Mayweather vs. Mosley to be shown in theaters – News
April 12th, 2010
By Jim Dower: The May 1st bout between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will be shown at 416 movie theaters around the U.S. in an effort to get more boxing fans to see the fight. This will enable larger groups people to see the fight without having to squeeze them in small living rooms or bars or having to pluck down $49.95 to see the fight on Pay-Per-View. The cost of tickets will be $20, which is heck of a lot better than paying an extra $30 and watching it on a small screen.
One problem that seems to be turning some boxing fans off about this fight is that Mosley is 38-years-old, and hasn’t fought in over a year. That’s a long time of being out of the public eye, and not a good thing when trying to build up a huge mega fight. Mosley last fought an exciting opponent three years ago when he was beaten Miguel Cotto. Although Mosley did beat Antonio Margarito last year in January, it wasn’t a fight that attracted a huge amount of attention.
Additionally, Mayweather has fought only once in the past three years, beating 36-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez last September. Mayweather had a chance recently to fight Manny Pacquiao, but insisted on having Pacquiao and himself take Olympic style random blood tests, which isn’t required by the Nevada Athletic Commission at this time. Eventually, the tests got in the way of him being able to put together a fight with Pacquiao.
This was a big blow to boxing, because the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was generating tons of interest outside of the boxing community by casual fans that were showing interest in this fight. Compared to the Mayweather-Pacquiao excitement that was building up for over a month, the Mayweather-Mosley fight hasn’t generated nearly the same kind of interest. To be fair, there’s still three weeks to go before the Mayweather vs. Mosley fight. It could pick up interest in the next two weeks, but it is strangely quiet for a fight that’s supposed to be breaking PPV records. It wasn’t like this for the Mayweather-De La Hoya fight. There was nonstop talk about that fight all the way up to the bout.
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Doesn’t anyone remember Mosley training with Mayweather jr to get him ready for Oscar? These two are friends. This is a made up fight! The best fights in history was when opponents hated each other! This fight is contrived. The afterparty will be at Mayweathers for both fighters. No thanks!
$20 per person? Who watches the fight alone? I take my gal and I’m out $40 with no beer or wings? Bad marketing decision. Period. Tattoo Fade
$20 per person at the theater is a complete rip off! So I take my gal and I’m out $40 to sit in the dark with no wings and atmosphere. I don’t drink, but most fight fans do and no beer?
Try $7 per person and see if you can make a go of it AMC. Shame on you. Fire your marketing people for coming up with that one. Tattoo Fade
I RATHER MAYWEATHER LOOSE TO MOSLY THAN A DAM IMAGRANT AT LEAST HES AN AMERICAN WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO AMERICA PUPORTING AMERICAN FIGHTERS
Okay guys. You are right that this fight is important, but Leonard/Hearns? Come on, more like De la Hoya/Trinidad
Salut ,je lis pour la premiere fois ce blog et en tant qu’entraineur de boxe anglaise ,je trouve vos commentaires stupide en tout cas pour ce qui concerne le combat mayweather vs mosley et franchement vous ne connaissez pas grand chose ,la boxe ne veut pas dire k-o pour que cela soit un grand combat.il ya des critique sur le combat mayweather marquez comme quoi marquez et un poid plus leger en plus vieux bon ok mais pacquiao a monter la meme categorie et est pourtant champion et il a battu marquez tres difficilement alors oui il ya des boxeurs petite frappe mais des gars comme marquez un peu de respect tout de meme ou vous meme les critiquers sur la qualite de boxe de mayweather avez-vous fait de la boxe car chaque adversaire est dur et la victoire n’est jamais facile sauf a la fin donc messieurs ,dames sachez que mayweather a son style ,mosley a son style tous on une facon differente de boxer alors soignez plus professionnelle par rapport au boxeurs et leurs facon de combattre et pour ma part je dis que cela va etre une sacrée et dur confrontations qui ne deplaira a personne qui connait la boxe en tout cas
I feel that mayweather has a big mouth and mosely is going to shut it for him.
@Mansterr
Don’t forget, Pacquiao vs Clottey barely had a month to promote the fight. And also only ONE HBO promotion sport documentary, Pacquiao vs Clottey Road To Dallas. Also their fight had barely 2 week road tour promotions. And still drew over 700,000 PPV and over 51,000 fans in the stadium. With little promotion, they did great numbers. Amazing…simply amazing. A man who just 15 years ago, was practically homeless, eating mostly one meal a day. Making mere pocket change for fights is now headling the biggest indoor stadium in the world. Manny Pacquiao is “THE MAIN ATTRACTION!!!” Simply amazing!!!
