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4 Reasons the DLH-PBF Announcement is Huge for Golden Boy
(1) It was quickly negotiated.
--You have to give it up to everyone involved for what has to be one of the quickest, most painless negotiations ever for a megafight. It's done almost six months in advance, and now all we have to fear is an injury in training instead of hearing about how close they are before something ruins it and it falls apart (see Jones-Hopkins II, Hopkins-Toney, Taylor-Wright II, etc.). Golden Boy and HBO will team up on the biggest promotion in boxing history and they have plenty of time to reach the most amount of people possible. Start saving now, there's no excuse to not be able to afford this PPV, even if it costs $64.99. If that is the price, set aside 40 cents a day and you'll be fine.
(2) It is apparently 100% a Golden Boy Promotions fight.
--In the reports I've read, this will be a GBP fight and no other promoters are involved, except HBO
(i.e. no Goosen-Tutor, who promoted Mayweather's fight with Baldomir). This was probably a big part of the take it-or-leave it offer De La Hoya gave to Mayweather's people. When was the last US promotion this big, or even remotely this big, that didn't involve Don King or Bob Arum? GBP is on its own for this show, and it's clearly their biggest test as a company. They've easily jumped the first hurdle (see reason no.1), and now they will push this fight on the American public in all kinds of ways. I am eager to see what new and innovative methods they use. I can imagine you will see a commercial for the fight during Super Bowl XLI, and we know that won't be cheap, but it will reach a huge audience. Maybe the fighters will be in Miami for the game. Oscar mentioned sponsors, expect to see alot of logos all over promotional materials (posters, ads, etc).
(3) Oscar steals some thunder from Arum.
--As if signing Manny Pacquiao a few weeks ago wasn't enough, the announcement of this huge event during fight week of The Grand Finale diverts attention away from that Top Rank-promoted fight. Not only will alot of the talk in Vegas be about Oscar-Floyd, but you know it will be brought up and thoroughly discussed on the HBO PPV broadcast. I could see Oscar and Floyd even being interviewed on the broadcast, though Arum may be able to veto that idea. And of course, Floyd is all about tweaking Arum as well. They might as well team up to throw some dirt on Top Rank.
(4) Win or lose, Oscar says he'll fight again.
--Say what you will about this (e.g. "He knows he'll lose, he just wants this money and then win his next 'last' fight."), but this is great for GBP and boxing. It means Oscar is less likely to fight a safe fight hoping for a decision win in his finale, because he knows he'll have another chance to win another big fight in Sept.'07 (though he has said retirement is "nowhere in sight"). He's smart enough to know he can't outbox Floyd and will have to press the issue and take risks. This will also erase many memories of Oscar running from Tito and he'll earn even more respect for it.
Thoughts?
--You have to give it up to everyone involved for what has to be one of the quickest, most painless negotiations ever for a megafight. It's done almost six months in advance, and now all we have to fear is an injury in training instead of hearing about how close they are before something ruins it and it falls apart (see Jones-Hopkins II, Hopkins-Toney, Taylor-Wright II, etc.). Golden Boy and HBO will team up on the biggest promotion in boxing history and they have plenty of time to reach the most amount of people possible. Start saving now, there's no excuse to not be able to afford this PPV, even if it costs $64.99. If that is the price, set aside 40 cents a day and you'll be fine.
(2) It is apparently 100% a Golden Boy Promotions fight.
--In the reports I've read, this will be a GBP fight and no other promoters are involved, except HBO
(i.e. no Goosen-Tutor, who promoted Mayweather's fight with Baldomir). This was probably a big part of the take it-or-leave it offer De La Hoya gave to Mayweather's people. When was the last US promotion this big, or even remotely this big, that didn't involve Don King or Bob Arum? GBP is on its own for this show, and it's clearly their biggest test as a company. They've easily jumped the first hurdle (see reason no.1), and now they will push this fight on the American public in all kinds of ways. I am eager to see what new and innovative methods they use. I can imagine you will see a commercial for the fight during Super Bowl XLI, and we know that won't be cheap, but it will reach a huge audience. Maybe the fighters will be in Miami for the game. Oscar mentioned sponsors, expect to see alot of logos all over promotional materials (posters, ads, etc). (3) Oscar steals some thunder from Arum.
--As if signing Manny Pacquiao a few weeks ago wasn't enough, the announcement of this huge event during fight week of The Grand Finale diverts attention away from that Top Rank-promoted fight. Not only will alot of the talk in Vegas be about Oscar-Floyd, but you know it will be brought up and thoroughly discussed on the HBO PPV broadcast. I could see Oscar and Floyd even being interviewed on the broadcast, though Arum may be able to veto that idea. And of course, Floyd is all about tweaking Arum as well. They might as well team up to throw some dirt on Top Rank.
(4) Win or lose, Oscar says he'll fight again.
--Say what you will about this (e.g. "He knows he'll lose, he just wants this money and then win his next 'last' fight."), but this is great for GBP and boxing. It means Oscar is less likely to fight a safe fight hoping for a decision win in his finale, because he knows he'll have another chance to win another big fight in Sept.'07 (though he has said retirement is "nowhere in sight"). He's smart enough to know he can't outbox Floyd and will have to press the issue and take risks. This will also erase many memories of Oscar running from Tito and he'll earn even more respect for it.
Thoughts?
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