LEAD TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER. (PERIOD).

Dude, learn how to count first before posting anything here, ok?!

[v.cassiusali@ya]

im into ppv not because of hbo or cbs is hosting the show...its because of pacquiao...