To all the jabronis who gonna buy this fight…go right ahead. The Rock has been fooled before with Mayweather fights. The Rock remembers all the hoopla and hype with the De La Hoya vs Mayweather fight. How this was a super mega fight with lots of exchanges and 2 great fighters leaving it all in the ring, just like The Rock does inside the squared circle. Instead, The Rock and everyone witnessed some of the most disappointing lackluster so called mega fight in boxing. The Rock wanted a refund. Even the boxing analyst thought the fight did not live to the hype. Then when Floyd came back to fight Marquez, The Rock decided to buy this fight again and again The Rock was given another lopsided boring lackluster fight. The Rock is determined not to spend hard earned money on heavily hyped Mayweather fights only to watch another lackluster boring fights…history or no history. If anyone who are willing to shell out $59.99 to watch another boring Mayweather fight, go right ahead. The Rock has been watching most of Floyds fight and they aren’t gonna change. They involve a lot of running and some punches. The Rock won’t be fooled again…again and again. The Rock is no fool anymore. Floyd will continue to fight the same way and those usually mean…boring fights. As the great Einstein said “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” The Rock will not be tricked into buying this fight and expecting different results. If Shane wins…fine. The Rock will watch it on HBO a week after…and not pay $59.99.
BATMAN (Mayweather Sr.) and Boy Blunder (Mayweather Jr.) really messed up didn’t they??? We can add them the the TV show “WORLD’S DUMBEST CRIMINALS” LOL!!!!
matt youll eat your words wonder if ufc put a bill on the same night i rekon they wont mayweather say what you want still attracts ppv figures big figuers 1.5m against marquez and we all knew the the out come there aint one ufc fighter bthat can do that no where on the planet and i aint no floyd fan either
I am no longer a Poultry Boy Fraud Fan in the ring but 24/7 was designed for him to spew his arrogance and talk trash. I am sure that if he would carry that same brash and arogance into the ring, he definitely would blow everyone away.
My belief is that his brash talking angers his detesters and excites his fans. The net result is passion from both parties and an anxiety to see him perform. When he finally performs, unfortunately there is a huge disconnect between the trash and the action.
His fans refuse to see/admit that the two Poultry Boy Frauds are not the same and they continue to preach to his talents that he does not portray anymore. Conversely, the haters have their beliefs confirmed and each time he fails to deliver a few fans get more turned off. However, the desire to see him lose keeps them coming back but maybe in slightly reduced numbers due to the excessive price of PPV. Therein lies the enigma that is the man PBF.
I have long stopped paying to see him fight because I feel he is a ducker. So much skill but yet he does not want to face the very best so we can see his exquisite skills personnified!
I will wait for the later showing of this fight although I want and feel Mosley will win. I just won’t pay to see it. I did not watch Marquez either for the same reason. Times are hard and he has duped me of too much money at false value.
He is charasmatic but he is not exciting in the ring. He is therefore not iconic and does not deserve such accolades. You want iconic, see Ali, Leonard, Duran, Chavez, Hearns , Hagler and warriors like that, Puhleeeeeezzze! Save your money, stay away from this track meet and go watch the 100 metres sprint!
@jim dower
Great work!
Totally agrees with you.There was nonstop talk about the mayweather – dela hoya bout all the way up to the fight night.
The mayweather – mosley fight talks deteriorate all the way. They theater to resort promoting it Through Theaters to be able draws crowds.20$ is too pricey. Maybe this move by gbp will increase ppv buys coz its way cheaper to buy PPv than watch it on theater.GBp and floyd promotion trapping people to buy more PPV. Its a business move to lure more fans to PPv rather than theaters.
Actually, it’s not only the filipino fans that will fill the PPV buys nowadays. It’s an accumulation of boxing fans that will fill the PPV buys if they will be interested to watch the fight. Pacquiao-Clottey fight generated 700,000 PPV buys plus the 50,000 in attendance, which was a good number considering the economic situation and the fact that they are both non-Americans fighting in the US territory. With Mayweather-Mosley fight, the promoters are not suppose to go through all of these so called theater promotions because these are both American fighters fighting in the US territory and they are suppose to be popular in the US. The fact that the promoters are showing this fight in theaters will only tell us that the promoters are not confident that this fight is a given. This fight is suppose to blow the Pacquiao-Clottey fight out of proportion. If they can’t pull it out, shame on them.
