Thread: Oscar says: "Eat Fresh!"

OSCAR DE LA HOYA PARTNERS WITH SUBWAY® RESTAURANTS
TO PROMOTE STAYING FIT

www.fightbeat.com

MILFORD, CT (May 3, 2007) – The SUBWAY® Restaurants chain, which has long been committed to promoting healthier eating among children and adults, has partnered with boxing great Oscar De La Hoya (38-4-0 with 30 KOs) to help spread the buzz about leading a healthy and active lifestyle in conjunction with the much anticipated title fight with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to take place Saturday, May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The promotion offers fans an opportunity to gain unique insight from a championship fighter preparing for a major world class bout, through an online journal, where De La Hoya shares his thoughts both prior to and directly following Saturday’s main event.

In addition to these entries, fans can also view a photo gallery of De La Hoya, including past fights, as well as still photos of his match-up with Mayweather. The site will also feature an exclusive video unveiled earlier this week, entitled “Heart of a Champion” showcasing De La Hoya’s physical and emotional training leading up to one of boxing’s biggest match ups of all time.

“We are excited to be working with one of the world’s most prominent sports figures to help spread the Subway buzz,” said Tony Pace, CMO, SFAFT. “Oscar De La Hoya is a true champion – both in the ring and out, and we are thrilled to have him in our corner.”

For more information on the please visit:
http://www.subwayfreshbuzz.com/de_la_hoya/index.asp

WTF?

I read in the paper today that the fight has over 20 sponsors. They have an official tequila, official beer, official restaurant ect. Since they've been in Vegas all these companies have been out in full force. I wonder if Wack scored some tequila.

Here's to hoping we don't see a "More meat, less fat" commercial with that fatass guy Jerad. That would be embarrassing.

Is he doing commercials too?
You know, this is actually very good.
The potential in significance of this is tremendous, seeing boxers in the forefront of mainstream sponsors again. Like SRL doing 7-up all over again.
Sure, Oscar already had mainstream popularity to begin with, but to throw him out onto the forefront of the scene again and during the eve of this huge fight is great for the sport.
It's a wake up call to other mainstream sponsors. All eyes are onboxing this weekend.
It's a huge step in putting boxing back on the mainstream.
This is good.

I am in Vegas and shit is wild out here. The media the fans and boxers are all going wild for the fight. I have never seen anything like it. Sportcenter and other various sports networks are covering the fight and they never cover boxing. Danny G is reporting subway contracts, there is a million and one threads on Saddo about the fight, even my mother mentioned it the other day. This fight is crazy, hope it lives up to the hype because Tito Vs Oscar did not.