GREENandYELLOW
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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao sections from Dan Rafael's 2/20 chat wrap:
- Sitting and waiting like the rest of us for Mayweather to tell us if there is a fight or not.
- He has been piecing together information on all the aspects negotiated. He didn't want to fully write on it until the fight is announced.
- The May 2 date was agreed to 100%. Would not be surprised if someone wanted to move it to give more promotion/training time.
- During the chat someone from Pacquiao's camp called him and told him they are not trying to move the fight to a later date.
- He had not seen SAS's segment on First Take and had not heard anything official of someone wanting to move the date.
- Last fight to generate nearly this amount of buzz? Lewis-Tyson.
- This fight is much bigger than Hagler-Leonard.
- Yesterday was the first time since negotiations were close in 2010 that he actually thought the fight was going to happen. That said, he still will remain skeptical until it is officially announced.
- If Mayweather-Pacquiao does indeed take place 5/2, Canelo-Kirkland will take place 5/9.
- He has heard that both networks will get to replay the fight simultaneously at the same time.
- Expect very few public sale tickets to be available. He has been told ringside seats are priced at $5,000 and the cheapest seats are $1,000.
- If Mayweather ends up fighting someone other than Pacquiao on May 2, he believes the public and media negativity will be brutal.
- He has never actually heard of a fighter insisting that they are the one who has to announce the fight.
- Heard that Lampley would do play-by-play and Bernstein would do color commentary.
- Thinks that Buffer and Lennon, Jr. will do the ring announcements for their respective fighters.
- Neither 24/7 or All Access would be used for the fight, but rather each network would do a documentary on its fighter.
- Biggest celebrity star studded crowd he went to was ODH-Mosley 1 at the Staples Center. This fight would make it look small time.
- Weight limit would be 147 lbs.
- Undercard is still totally up in the air, but TR has told him they would consider putting Lomachenko on.
- If Pacquiao were to beat Mayweather would he be TBE? No.
- He has already written most of his story for the announcement of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao and is ready to release it if the fight gets announced. And he would end the weekly chat early if Mayweather announced the fight.
- He along with other reporters and people negotiating the fight feel like the whole process to get it to the finish line has been very frustrating.
- Bigger entourage: Floyd or Manny? Tough, but Manny.
- Uses $400 million as a rough estimate of what this fight could gross.
- Believes that the PPV may not be as expensive as $100.
- Sitting and waiting like the rest of us for Mayweather to tell us if there is a fight or not.
- He has been piecing together information on all the aspects negotiated. He didn't want to fully write on it until the fight is announced.
- The May 2 date was agreed to 100%. Would not be surprised if someone wanted to move it to give more promotion/training time.
- During the chat someone from Pacquiao's camp called him and told him they are not trying to move the fight to a later date.
- He had not seen SAS's segment on First Take and had not heard anything official of someone wanting to move the date.
- Last fight to generate nearly this amount of buzz? Lewis-Tyson.
- This fight is much bigger than Hagler-Leonard.
- Yesterday was the first time since negotiations were close in 2010 that he actually thought the fight was going to happen. That said, he still will remain skeptical until it is officially announced.
- If Mayweather-Pacquiao does indeed take place 5/2, Canelo-Kirkland will take place 5/9.
- He has heard that both networks will get to replay the fight simultaneously at the same time.
- Expect very few public sale tickets to be available. He has been told ringside seats are priced at $5,000 and the cheapest seats are $1,000.
- If Mayweather ends up fighting someone other than Pacquiao on May 2, he believes the public and media negativity will be brutal.
- He has never actually heard of a fighter insisting that they are the one who has to announce the fight.
- Heard that Lampley would do play-by-play and Bernstein would do color commentary.
- Thinks that Buffer and Lennon, Jr. will do the ring announcements for their respective fighters.
- Neither 24/7 or All Access would be used for the fight, but rather each network would do a documentary on its fighter.
- Biggest celebrity star studded crowd he went to was ODH-Mosley 1 at the Staples Center. This fight would make it look small time.
- Weight limit would be 147 lbs.
- Undercard is still totally up in the air, but TR has told him they would consider putting Lomachenko on.
- If Pacquiao were to beat Mayweather would he be TBE? No.
- He has already written most of his story for the announcement of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao and is ready to release it if the fight gets announced. And he would end the weekly chat early if Mayweather announced the fight.
- He along with other reporters and people negotiating the fight feel like the whole process to get it to the finish line has been very frustrating.
- Bigger entourage: Floyd or Manny? Tough, but Manny.
- Uses $400 million as a rough estimate of what this fight could gross.
- Believes that the PPV may not be as expensive as $100.
......you heard it from where?
