What If Cotto/Pac Sells More than Marquez/May?

[jaguar30]

Floyd's fight is signed, Pac vs Cotto is just talk still.

I have a feeling that Pacquiao won't fight Cotto at 145...

[Equinox]

dumb question.

simple as this,

mayweather vs de la hoya= sold more than pacquiao vs
mayweather vs hatton= sold more than pacquiao vs
mayweather vs marquez= about to sell more than pacquiao vs

^this will determine who the bigger draw is.

[jaguar30]

dumb question.

simple as this,

mayweather vs de la hoya= sold more than pacquiao vs
mayweather vs hatton= sold more than pacquiao vs
mayweather vs marquez= about to sell more than pacquiao vs

^this will determine who the bigger draw is.

It seems logically but A + B is not always C..

Why people would like to see more Mayweather vs Marquez rather than Pacquiao vs Cotto?
Pacquiao + Cotto fans > Mayweather + Marquez fans

[Spacey1991]

What If Cotto/Pac Sells More than Marquez/May? Will Mayweather then accept the 50-50 terms of Pacquiao?

It probably will anyway... Cotto vs Pacquiao is a bigger fight than Mayweather vs JMM, people look at the Floyd fight as a tune-up... I respect JMM too much to call it a tune-up but its what people think of it as.

[Fights]

No guarantee yet Pac-Cotto even happens. And if it does, it will outsell Mr boat buyer-JMM, and he won't budge on the $. He's gettin $15 mil for JMM supposedly. He'd just retire again.

I guess Mayweather-Mosley won't happen.

[sandyvahra]

If this plays out, Floyd might agree to 50/50...no way in hell Arum will.

[The Hammer]

Bob Arum will stand in the way of Mayweather-Pacquiao.

Don't blame the fighters if it doesn't happen.

About 18% of Pacquiao's cut goes to Arum. Without him in the deal, the two fighters could come to an agreement.

[jaguar30]

It probably will anyway... Cotto vs Pacquiao is a bigger fight than Mayweather vs JMM, people look at the Floyd fight as a tune-up... I respect JMM too much to call it a tune-up but its what people think of it as.

Mayweather's reputation has gone downtrend in recent years..

[M.I Truth ?]

What If Cotto/Pac Sells More than Marquez/May? Will Mayweather then accept the 50-50 terms of Pacquiao?

I think its expected to sell more.

[M.I Truth ?]

but that goes against what Mayweather and his fans have been claiming that Floyd is the biggest draw in the world.

THE biggest draw in the world should be able to carry a fight on his name. Also, remember how Floyd fans were saying Cotto was a NOBODY PPV wise? Even Floyd was on ESPN saying "Cotto who? Dont nobody know who Cotto is. He needs to step his PPV game up"

So you have 2 big draws fighting 2 lesser known fighters.

The supposed biggest draw in the sport should be able to carry this fight. If Manny/Cotto sells more, you'll know who the biggest draw is and who deserves the bigger purse.

personally, I think this should be a win bonus fight but egos will never let it happen.

The argument would be if Floyd could do better numbers with Cotto than pac. Of course Pac and Mayweather both have drawing power but the fight as a whole has to peak interest to sell. Oscar was a guaranteed PPV success but even his numbers would fluctuate depending on who is opposite him. Pac/Cotto is the more attractive fight IMO.