Manny Steward: Public won't buy Mosley-Pac fight

[generalbulldog]

Emanuel Steward: The Public Won't Buy Pacquiao-Mosley - Boxing News

I usually don't like posting Michael Marley articles, but this one has quotes from Manny Steward who knows boxing.

Steward is saying that the public won't buy the Mosley-Pac fight because of his last 2 outings with Floyd and Mora where he looked absolutely horrible. Steward also believes that if a fight with Floyd can't be made then it should be with JMM for a 3rd fight. He also points out that Pac was 144.5 pounds at the weigh in against Margaresto and could have something work out with JMM.

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I agree with Steward, i wouldn't buy it. Who wants to watch Mosley after his last performance. I'm sure if it did happen though we would hear from Arum and Roach how great Mosley is, and how horrible of a camp Pac is having to try to sell the fight. It will still do decent numbers because most Filipinos will buy regardless of who he is fighting.... i know my wife is fillipina.

[generalbulldog]

My thoughts on this are that the public and casual sports fans would buy this fight because they are the ones that makes up the bulk of PPV sales not hardcore boxing fans. At this point of Pac's career whether it's a fight with JMM, Mosley, Berto, or the winner of Alexander/Bradley it will do very good numbers as in 800k and up, at least. A lot of hardcore boxing fans boycotted the Pac-Margarito fight and it still did 1.15 million US PPV sales, especially when Margarito did a very dismal number on PPV with Garcia prior to his fight with Pac.

Certain fighters with certain promoters can turn PPV shit into gold. See King and Tyson-McNeely or Arum and Pac-Margarito. Or other recent fights that were shit was turned into PPV gold, Haye-Harrison, Haye-Ruiz, although that was in the UK, those are examples that casual people and sports fans will buy it if it's promoted right.

And Filipino-Americans aren't the only ones buying Pac fights, I would bet the white Americans and the Latino Americans made up the bulk of the Pac/Margo US PPV sales, since those 2 groups comprised of anywhere between 80-85 percent of the US population.

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I can not see how people think this fight wouldn't sell. I'm all for this fight and I'm sure most hardcore boxing fans would watch/buy this fight. Pac is now a serious draw against any able body. He drew very well against Clottey and exceptional against Margarito. Mosley is better than both of them. Remember Margarito looked horrible in his last 2 fights before the Pac fight. Mosley only looked like he is on the downside. Mainly because he fought PBF and partly because Mora didn't come to fight. Mosley and Pac is a very good fight if it is done by early next year. I am sure people will play this off like Pac is facing nobody in Mosley but Mosley is very well capable of ending Pac's run. I'd much rather see Pac face Mosley than a "not ready" Berto. PBF is out of the next fight talk so JMM is probably the best fight, Martinez is too big of a well rounded boxer, but Mosley has enough left for Pac to get a pass for taking him on. Relax, Pac said he will fight until he is 35. Let him take on Mosley and then JMM. They are the two aged fighters. So it would make sense for Pac to fight them first and by then we'll see who the top of the young guns is at 140.

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Haye vs Harrison sold. This fight will sell.

[Gandalf]

Haye vs Harrison sold. This fight will sell.

Exactly.

The general public are sheep, you can sell them anything. The X-factor, Harrison-Haye, Hitler, loss of personal freedoms in the name of fighting terror. Mosley/Pac is an easy sell after all of that. Heck, if I was told I had to choose one, even I would go for Mosley/Pac. It's a shame that it would have taken another year of poor Mosley performances to get us this far, but I would expect nothing less from that crook Arum and that opportunist Roach.

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I agree with Steward, i wouldn't buy it. Who wants to watch Mosley after his last performance. I'm sure if it did happen though we would hear from Arum and Roach how great Mosley is, and how horrible of a camp Pac is having to try to sell the fight. It will still do decent numbers because most Filipinos will buy regardless of who he is fighting.... i know my wife is fillipina.

So your wife represents the Filipinos? I would not buy this fight and I am a Filipino. HBO 24/7 made you believe that Manny is all high and mighty here in the Philippines. Pacquiao won the elections in province with the relevance of a peanut when it comes to generating income. I hate it when people generalize and thinks all Filipinos bow down to Pacquiao. Pacquiao is relevant on his fight night, after that he is just another celebrity.