Tonight's Super Bowl XLIX was a stunner of a football game, a dramatic 28-24 victory for the New England Patriots over the Seattle Seahawks, with a miracle catch by wide receiver Jermaine Kearse followed by an inexplicable play call by Seattle resulting in Russell Wilson throwing an interception to Malcolm Butler to seal the game. There was a brawl after that, and then it was all officially over.
Quite a night. Nationwide's dead kid. Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi with Mike and Carol Brady. Avocados From Mexico and the sad polar bear. Budweiser did something about dogs or whatever, I think, I don't want to talk about it.
And what we heard nothing about was the potential mega money clash, Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao, which has been rumored to be done, or rumored to be close to done, and said to still be far away by the people who would have the actual knowledge. It looks like this time, we should all just stick to the people with the actual knowledge.
There were two boxing notes from tonight's game:
- An old Muhammad Ali clip was used as a voiceover track for an inspirational Toyota Camry commercial.
- Al Michaels, who will call boxing on NBC for Al Haymon's new show, brought up Hagler-Hearns early in the second quarter.
But nothing about Floyd. Nothing about Manny. Nothing about Floyd and Manny.
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya, who stands to make $0 on that fight, threw a little shade on Twitter:
I Recorded the #PuppyBowl, maybe they announced the fight there?
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) February 2, 2015
Leonard Ellerbe of Mayweather Promotions threw a little back:
@OscarDeLaHoya why you mad bro? We got our own platform, no need to steal anyone's shine. How about you?
— Leonard Ellerbe (@LEllerbe) February 2, 2015
It would seem as though if the fight's going to be made official -- particularly if they still want the May 2 date -- then it will be announced sometime in the coming week. That would give them three months of promotion. But we'll see. It's hard to tell where they're at, how close it might be, or if it's going to happen or not. There's still a lot of reason to remain optimistic, though. Remember that, I guess.