Marquez isn't going to run. But he's going to box masterfully and give Manny problems with his timing and precision. Nobody fights Manny like Marquez does.
That being said, Marquez gets stopped in 4-6 rounds.
Floyd couldn't be that obtuse to seriously ask for $100 million for one fight could he? $100M for 8 weeks of training and 36 minutes of work on fight night is obscene. Tiger Woods barely makes $100 million for a year's work, and Floyd wants that much for one night? Come on now...get real Floyd.
At the same weights as Pac fought them, Marquez gets slaughtered. The only one he might beat is Oscar, because Oscar was stick figure, but even that's highly unlikely.
Even Hatton at 140? After seeing Marquez knock out Diaz and Katsidis, I'm not sure he does any worse against Ricky and his disdain for defense.
I think he means that of the five fighters in question, Clottey and Margarito lost their last big fights prior to fighting Manny. I think maybe he forgot that Margarito fought a no-namer after being knocked out by Shane.
I think Khan could beat him by boxing Margarito all night and staying the hell away from the ropes. If he gets trapped on those ropes, then it would be a short night for Khan.
Wouldn't be surprised. He took two extremely hard shots to the right side of his body within a span of five seconds in the sixth round. That being said, I'm not sure how he could've kept on fighting for another six rounds after having fractured ribs let alone dominate.
Let's compare Floyd and Manny's PPV results shall we?
Throwing out both Oscar fights (because we all know Oscar made both of them the megastars they are today), let's look at Manny and Floyd's three biggest PPV fights:
Floyd sold 915K against Hatton, 1.1 million against Marquez, and 1.4 million against Mosley
Floyd's Total: 3.415 Million buys in his three biggest fights sans Oscar.
Manny sold 850K against Hatton, 1.25 million against Cotto, and 1.1 million against Margarito.
Manny's total: 3.2 million buys in his three biggest fights sans Oscar.
Both average well over 1 million buys when their fights are preceded by HBO's 24/7 series.
Now let's look at demographics which, as much as yesir would deny it, does have an empirical effect on PPV figures.
In the six fights which this comparison is centered around, Manny and Floyd fought a Brit, two Mexicans, a Puerto Rican, and an American. Of these nationalities, only the Brit (Hatton) failed to generate 1 million or more buys. The Mexicans both brought the same numbers, the Puerto Rican (albeit a very popular one) slightly more than the Mexicans, and the American bringing in the most.
Remember that HBO PPV figures are from US sales only, meaning they represent American interest in any given fight so naturally, a fight that has an American fighting in it SHOULD sell more than a fight with no Americans.
Floyd's and Manny's numbers are amazing. To consistently sell 1 million or more PPVs shows that both of them have crossed over to the mainstream quite well. The reason why Floyd's fights have sold slightly more is simply because he's American and Manny is not. That being said, the slight difference between the two may be accounted for if we factor in the fact that Shane Mosley is also an American, and one that has very good name recognition from his fights against Oscar.
In the end, demographics matter. The fact that Pacquiao, a Filipino, is selling almost just as much as Floyd, is indicative of his massive crossover appeal. When was the last time a non-American headlined a PPV that sold more than 1 million buys? Pacquiao has done this twice.
Cotto pre-Margarito would've destroyed a prime pre-Mayweather Hatton at 147.
Now at 140...well, there's no way Cotto makes 140 without being drained considerably so Hatton would win there.
On a side note, I think today's Khan would beat Hatton at 140, and lose to Cotto at 147. Marquez (today) would also win a wide UD against Hatton at 140. I like Ricky, I really do, he was great for British boxing and boxing in general, but the man was overrated...quite.
HBO Canada is pointless. They show the same **** over and over that nobody wants to watch. They never show the 24/7's and they wonder why a day before the fight people still don't know about it. They usually put all the 24/7's on in a row on Score network a day before the fight. Usually though they won't schedule it on the cable guide. It will just come up in the guide as To be Announced. Don't you know that if your Canadian your expected to be a UFC fan only? If your a UFC fan you get the **** crammed down your throat 20 time a day. They start advertizing that **** 3 months ahead. It's sad that 95% of Canadians don't know that we have world champs in Canada. If you walked up to the average person and asked about Bute or Pascal they would'nt have a clue what your talking about. I tell people all the time that I'm a boxer and they always come back with "oh really! you do that UFC fighting stuff". Boxing and Canada don't go together for some reason. Shaw Cable and Bell etc are only pushing UFC. They've missed so many big fights over the past year that they could've hyped and that turned out to deliver. But they did'nt.
Couldn't agree with you more. Especially here in Vancouver, MMA is apparently the only combat sport available to the consumer. That being said, Montreal is apparently a really good boxing city with appreciative fans. But yeah, outside of Montreal, there's just no room for boxing. I bet the only boxing fans in Canada are the Filipinos in Toronto and Vancouver, and there are a lot of them here let me tell ya.