The welterweight mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBA champion Shane Mosley is a few months away, but the anticipation continues to build by the day. Mosley defends the title against Mayweather on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer tells BoxingScene.com that he plans to put together a very strong undercard to accompany the main event on HBO pay-per-view.
Because Mayweather-Mosley takes place on the week when many Mexican fight fans will celebrate their Mexico's independence, Schaefer wants to have a strong Hispanic presence on the show.
"Eric [Gomez], Leonard Ellerbe and Al Haymon, they'll be talking about the [undercard]. They'll be talking about it and I'll be involved in that to see if we could put together a good undercard because it is the big Mexican Independence week, so we want to make sure that we do have a very strong Hispanic undercard," Schaefer told BoxingScene.com.
The big May 1 event will be the perfect opportunity for Golden Boy to introduce undefeated welterweight Saul Alvarez (30-0) of Mexico to a worldwide audience. Already a big star in his country, the 19-year-old is going to have a big presence in the promotion of the pay-per-view. The Mayweather-Mosley press tour is planned for March. Golden Boy is also planning to have a separate press tour, focusing on the Hispanic market, with Alvarez and company president Oscar De La Hoya.
"There will be a separate press, focusing on the Hispanic market, with Oscar De La Hoya and Saul Alvarez," Schaefer said.
Source: Boxingscene.com
Saturday 13 February 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment