Comments Thread For: Star Power: Big Event, Demand Doesn’t Justify Inflation

[UglyPug]

this is bull****. . . price tag was justified until morales/matthyssee was scrapped. . . now morales has a gimme fight, just like all the other televised bouts. . . only thing i can't wait for is to see may/ortiz. . . ill be paying 17 bucks at the theatre. . .

[jaskieee]

this is bull****. . . price tag was justified until morales/matthyssee was scrapped. . . now morales has a gimme fight, just like all the other televised bouts. . . only thing i can't wait for is to see may/ortiz. . . ill be paying 17 bucks at the theatre. . .

im just going to go to a bar d watch it, then come home and download it to watch again if it is good enought.

[adp023]

Pacquiao did NOT fight Joel Julio on the Lewis-Tyson undercard.

He fought Jorge Eliecer Julio.

[adp023]

When Mayweather fights Pacquiao it's going to have a $70 or $80 price tag. The promoters are bleeding the fans and TV executives.

Uhh...the TV Execs don't get bled at all!! In fact, they are co-conspirators with the promoters!!!

[TheGoldenChamp]

I think the event is worth the price. I'm a middle class guy who struggles financially but the best thing to do when on a budget is get with friends, pitch in, buy some brewskis and grub, and watch it at someones house. Affordable and fun. A bar is another option if theyre showing it near your area. Lastly, I think a movie theatre is a great cheaper option if you don't have any friends who likes boxing. I would definitely love to watch it in a theatre but I don't think they sell alcohol (at least near my area). I have to have a bottle of suds when i'm watching a big event like this. But anyways, this will be a fun event, cant wait.

[Bushbaby]

The fact is that most ppv main events have been trash concerning Floyd & Pacman. The last truly entertaining ppv between the 2 was Floyd-Hatton. That's why I stream the fights. Neither 1 of them mother****ers deserve my money gears of war deserves it.

[Mr. Philadel]

By Jake Donovan - The news that Floyd Mayweather Jr. was once again returning to the ring was just the beginning of the good news that would accompany the “Star Power” press tour.

Not only was one of the two biggest – if not only true – stars returning to the sport, but doing so against newly crowned welterweight titlist Victor Ortiz, a fighter ten years his junior who is in his prime and coming off of the biggest win of his young career.

Even better news – the pay-per-view headliner would come with a star-studded supporting cast, including undefeated rising star Saul Alvarez and the legendary (albeit faded) Erik Morales in separate televised bouts. Rounding out the telecast is a solid junior welterweight scrap between Jessie Vargas and Josesito Lopez, a bout that carries possible future title fight implications.

Given what the sport normally offers in the way of pay-per-view events, this one carried the rare scent of giving fans their money’s worth.

That was until it was revealed that this will be the most expensive boxing pay-per-view event ever.

The announcement that “Star Power” comes with a $59.95 price tag ($10 more for those who still charge extra for HD) was offered in a casual manner as if it were commonplace.

Suddenly, the selling points of the event were put under a microscope.

Alvarez is facing Alfonso Gomez in a junior middleweight bout that few if any predict to be very competitive. In fact, some oddsmakers have the 21-year old Mexican as heavy as a 22-1 favorite to win what is being billed as a split site co-main event.

As he has been led to believe that he is above being referred to as anyone’s co-feature attraction, Alvarez headlines a card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Everyone else involved in the show – including the heart of the media coverage - will be situated at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the evening’s true headliner and its supporting cast.

Morales’ appearance comes at the heavy price of compromising what’s left of the sport’s integrity. He is now looking at his third mentioned opponent in Pablo Cano, who accepts assignment on short notice after Lucas Matthysse was forced to withdraw after suffering an untimely illness last week. Matthysse was a replacement – and a massive upgrade at that – for Jorge Barrios, the originally suggested opponent for this pay-per-view slot.

The aforementioned integrity hit comes with what’s at stake in this fight – an alphabet belt, which if won by Morales would make him the first ever in the history of Mexican-born prizefighters to capture a “world” title in four separate weight classes.

Those who weren’t completely disgusted by such a thought were willing to look the other way when he was still facing Matthysse. What came with the fight wasn’t nearly as important as the fight itself, which promised to be an all-out war (does Morales know any other way, especially these days?) for however long it lasted, and quite possibly steal the show in terms of pure action. [Click Here To Read More]

smell that....thats journalism at its best!!!...good read!!!

[bMak]

This article is a little confusing. He brings up the $55 Tyson-Lewis card as a gamechanger, and reminds us how terrible the undercard was. This undercard is stacked in comparison, and the main event features a big-name/money fighter giving a shot to a young, prime champion on his way up as opposed to the customary 'other big name' opponent who may be past his best. I'd say this card is worth $5 more than that one. Matthyse pulling out did hurt it though.

[JakeNDaBox]

This article is a little confusing. He brings up the $55 Tyson-Lewis card as a gamechanger, and reminds us how terrible the undercard was. This undercard is stacked in comparison, and the main event features a big-name/money fighter giving a shot to a young, prime champion on his way up as opposed to the customary 'other big name' opponent who may be past his best. I'd say this card is worth $5 more than that one. Matthyse pulling out did hurt it though.

Sorry, I meant that the headline itself "warranted" the ****e in price, that Lewis-Tyson was a widely demanded heavyweight fight (even if the fight came past due).

Mayweather-Ortiz is a good fight and a big event, but not one that was demanded by the industry. I guess my point was that if/when Pac-Mayweather comes along, we can expet them to raise the price, and not that the raise just comes on a whim (as is the case here).

Finally, it's sad that the industry has come to this where we can justify a card being $60 by saying that it's better than some of the crap that's been offered for $55. Even if this u/c is all that (which it isn't), it's what promoters are already supposed to be giving us.

[JakeNDaBox]

Pacquiao did NOT fight Joel Julio on the Lewis-Tyson undercard.

He fought Jorge Eliecer Julio.

Massive brain fart! What I meant, just not what I typed. Fixed, and thanks for pointing it out.