By Dave Lahr: The May 7th bout between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley has reportedly officially sold out for the venue at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s really not all that surprising given how small the MGM Grand is.

The seating capacity is only 16800, so it’s not as if they were trying to fill the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Even some of the lesser big named stars could likely fill out the MGM Grand. This fight is considered a mega fight, but I don’t see it as that.

Unless the fight does incredibly well on pay-per-view then I’m seeing this fight as one of Pacquiao’s typical fights where he’s the main draw against some hapless opponent who doesn’t have much of a chance to win. Mosley isn’t a big draw on his own, something we’ve seen in his fights that haven’t involved big stars like Oscar De La Hoya or Miguel Cotto.

If the Pacquiao-Mosley fight brings in big numbers, it’s because of Pacquiao and the marketing of the fight on CBS/Showtime with their Pacquiao-Mosley Fight Camp 360 episodes. Those episodes are probably going to be the real test for the casual boxing fans.

If they like what they see, then they’ll buy this fight in droves. If not, then they’ll stay away and ignore it. I got to say I really hated the first Pacquiao-Mosley Fight Camp 360 episode. Talk about boring. I was almost asleep after the first 10 painfully boring minutes. I had to chug some coffee just to stay awake and watch the whole thing.

There just wasn’t any charisma with these two fighters. Talk about wooden characters. They need a director to get some life in them. If I was the director of the series I would have been barking myself horse trying to get them to show some expressions on their faces.

Mosley looks tired all the time, and Pacquiao is showing no emotion. Someone needs to light a firecracker under their backsides to get some life into them. I wouldn’t want to purchase the Pacquiao-Mosley fight on PPV looking at those two lifeless fighters. The director of the series needs to whip some emotions into those two.