I thought it’s a done deal that this fight will blow the PPV buys just like, sky is the limit. What happened? Can’t over hype this boring fight anymore?
Wow, they are really working hard to beat Pacquiao-Clottey fight revenue. Pacquiaos bout had only less than 4 weeks to promote without HBO 24/7 (4x)episodes. But Mayweather-Mosley promotions has started promoting since january 2010, has complete HBO 24/7 episodes and nearly 4 months promotion by both camps before the actual fight. If this fight will not excede million buys, It will be very embarassing and it will be very, very surprising!
You’d be crazy to spend any money in this fake fight. Watch it free, the following week. No biggie!!
after reading all of your comments I decided not to watch ppv. Both are great fighters but that was 10 years ago! common I bet only 1st round they’ll punch each other the rest running ang holding..
20 buck is too muchfloyd and peeman in theaters was 10 bucks. rip off
this fight will not do well all floyd fans has left for usc and mma.
FRAUD vs. SHAME in a movie theater produced and directed by Mayweather Production and GBP…eff’n bunch of criminals>>>
three more weeks and the gbp does’nt announce that the tickets are sold out,they are showing it in theathers so that they will count it as ppv sales.they want to build Floyd as the ppv king when in fact he could’nt sell out the mgm.
it’s not worth it, i personally dont want to see mayweather run around the ring potshotting and shoulder rolling! Call it sweet science but that kind of fighting just dont interest me. mayweather will avg. 40ish punches thrown per round and Mosley will tire out w/ 70ish punches per round. Yeah i give the edge to mayweather!
mayweather vs mosley is the biggest fight since hearns vs leonard pacquiao dosent come into the equation. In my eyes and the eyes of any1 else who has been following boxing for the last 10-13 years and watched the rise of floyd and mosley they will understand the importance of this fight all you little pacquiao suck ups dont seem like you have much true knowlege of the sport. No one cared about pacquiao in 1999 mosley and mayweather were the top dogs then and still are now pacquiao aint s**t.
hey guys! listen, i can sense that there is GBP guys that putting comments here, they try to persuade us to buy thsi boring fight. Who U’R Picking? “the Xylocaine or the Steroids” this is conspiracy of GBP/Schaefer/Ellerbe/Kentucky Floyd Chicken…. I will never give my money even single cents to this boring fights, i will watch dancing with the stars for free and if i get bored, i can watch different movies rather than pay for $50 and you will watch boring fight and you cannot back-out because you already paid…. All of my friends will have a party the next day sunday and we will used all of our money in foods for our family, and watch the fight in youtube for free….. jejejejeje, we are fans who dictate what is the best boxing and not this mafia GBP/KFC…. where is the drug testing? is it on hbo now and where is the result of the first test? huh!!! now this is conpiracy for mayweather… Clean the sports huh!!! COWARD!!!
this site doesn’t generate much traffic without pacman! look at the comments on non pacman articles!
Berto has the WBO belt and is a world champion. It makes sense to fight him. Arum/Roach/Pacquiao here is another belt!
Who do you want to fight? Margarito!!! Margarito!!!
He’s a cheater and Mosely damn near killed him. Oh wait…he’s broken, war weary, beat down Mexican…Pacquiao’s MO!!!
I bet they avoid Berto like the plague!!!
i see you there! amc ontario california
Berto just called Pacquiao out and called hima BIH!!!
Berto wants Pacquiao, but I bet Pacquiao avoids him like the Plague!!!
Berto has the WBO belt. He is a world champion. Arum/Roach/Pacquiao, here is a chance to get another belt!
But you want to fight Margarito! Margarito!!! WHY??????
He’s a proven cheater, and Floyd came just short of killing him!!! Wait…he’s a broken Mexican coming off of a loss!
Pacquiao’s MO!!!
Hey Valiente you’re right dude, how come there isn’t any news of stuff about 24/7? I mean did it already started? It’s almost half a month before the bout. Just asking though.
I like that perception francisco!! too bad the mayweathers are blind to reality!
This fight can only end in two ways. Either Mayweather wins by a boring decision or Mosley wins by long awaited knockout. People want to see a fight and not dancing with the stars. The reason why I wanted to see the fight is because of Mosley and not because of Mayweather Jr. This fight could have been different if it was Pacquaio vs Mosley. The reason why Mayweather-Pacquiao is a bigger draw is because a lot of people know Mayweather Jr has more chance to lose in that fight than in Mayweather-Mosley. First Mosley is old just like Marquez, and Mayweather is a runner. Old people is not really good in running after younger kids especially if that little kid is a coward runner all his life. I don’t want to offend any Mayweather fans but I’m just saying the truth.
how come no one is talking about the hbo 24/7 series?! what happened on the first episode?!!
