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Old 02-28-2008, 08:42 PM   #81
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Not a huge boxing fan, but Mayweather-Hatton got a lot of hype here in the UK (Hatton's being presented as a "national hero" as of late... even though my homeboy Calzaghe needs more recognition)

Like a sucker, I bought the Hatton-Mayweather PPV.
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Old 02-28-2008, 08:48 PM   #82
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He is kind of a big deal
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Old 02-28-2008, 08:50 PM   #83
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Also, I have actually seen the mainstream UK media mention the Mayweather/WrestleMania involvement, whereas I never saw a single mention of Trump during last years WrestleMania season.

I'm not saying there wasn't any, but I'm somebody who keeps up with various forms of news media regularly, therefore if I didn't see it there are a lot of people who also didn't see it.
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Old 02-28-2008, 09:43 PM   #84
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It just depends on the country. Here in Aus we have no idea who Mayweather is, and consequently there is no mentioning in the media of Mayweather at all. By comparison after Trump shaved McMahon's hair, it was all over the web (ie. the online newspapers) and vision of Vince going 'nooooo' while his hair was being shaved by Trump was shown on some network channels' news.
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Old 02-28-2008, 10:23 PM   #85
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To be fair, prior to the Hatton fight, I'd never heard a peep about Mayweather in the British press (he was probably covered by the sports pages boxing coverage, which is usually hidden away in the ad section of almost every newspaper and nobody reads except boxing fans).

I knew who he was before the Hatton fight because I saw the De La Hoya fight, but prior to that I had never even heard of him.
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Old 02-28-2008, 10:55 PM   #86
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It just depends on the country. Here in Aus we have no idea who Mayweather is, and consequently there is no mentioning in the media of Mayweather at all. By comparison after Trump shaved McMahon's hair, it was all over the web (ie. the online newspapers) and vision of Vince going 'nooooo' while his hair was being shaved by Trump was shown on some network channels' news.
In the US, the Trump match was all over the place. It was in mainstream papers, on TV news, on the web, etc. It was well hyped well before Mania, and it continued steam for a week or two after.

With the exception of sports sites, I'm not seeing anything so far that counts as anywhere near that kind of coverage. Even then, I'm not seeing a lot of depth behind the sports coverage I've seen so far. I mean, I'm not saying there's none, but it's not going to get the same attention. I can all but guarantee that.

And honestly, presumably there's already a large portion of the fanbase who's already interested in him, which is great, but that's generally not what celebrites are designed to bring in. WWE wants popular appealr; how they think they can get it with K-Fed is beyond me, but they want an external fanbase. The Donald appealed to a group of people who might not otherwise care, and I really don't think you can say that about Mayweather. That's not to doubt that people like him, or know who he is.

Fuck, I had a conclusion I wanted to make, but I'm tired. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow.
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