What would HBO/Top Rank have to do to match "the one"?

[kardsufur]

Wlad-Lewis

[Augustane]

If they put Cotto vs Martinez, Pacquiao v Marquez, Bradley vs Rios and Ward vs GGG on the same Card it still wouldn't match the one

With that card, I'd say it could break the Mayweather-DLH record. That's a stacked card.

[fvanesbeck]

HBO could just air Klitschko-Povetkin again if they wanted something as exciting as "the one".

[BigZigga]

Pacquiao-Marquez V
GGG-Ward
Stevenson-Kovalev
Rios-Provodnikov
Rigo-Lomachenko

[Sugar Adam Ali]

manny vs jmm 5
GGG vs korbov
salido vs garcia 2
lomanchenko vs juanma

[big_james10]

I'd say Cotto v. Martinez and another main event type fight. Slim pickings though with Top Rank.

You will never see a TR promoted fighter in a match like "The One" because Arum is too selfish and self-centered to make a fight like this. He has prevented Pacquaio from fighting Mayweather, which is the only fight that would be equivalent.

If Mayweather had stayed with Bob Arum, he wouldn't have been in "The One" because he would have never gotten a fight with ODLH and achieved the type of fame and money that he has. If Cotto had stayed with Arum, he never would have gotten the Mayweather fight (which happened to be his biggest fights in his career in terms of the purse he earned).

If Pac had had enough sense to leave Arum, he would have already fought Mayweather at least once and would have earned more than he earned in his knockout loss to Marquez, his loss to Bradley and his fight against Rios combined. And if he gave a good showing, even in a loss, he would be making the kind of money that Mayweather is making now with all of his future opponents. Instead, he chose to stay with Arum and continue to accept $5 million guarantees when he could have been making $30 million guarantees if he had gone independent like Mayweather.

[big_james10]

If they put Cotto vs Martinez, Pacquiao v Marquez, Bradley vs Rios and Ward vs GGG on the same Card it still wouldn't match the one

I doubt if this card would break the 1 million PPV mark and it would cost so much that the promoter would end up losing $10 million.

[big_james10]

There's nothing Top Rank can do because only The PPV King Canelo can pull that kind of PPV.

Really. How many PPVs did the PPV King Canelo sell in his fight prior to the fight with Mayweather? How many do you think he will sell in his next fight against Carlos Molina or Angulo?

[downklown]

Let's keep it real. They can't match "The One" right now.

Here's what needs to happen in the future for them to get close though:

Bradley needs a decisive win over Marquez.
Manny needs a decisive win over Rios.
Bradley talking **** about how he "won" the first fight with Manny will drive the hype up for a rematch.

Main Event = Manny vs. Bradley


The co-main event simply needs to be a "farewell" fight for Cotto against Sergio Martinez. If Cotto can play up the fact that it's his "last fight" then that will garner hype.

Some of the other fights may be intriguing for us serious boxing fans (GGG vs Sergio,etc...) but those won't do the monster numbers.

[FrankieBruno]

nothing

they simply don't have the star power