Very impressive for canelo to draw over 1.4 million viewers in his first
hbo bad card.He also got 11,000 thousand paid fans in the honda center.
He also had huge tv ratings in mexico.
He sure can sell tickets. No wonder the Mosley-Mora fight had so many people there :lol1:
But the HBO ratings are false. He only got over 900K live viewers.
cotto has also headlined one of the lowest rated hbo bad cards in history. When cotto fought margarito it was 90-10 in favor of Margarito. cotto is a draw only in new york on the day of the puerto rican parade. Cotto does not draw well, he needs others to help him carry a fight. That's been proven. Canelo carried the card by himself vs someone no one in the united states knows.
cotto vs foreman 1.6 million
canelo vs hatton 920,000
cotto still is #3 :boxing:
At the top is Floyd and Manny..then everyone esle.....
To those who say the Klits....yes they are big draws in Germany and Ukraine...but they wouldnt draw anywhere else.....
Floyd could easily fight in England and do good numbers...I remeber when he went to EWngland to train and the crowds were mega.....
i think it was the same thread starter who posted Canello had around 20M viewers in Mexcio...if thats true, then he must be right up there after Pac and Floyd.
I remember Khan was doing around 4M views on UK TV when Frank Warren had him on ITV and not PPV, but 4M vs 20M isnt even remotely close if those numbers he quoted are right.
i like canelo, i dont get all the hate for him. i admit he made the Hatton fight look much harder work then i thought he would, but credit to Hatton too...but i think that kid has a really bright future even if he does get knocked out. The hardcore fans might not like him, but you guys are in the massive minority compared to the other 20M + mexicans!!! LOL
If he's not #3, he's certainly up there. He's been marketed right yes, but he also has a very unique look/style, which helps him. I just hope he doesn't get torched out! That being said, I don't think it will happen. It will be selective matchmaking at it's finest, just like what's going on with Manny Pacquiao right now. They don't want to kill the cash cow.
Its nothing like Pacquiao, Mexicans are knowledgeable about the sport they don't jump ship after a loss.
cotto has also headlined one of the lowest rated hbo bad cards in history. When cotto fought margarito it was 90-10 in favor of Margarito. cotto is a draw only in new york on the day of the puerto rican parade. Cotto does not draw well, he needs others to help him carry a fight. That's been proven. Canelo carried the card by himself vs someone no one in the united states knows.
Cocaine really IS a hell of a drug. Which BaD card was this, was it Cotto's first card? Did you just reference a BaD rating which is always garbage anyway, as well as what was the ratings difference from the average rate anyway was it lower by .01 or 2 or 3 points? Secondly, of course Cotto isn't going to be a draw in Vegas its about... 48 hours away from New York by car and only 4 hours from Los Angeles of course more Mexicans are going to show up thats simply how PROMOTING works. If you wonder why Manny is a draw in Vegas (I live here btw) is because Vegas has a huge percentage of filipinos who mainly move from Hawaii. Just like Puerto Ricans go to New York, Cubans in Florida and Mexicans well... everywhere.
How many PPV's has Canelo sold? Oh, thats right none because he hasn't been on a major PPV card yet so how the hell is he even close to number 3? Let me know when he gets 3 million and then he can start to be mentioned with Cotto and thats before the Mayorga fight which should bring in another 300k and Cotto/Margarito II will do 1 million I think, maybe more. What if Cotto gets Manny again as well that will be another 1 million... damn I've said all this and forgot to mention what if Canelo LOSES :O
He has talent but the kid needs work and I know he is a massive draw in Mexico. I really like his style actually because he kind of reminds me of Cotto, I hope he does well but seriously even calling him #3 in boxing in terms of revenue at least stateside... I mean Jesus Christ, I can bring up the Klits who put 60k people in the seats Cotto shouldn't even be #3 on the list really but I understand the "States" is where it matters.
I think Cotto might be the better fight.
But, as a draw -and I'm assuming we just talking about in the U.S not all of boxing- I think Canelo is the bigger draw.
I would lean towards Alvarez right now. I think the PPV in June 18 will tell more about his drawing power.
I don't think so. Even Abraham and Sturm have up 5 million views during their fights. David Haye sells 800k PPVs in UK.
Canelo has more viewers in mexico with abraham and sturm combined.
And i doubt sturm and abraham can bring 11,000 fans in the u.sAnd bring
big ratings in hbo.
cotto has also headlined one of the lowest rated hbo bad cards in history. When cotto fought margarito it was 90-10 in favor of Margarito. cotto is a draw only in new york on the day of the puerto rican parade. Cotto does not draw well, he needs others to help him carry a fight. That's been proven. Canelo carried the card by himself vs someone no one in the united states knows.
like i said cotto has done more ppv's, attendance and a higher rating on hbo. cotto>>>alvarez right now, eventually canelo will surpass him but he hasn't yet.
how can cotto/alvarez be a toss up when cotto already had higher ratings, ppv and attendance numbers? canelo will eventually surpass cotto but right now cotto>>>canelo.
cotto has also headlined one of the lowest rated hbo bad cards in history. When cotto fought margarito it was 90-10 in favor of Margarito. cotto is a draw only in new york on the day of the puerto rican parade. Cotto does not draw well, he needs others to help him carry a fight. That's been proven. Canelo carried the card by himself vs someone no one in the united states knows.