The Victor Ortiz-Floyd Mayweather promotion is going into the home stretch.
There are just 11 shopping days now for boxing fans to get arena tickets or place their PPV or movie theater orders to see if the conqueror of Andre Berto can make it two fights back to back in which he has shocked an undefeated opponent.
While Ortiz's twice off the deck April victory over Berto sent minor shock waves through the sport/business, a sensational victory over Mayweather would be be off the Richter Scale, boxing's answer to a huge earthquake.
While Ortiz-Mayweather are winding down their hype train, the Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao Chapter 3 event, slated for Nov. 12, just got rolling with a crowd estimated at 70,000 in Manila.
As I write this Monday night, laboring on Labor Day, JMM and MP are in Manhattan prepping for a Chelsea Piers morning presser.
This event leads off with crooner Pacman and real musician Dan Hill doing "Sometimes When We Touch."
Mayweather may think Pacman is dedicating the song to him in Las Vegas given that the two promotions are banging heads now.
Mexican Marquez and the Pinoy Idol do a Beverly Hills presser Wednesday and then conclude their international media tour Thursday with an expected crowd of 50,000 in Revolution Square in Mexico City.
Mayweather, meanwhile, has a Vegas media day at his gym on Tuesday and is on a media conference call on Wednesday.
Ortiz-Mayweather likely gets some breathing room after the Mexican presser as Pacman returns to the Philippines and Marquez is already at home in the Mexican capital.
They can then turn their attention to serious training while leaving the hype and salesmanship to young Ortiz and heavy betting favorite Mayweather.
I wonder who has the earmuff concession for Pacman's duet Tuesday morning.
Maybe 50 Cent and Mayweather can team up for a duet next.
Then we can hope for Floyd Senior and Uncle Roger in a smashing finale, some song about brotherly love.
May I suggest, "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Unfderstanding?"
