Mayweather-Marquez official for September 19

by Scott Christ on Jun 26, 2009 6:15 PM EDT in Boxing News Analysis

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez will now meet on September 19. (via assets.espn.go.com)

According to a press release, the fight between the returning Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez has been officially rescheduled and will now take place on September 19, as had been the rumor since Mayweather pulled out of the Juy 18 date with a rib injury.

The fight will now come nearly exactly two months before the proposed Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto showdown (Nov. 14) and mean that boxing fans looking for big fights will be expected to buy two major shows fairly close together. Still, for all the flak pay-per-view has gotten in boxing, UFC runs a major PPV show about once a month and they do well. The real question is whether or not the fights are worth the money. In the case of Pacquiao-Cotto and Mayweather-Marquez, there really aren't any other options to cover the fighters' purses. These are PPV fights. This one will be going for $49.95 (not in HD) if you were wondering.

There's really little else to say about the fight at this point. The rescheduling was expected, the date was what had been rumored, and the fight goes on as it was before. Hopefully a better featured undercard fight than Zab Judah-Matthew Hatton can be added, and with the talks of Edwin Valero-Joel Casamayor starting, that seems like something we can reasonably hope for this time around.

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Due to the bar scene being less than stellar out in my area, the only real option to watch big time fights is by ordering the PPV’s from home. Luckily, I was able to get enough friends over for Pacquiao-Hatton that the $50 purchase was able to be cut down to $5 each. However, this was pretty rare due to being able to get many friends over who aren’t boxing fans by nature. It’s iffy if I could do this again for the other fights, and I know that if I had to cut $25-50 for a fight, I just couldn’t do it right now. I doubt I’m the only one.

by J Trull on Jun 27, 2009 1:01 AM EDT reply actions

it's a pain in the ass

I usually have a few friends over but pay for the PPV myself because I’d be watching it whether they were there or not. i can’t REALLY afford to shell out money for PPVs, but I do because I’m … well, dumb.

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by Scott Christ on Jun 27, 2009 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions