I also agree with beauty. As much as Cotto is a more formidable threat to Mayweather than Hatton is (unless Hatton somehow got the fight at 140), his INTERNATIONAL profile isn't on par with Hatton's. Cotto-PBF at MSG would be huge, but it would not quite match Hatton-PBF at MSG or especially in Manchester (which can't happen, but I digress...)
Hatton could not only bring 10k+ fans, but don't forget about the lucrative European TV element to a Hatton-Mayweather fight. There's more millions for PBF to salivate over. Also, Cotto of course is Top Rank and apparently PBF has the same kind of distaste for Arum and co. as De La Hoya does. Fighting Cotto really helps Arum and of course, if he were to lose, it would add the ultimate insult to injury for Mayweather.
So there's a big different money wise because of Hatton's legions of fans and the Euro TV element...
...but of course there's also the aspect of Hatton being eminently more beatable than Cotto.
Hatton could not only bring 10k+ fans, but don't forget about the lucrative European TV element to a Hatton-Mayweather fight. There's more millions for PBF to salivate over. Also, Cotto of course is Top Rank and apparently PBF has the same kind of distaste for Arum and co. as De La Hoya does. Fighting Cotto really helps Arum and of course, if he were to lose, it would add the ultimate insult to injury for Mayweather.
So there's a big different money wise because of Hatton's legions of fans and the Euro TV element...
...but of course there's also the aspect of Hatton being eminently more beatable than Cotto.
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