No matter how much hyping they do, if the fighters nor the fight itself isn't interesting then the fight will not sell.
Pacquiao-Mosley will definitely be bigger than Pacquiao-Margarito since the other half of that fight is a well-known American boxer. Besides, the criticisms mostly comes from the real boxing fans. Majority of the viewers, the general public, would just want to see a good fight between two recognizable boxers. As to whether it equals the Mayweather-Mosley is yet to be seen. If it does, then that would be an excellent feat on Manny's part.
Do you guys even understand what has been happening to boxing in terms of the sports exposure to main stream media? Boxing's exposure to the main stream media has been falling from the 80's, 90's and the millennium (2000's). To add to boxing's downturn, all the confusion about rankings with the multiple sanctioning bodies is just a big turn-off. Since the start of that down turn, few boxers have been able to cross-over to that exposure and has usually been carry-over from the Olympics. Every Promoter understands that for a fighter to become a "mega" draw, he must have exposure to the main stream media. Boxing has become a niche market and as such cannot produce "mega" numbers by itself. So, you have to keep in mind that it's not about selling to boxing fans that makes it a mega draw.
Mosley is an Olympian carry over from the early 90's. Pacquiao is the biggest personality to come out of the Philippines. This fight is blitzed all over the main stream media partly because of Pacquiao's lunch visit with Obama and will be advertised on Prime time "Networked" TV. i.e. over the "Free" airwaves. It is not a hard sell to non-boxing fans who can afford it. This fight should have no problem out producing Pacquiao/Margarito. The only question I have is, what will the typical HBO PPV buyer do to purchase this fight that would normally do under the HBO banner. I don't think it will have any negative impact on Pacquiao's draw. For Mosley's draw, I can't see there being any negative but you never know about some people loyalties so who knows what the final out come is? It certainly has the potential to surpass Mayweather-Mosley.
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