How bad is Canelo vs GGG'S promotion

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Everything is dreadful about it...

The press conferences are long and boring. I mean who wants to hear the sponsors and promoters speak for a fucking hour long before there is even one question asked. Even the belts look bored. De la Hoya is unbelievably butthurt about Floyd vs Conor and recalls it in every damn interview, it's borderline depressing. Moreover, this video promo with Golovkin and Alvarez acting alongside each other playing touch butt while everyone is in ridiculous hats and costumes is terrible.

I feel absolutely no buzz. Granted maybe they don't need it, I will watch anyway, but I'm just a little appalled.
 
Noleggeisha said:
Everything is dreadful about it...

The press conferences are long and boring. I mean who wants to hear the sponsors and promoters speak for a fucking hour long before there is even one question asked. Even the belts look bored. De la Hoya is unbelievably butthurt about Floyd vs Conor and recalls it in every damn interview, it's borderline depressing. Moreover, this video promo with Golovkin and Alvarez acting alongside each other playing touch butt while everyone is in ridiculous hats and costumes is terrible.

I feel absolutely no buzz. Granted maybe they don't need it, I will watch anyway, but I'm just a little appalled.
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The undercard is crap too.

But judging by how bad the promotion was for Superfly and Cotto-Kamegai, the promotion for this one is leaps ahead. The Cotto fight was by Golden Boy too, and on the same night as May-Mac, and it had no promotion at all. They didn't even try.

HBO Boxing's been country-blocking most of their promotional videos on their youtube channel on top of that.
 
Sakuraba7 said:
The undercard is crap too.

But judging by how bad the promotion was for Superfly and Cotto-Kamegai, the promotion for this one is leaps ahead. The Cotto fight was by Golden Boy too, and on the same night as May-Mac, and it had no promotion at all. They didn't even try.

HBO Boxing's been country-blocking most of their promotional videos on their youtube channel on top of that.
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This is a real pity. Hopefully the fight makes up for all that, but promoters should really put themselves in question.
 
the 24/7 was good but yeah I agree the old time shit they did was crap.
 
I've seen lots of good promotion this week. You have the 24/7 stuff which is always top notch. The Under The Lights HBO special was good too. ESPN has been running 15 minute segments the last few days with some great highlights from both fighters. Some channels are replying their old fights.

I would say it's the standard boxing type of promotion but with a bigger push and better highlights to show fans.

If you're looking for the Floyd/Connor insanity with a WWF showdown in every major city so the fighters can spout racist nonsense and throw money at each other like strippers you are looking in the wrong place.
 
I actually think it has been pretty good. As The Can Opener said ESPN has been doing a lot, especially on First Take and airing commercials, my dad heard some stuff over the radio, Oscar has been doing interviews and did one on The Breakfast Club, Golpe a Golpe on ESPN Deportes has been covering it well, and 24/7 + Under the Lights are solid promotional pieces. Canelo is also on that Tecate deal and is on a lot of commercials.

The two don't talk so a big press tour wouldn't really do much. The only way it could get better is if it were tied to a major network but until PPV dies or is purposefully eliminated in favor of a different model, this is about as good as it gets.
 
The Can Opener said:
If you're looking for the Floyd/Connor insanity with a WWF showdown in every major city so the fighters can spout racist nonsense and throw money at each other like strippers you are looking in the wrong place.
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I am not. And these constant references to Mayweather - McGregor are frankly a bit sad. The fight has even been tagged The Real Fight. There really is an inferiority complex surrounding this fight.

I hear what you're saying about HBO's 24/7. It's the most exciting thing I've seen. Still I haven't seen one interesting interview or press conference. And De la Hoya needs to step up his game, he's hmming and eeehhing during every press conference and repeating the same underwhelming clichés to media outlets.
 
Noleggeisha said:
I am not. And these constant references to Mayweather - McGregor are frankly a bit sad. The fight has even been tagged The Real Fight. There really is an inferiority complex surrounding this fight.