Good idea but price to high, the fight will do well reguardless. I can’t understand how people are downplaying mosley as a credible opponent! This will be the greatest welterweight showdown in years. It reminds me of the eighties when you had hagler, hearns, and Leonard. It’s a rare time in boxing when you have three guys in one division who are head and shoulders above the rest of the field, and are facing off against one another. Don’t be fooled thinking mayweather and pacquiao is the only GREAT matchup that can be made right now, because mayweather vs. mosley matchup is second to none.
This writer is disrespectful and clearly doesn’t know boxing. How can he say Antonio Margarito , the man who destroyed Miguel Cotto, wasn’t an excited fighter.
When this fight was first made, i was thinking that it was absolutely GREAT. A great fight and good for the sport. I was thinking that it’ll easily break the PPV record of 2.4 mil. Well now i still think its a great fight, but i dont think its gna break the PPV record.
if your a fan of boxing, you should buy this fight. $50 isnt much, get the family together for a night or call some mates over. The freakin no.2 P4P is taking on the no.3! How can you not buy it!
Man i sound like a promoter… LOL. F@ck it. Do what ever you want guys, it doesnt bother me. Cheers.
Its a shame they aint showing it in the cenima’s in britan i would defently pay to watch that.
@who cares
if you dont care about this fight so much anmd it so boring why comment on an articel about the fight and why even watch it on hbo the next way if its so boring if u dint care that much you wouldnt watch it at all nor comment ona rticles about it but in reality you do care so your here and you do want to see it you just dont want to pay money for it for whatever reason but you do want to see the fight since your saying you will watch it when its free so dont say you dont care when your comment says alot different lol
For $10 i would go with the wife, but $20 apiece is robbery. I would rather go to a bar.The cover charge in NYC bars are like $10 per person.
I could invite friends to watch, but it would be low and cheap on my part to ask them to chip $5 a head. Plus they would drink, I bottle of Hennessy, 750ml of Tequila (Premium) plus 2 dozen light beers. That’s $100 plust the $PPV is $160 to watch a fight. Plus the food and that’s $300.
If I go to a bar with the wife, I would meet crazy unknown fans, talk smack and it will cost $20 cover charge for both, and light draft beer for me $20(wife doesn’t drink). For $40, I enjoy the night out for less. The trick is to have a few shots of tequilla at home before going to the bar so as not to spend too much in drinks.
this writer is very discreet in being biased for pacquiao… No one cares if the nevada athletic commision doesnt require blood testing thats whats been needed and other fighters have no excuses to be submitted to it
I thought the theater idea was coo cause i saw the jones vs hopkins in it and it was pretty cool to see it on the big screen
How is this news?!? This was known MONTHS AGO! Literally, I’ve known this for months. Wow, Mr. Dower came across a two-month old article. Guarantee this will get more PPV buys than anything Pac’s ever been in. The theaters are a good idea, I like it. First not everyone has access to PPV on their television. Where I live if you have regular cable you can’t order PPV. In order to be able to order PPV one needs digital cable which doesn’t offer better quality and almost all the extra channels are shopping channels or kids channels. Few people I know pay for digital cable, because they can watch all the shows they would anyway with regular cable. So, showing the fight in theaters is a great idea, and it did really well in Mayweather’s last fight too. (Also they don’t count theaters as PPV buys)
You could hire a jogger to run around the room doing little else for 36 minutes and it would be like having Floyd Mayweather in 3D
It’s more cost effective to get 10+ of your friends together to chip in and buy the PPV. In addition, you have more flexibility of drinking alcohol, smoking herb, and getting strippers vs. the public space of a “theater.”
In Casinos they are all FREE. Why spare $20.00 when you can watch it for absolutely FREE? duh. What a business sense! LOL
cheap fight…….
cheap theaters will not draw flies…..
AA has got it right, get down the boozer.
Did they show Andre Dirrel v Artur Abraham at theatres? Cuz they should of.
plain dumb…
It is free in the bars
Awesome if the screens are good, but I have to ask who buys a ppv alone? Split the price with friends and family and it’s much more cost effective
there is a cool place by my house that has the fight Coconut Bay. Big screens full bar and good people. Thats were i’ll watch. $5 to get in. Oh and the food is great as well.
You are better off buying it at home. If you pay $20 at the theatre, now add in the cost of snacks and you might not be able to have a beer.