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Cotto vs Margarito Update: Dec.3 @ Madison Square Garden. Cotto will earn between $5 & $7mill, not including share PPV. Margarito $2mill.
Cotto getting 5/7 million means he is still a big draw in the sport. Probably third after the top two. 2m for Margo is also far from being considered a done fighter. Whoever wins this bout will be a good match and good money for any formidable fighter 160lbs. and below.
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Not to mention Cotto would have been the one fighting DLH and not Pacquiao. Then you look at the guys PAC beat after that and it's guys that Cotto already beat or should have beat.
Either way he got his ass kicked and even if he was p4p king for a day, I don't think it would have lasted long. People would have been pushing for a Mosley rematch and that's a fight I don't see Cotto winning 5/5 times. I also don't see Cotto beating Mayweather even when Cotto was in his prime.
He's had a decent career with lots of paydays, so it didn't turn out too bad in the end.
Totally agree it wouldn't have lasted long. However, him beating Margarito would have significantly changed boxing history. Who knows how things play out. I don't see him as ever being as good as Manny or Floyd, but he would have been the p4p torchbearer for a year.
that's a stretch
Not that much of a stretch. In 2008, if he had beaten Margarito, he would have had wins over Margarito,Mosley, Judah, Quintana, and Malignaggi. Manny hadn't even fought Oscar yet and was coming off a controversial decision over JMM. Floyd was retired. Roy Jones had already lost 3 times.
I think if Cotto convincingly beat Margarito, he and Joe Calzaghe would have been the 2 guys in contention for the best p4p in the world.
Weird split considering Tony knocked Cotto out in the first fight.but hey
Well that's happens when you ruin your career by getting caught cheating.
This purse split is like if the first Cotto-Margarito fight never happened. Looks like it's 70-30 or something around.
P4P king? Uh......probably not.
Cotto is not a shell of himself now. Margarito took away all of Cotto's confidence by having cement in his gloves but vintage Miguel Cotto prior to Margarito was unreal that left hook to the body lands on anyone and they are done. P4P is a stretch because Mayweather and Pacquiao but Cotto would have been the most exciting to watch the guy has never been a boring fight.
Damn, it should be interesting. I'm sure that the ring is going to be huge at this venue, Tony has to beat the crap out of Cotto again to win a decision. :headbang:
such a bad venue for boxing. i went to cotto / mosley and paid 300+ and my seats were shat.
PPV for me, or maybe just watch it in a brooklyn bar like i did for cotto / yuri.
Miguel should get every penny generated from this fight. Margarito I loved him before the hand rapping incidents and now I can not stand to look at the man. I honestly believe if Cotto was never beat by Margarito the way he was with those wraps he would have been p4p King at one point in his career.
margarito will get your love back:luvbed:
Miguel should get every penny generated from this fight. Margarito I loved him before the hand rapping incidents and now I can not stand to look at the man. I honestly believe if Cotto was never beat by Margarito the way he was with those wraps he would have been p4p King at one point in his career.
P4P king? Uh......probably not.
Miguel should get every penny generated from this fight. Margarito I loved him before the hand rapping incidents and now I can not stand to look at the man. I honestly believe if Cotto was never beat by Margarito the way he was with those wraps he would have been p4p King at one point in his career.