I hear what you're saying about HBO's 24/7. It's the most exciting thing I've seen. Still I haven't seen one interesting interview or press conference. And De la Hoya needs to step up his game, he's hmming and eeehhing during every press conference and repeating the same underwhelming clichés to media outlets.
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I think most of the Floyd/Connor complex comes straight from De La Hoya. After Oscar's last rant before the joke fight Dana White asked publicly if he was back on cocaine and it really pissed him off.

Check out the under the lights thing on HBO if you missed it. Cool seeing GGG and Canelo side by side. They were both gentlemen but you could feel the tension.
 
Who gives a two shits? I'll still watch the fight and so will you.
 
The Can Opener said:
I've seen lots of good promotion this week. You have the 24/7 stuff which is always top notch. The Under The Lights HBO special was good too. ESPN has been running 15 minute segments the last few days with some great highlights from both fighters. Some channels are replying their old fights.

I would say it's the standard boxing type of promotion but with a bigger push and better highlights to show fans.

If you're looking for the Floyd/Connor insanity with a WWF showdown in every major city so the fighters can spout racist nonsense and throw money at each other like strippers you are looking in the wrong place.
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TS is mad that GGG doesn't scream YEAHH!!!!! and berate the HBO network execs or that Canelo doesn't pretend take a dump on the Kazakh flag.

The promotion is pretty good actually. ESPN has been hustling the fight quite a bit and all the sportshows are talking about it.

It all comes down to the fighters. Both of these guys are pretty mild mannered and quiet outside the ring. The fact that they are limited in english hurts how much direct promotion can be done. This fight would be way way bigger if they were American or UK fighters but so what.

This is going to be an amazing fight and plenty of casual fans are already interested.
 
The Can Opener said:
I've seen lots of good promotion this week. You have the 24/7 stuff which is always top notch. The Under The Lights HBO special was good too. ESPN has been running 15 minute segments the last few days with some great highlights from both fighters. Some channels are replying their old fights.

I would say it's the standard boxing type of promotion but with a bigger push and better highlights to show fans.

If you're looking for the Floyd/Connor insanity with a WWF showdown in every major city so the fighters can spout racist nonsense and throw money at each other like strippers you are looking in the wrong place.
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The videos didn't used to be country blocked the way they are now.

ESPN coverage has been greater this year comparatively imo, but a lot of it is because of the renewed interest in the sport, and ESPN signing separate deals with both Golden Boy and Top Rank.


While ESPN is good, more needs to be done to raise awareness online. You don't need to resort to the WWE shit, but even promoting the fight on a site like WorldStar could help a lot. Only seeing it on boxing/fight sites where people are expected to know about the fight, isn't enough. WorldStar generally charges 3k for a featured video. That's one way to lure casual young fans.
 
The Can Opener said:
If you're looking for the Floyd/Connor insanity with a WWF showdown in every major city so the fighters can spout racist nonsense and throw money at each other like strippers you are looking in the wrong place.
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HBO is the one who started the WWF promotion by cutting the lights and playing White Stripes when GGG came out to the ring from the back when Cannelo was in the ring after the Chavez fight. That was cringe worthy WWF level shit.
 
It doesn't need promotion. It sells itself. Whomever doesn't even stream this, well, more fool them as they say, I don't care if anyone buys it, nor should you.

Personally everyone I know is buzzing right now
 
Noleggeisha said:
Everything is dreadful about it...

The press conferences are long and boring. I mean who wants to hear the sponsors and promoters speak for a fucking hour long before there is even one question asked. Even the belts look bored. De la Hoya is unbelievably butthurt about Floyd vs Conor and recalls it in every damn interview, it's borderline depressing. Moreover, this video promo with Golovkin and Alvarez acting alongside each other playing touch butt while everyone is in ridiculous hats and costumes is terrible.

I feel absolutely no buzz. Granted maybe they don't need it, I will watch anyway, but I'm just a little appalled.
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One guy can't speak English at all and the other guy is ok as a second language. What can you expect realistically?
 
bubbleboyjones said:
HBO is the one who started the WWF promotion by cutting the lights and playing White Stripes when GGG came out to the ring from the back when Cannelo was in the ring after the Chavez fight. That was cringe worthy WWF level shit.
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That was awful but nothing compared to literally having two assholes on stage cussing each other out like elementary school bullies from one major city to another to another.
 
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