Why does Margarito deserve a shot?

Anything that Arum does to lead you to believe that Margarito can beat Floyd is called hype! including 8mil.

From a PPV perspective, I think fighting Tony is a lose-lose proposition. If Floyd loses, he falls hard in the eyes of the general public. If he wins, he gets little credit since the general public hasn't really heard of Tony. The $8 million offer is alot on its own, but its chump change compared to what he could make with a big PPV fight with Mosley or DLH or anyone else with a better pedigree (and fanbase) than Margarito. His critics can call him Fraud, but Floyd's camp knows a much bigger payday than $8 million is in his future if he plays his cards right. Even a fight with Spinks would probably do very well in Nov. They would probably market the PPV to the urban crowd like they did with the PBF-Judah fight. That one brought in 350,000 buys. It would have done infinitely better if Judah hadn't loss to Baldomir. With Spinks coming off a win and holding a belt, and Floyd challenging for yet another title in a 5th weight division, it would be very easy to market and promote. The same can't really be said for Margarito. I guess they could show him destroying Cintron but I'm pretty sure the general public would only pay attention to the fact that there's a boxer named Kermit. I'm not sure what other part of Tony they could market...that's he's a really big welter? That's why Arum is throwing the $8 million figure around. He's basically buying what he can't sell on his own with Tony, name recognition. Margarito is just not marketable at this point. That's not to say he doesn't deserve a big fight this year, but the numbers don't really add up with Tony. And boxing is all about the numbers.

Margarito beat Cintron down pretty damn good on PPV. A fight that was supposed to be Cintron's coming out party. BTW, Cintron beats Gatti and Judah. It wouldn't be worth Tony's time to go for copper when he can go for gold in Mayweather. Tony makes easy work of Floyd, and that is the 8million dollar question. Arum is so confident that Tony beats Floyd that he offered Floyd 8million. When Tony KO's the so called p4p #1 guy, he instantly becomes a household name and a mexican($$) favorite. Tony will then be a huge money maker for Arum for the next few years. Tony would beat Floyd as bad as Floyd beat Gatti...

He doesn't. Margarito is overrated. Who has he beaten?

cuz mayweather cant handle the power

I think Marg deserves big fights but he needs to be fighting the Judah's and Gatti's and guys like that so a fight with floyd means something. Thats exactly it, i'm not saying Margarito doesnt deserve big fights, but I think he should prove his worth a little bit more. If it's just because of his size that people think he's dangerous then why not just match Mayweather with the fighters at 154 instead.

if mayweather fights mosley he should def do like you say, otherwise he's the best opponent for floyd. i would rather see him fight collazo though, cuz zab is coming of a deflating loss and gatti is gatti, he will get knocked the fuck out and it won't mean anything. But it will put him a notch above where he currently is and will show that he deserves a mega fight.Persoanlly I would rather see Margarito vs Floyd after Marg beats the Gatti's and Judah's of the world. Hell let him Beat Hatton's ass as well then we would have to see a Floyd vs Marg fight.

I think Marg deserves big fights but he needs to be fighting the Judah's and Gatti's and guys like that so a fight with floyd means something. if mayweather fights mosley he should def do like you say, otherwise he's the best opponent for floyd. i would rather see him fight collazo though, cuz zab is coming of a deflating loss and gatti is gatti, he will get knocked the fuck out and it won't mean anything.

Well then I dont blame Mayweather for not giving him a shot, he simply dosent deserve it. I think Marg deserves big fights but he needs to be fighting the Judah's and Gatti's and guys like that so a fight with floyd means something.

Well then I dont blame Mayweather for not giving him a shot, he simply dosent deserve it.

people want to see the fight just because they think his size and agressive style will pose problems for floyd. they want the unbeaten pfp man to loose, it's that simple.