Why was Margo vs Mosley non ppv? Yet Cotto + Pavlik was PPV?

Maybe Cotto isnt the ppv star he was drawn out to be.

HBO/Showtime passed on this card and so did plenty of Boxing fans, I'm glad they passed. They should be spending money on good cards with competetive bouts, this card was shit since the first day it was signed and all the Boxing fans that paid for it I'm sure agree.

Wrong buddy. 3mills is the less Arum can Pay Cotto, for any fight. it doesnt matter the opponent or if is on HB or PPV or whatever!!!!!!!!!!!! the guy you are talking to is an insider, id take his word over anyones.

Because HBO was willing to put up $4 million for Margarito-Mosley and took a pass on the Top Rank double. Showtime also passed on the Top Rank double. I heard the price tag for the Top Rank double was also $4 million. I can't blame either network for passing. Youre still alive?

I would have been so pissed if I paid 45 for this. I'm a fan of both fighters, but this PPV was an absolute rip off.

Wrong buddy. 3mills is the less Arum can Pay Cotto, for any fight. it doesnt matter the opponent or if is on HB or PPV or whatever!!!!!!!!!!!! He wasn't guaranteed $3 million and that is a fact. He may have been promised $3 million but the "guarantee" was half of that. He usually gets a guarantee of $3 million but not for something like this. The fight contracts are filed with the NYSAC and you could easily call to confirm.

Pavlik and Cotto did not get their purse minimums. Given the circumstances of an independent pay-per-view, both took less. Pavlik was guaranteed a million and Cotto was around 1.5 I think . I see, I don't think they would have gotten that type of money on ESPN or Versus though. Thanks for clarifying.

Because HBO picked up Mosley/Margarito whereas HBO/Showtime both passed on Pavlik/Cotto, thus leaving them really no option but to make it a PPV (although charging $45 was too high & a mistake imo). Spot on homey.

Top Rank had no choice, HBO and Showtime didn't pick the fights up and PPV was the only way for Arum to fulfill Pavlik's and Cotto's minimum purse requirements. Pavlik and Cotto did not get their purse minimums. Given the circumstances of an independent pay-per-view, both took less. Pavlik was guaranteed a million and Cotto was around 1.5 I think .

I dont get it, Margo had all the buzz going into his fight and Cotto and Pavlik both were recovering from losses? It puzzles me. Because HBO was willing to put up $4 million for Margarito-Mosley and took a pass on the Top Rank double. Showtime also passed on the Top Rank double. I heard the price tag for the Top Rank double was also $4 million. I can't blame either network for passing.

Top Rank had no choice, HBO and Showtime didn't pick the fights up and PPV was the only way for Arum to fulfill Pavlik's and Cotto's minimum purse requirements.