The Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley May 1 fight in Las Vegas is "historic" according to the hype. That was created clear on the fight's press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday when numerous promoters likened it to Ali vs. Foreman or one of several Sugar Ray Leonard classics.

Plus they said it having a straight face. Among individuals spouting the hyperbole was the president of Golden Boy Promotions, the home of Sugar Shane Mosley and a former fighter himself. You might know him, Oscar De La Hoya? He lost to each of the contestants in this mega-fight and now promotes 1 and has an interest in the other if and when he fights Manny Pacquiao.

As if that weren't sufficient, De La Hoya and his fellow exec at Golden Boy, Richard Schaefer told the assembled crowd (the presser was open to the public) that this kind of fight only arrives together as soon as in the generation. But it wasn't over yet, not even close.

De La Hoya announced that

"You possess the two best fighters on the planet today fighting on May 1."

That's exactly where the cringing began and the crowd didn't react as I'm certain he had hoped. No one booed or threw points but there was no especially positive reaction either. Among the assembled media we looked at each other and just rolled our eyes.

The elephant in the room was the name that was never spoken: Manny Pacquiao. Even Floyd Mayweather must have felt obliged to make some reference to why he was fighting Mosley in Vegas rather than Pacquiao in Dallas subsequent weekend.

Mayweather is a crusader now. He's battling for truth, justice and clean boxing. He gratuitously threw out the subsequent,

I'm attempting to clear up my sport", Floyd mentioned. "That is why we are each (he and Mosley) taking random urine and blood tests.

The stated objective of the promotion businesses would be to sell 3 million pay-per-views for this battle. That would blow away something amounts Pacquiao has pulled in for his bouts and certainly will be used in any new negotiations among the Mayweather and Manny camps. Perhaps they are thinking of trading the demand for blood testing for a larger share from the gross income rather than the 50/50 split.

To achieve the PPV goal the hype and talking factors were additional towards the Procter & Gamble-like marketing plan outlined by Schaefer. Pay-per-view discounts are available with the purchase of six and twelve-packs of Tecate beer and De Walt power tools sold at Home Depot. Mayweather vs Mosley Results Online – Mayweather vs Mosley Replay – Watch Mayweather vs Mosley Live Streaming

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