As promised, Golden Boy Promotions put together a solid undercard for their ?Star Power? pay-per-view show, taking place this Saturday night at the MGM Grand and the Staples Center and featuring the return of Floyd Mayweather versus WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz. While not exactly ?Revenge: the Rematches? (the pay-per-view GOAT of all pay-per-view lineups), by today?s standards, it?s probably as good as you?re going to get (maxboxing.com/golden-delivery). It was a card that could be appreciated by the hardcore and casual fan. The three bouts before the main attraction not only had some meaning to them but they looked to be pleasing, stylistic match-ups that would be entertaining.
No ?Butterbeans? or Mia St. Johns here.
There was even talk from Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer that this promotion could even break the ever elusive two-million buy mark (which is the boxing equivalent of batting .400). While it seemed daunting, it didn?t seem all that far-fetched. After all, Mayweather, alongside Manny Pacquiao, is the rare fighter who can draw general interest in his events and his recent bouts have regularly averaged well over a million buys. Love him or hate him, you all watch him. You can?t help yourself. But what?s really going to push this event to the two-mil? plateau was that not only was it going to the promoted heavily, but this was a card that catered to those who enjoyed the sport at varying levels.
