Floyd Mayweather Jr dares Cotto and Canelo to fight on the same date

[El-blanco]

someone needs to tell Floyd that the only way his threat will hold weight is if he announces a PAC fight on the same night

Ya man that's the only fight that wouldn't result in a total catastrophe for showtime and the promoters involved. He can say what he wants but nobody is going to approve him fighting on that date against canelo cotto.

[Ray*]

Well it's see it then lol.

[The Big Dunn]

Floyd has 4 of the 5 biggest gates in Vegas history- 2 of those were the Maidana fights. MGM will surely give arena to Floyd.

GBP just lost the backing from the company that owns Staples center and about 100 other big US arenas. WHere exactly is he going to stage fight?

Lets stop making Canelo and Cotto bigger than they are.I know a lot of you hate this-but Canelo and Cotto are not big names to mainstream, middle class US casual fans that purchase ppv's. Floyd is, despite his "brand" and name taking a huge hit with all the BS and DV stuff.

Interesting to see where all this goes. But Floyd is a proven commodity-the other guys, not so much. Floyd is still seen as the best in the business-and he beat these 2.

Time will tell.

[Divine Hammer]

i dare Floyd to read that article

wooooooow hahahahahahahahaha

[PACnPBFsuck]

He'll get the MGM, but he'll lose some PPVs buy them competing with him.

[ReIoaded]

Floyd thinks wearing a sombrero to the ring is enough to get the Mexican PPV audience to purchase his fights for their Mexican Holiday boxing parties over Canelo.

The only way Mayweather outsells Canelo vs Cotto on those dates is if he fights Pacquiao and that's because Oscar, Cotto and Canelo would prefer to watch Floyd vs Manny than fight each other on a competing date

[IMDAZED]

He'll get the MGM, but he'll lose some PPVs buy them competing with him.

You mean they'll lose PPV buys. Would be very dumb for them to go against a Mayweather fight in Vegas. Given GBP's current state -- they won't do it.

[bigjavi973]

Floyd has 4 of the 5 biggest gates in Vegas history- 2 of those were the Maidana fights. MGM will surely give arena to Floyd.

GBP just lost the backing from the company that owns Staples center and about 100 other big US arenas. WHere exactly is he going to stage fight?

Lets stop making Canelo and Cotto bigger than they are.I know a lot of you hate this-but Canelo and Cotto are not big names to mainstream, middle class US casual fans that purchase ppv's. Floyd is, despite his "brand" and name taking a huge hit with all the BS and DV stuff.

Interesting to see where all this goes. But Floyd is a proven commodity-the other guys, not so much. Floyd is still seen as the best in the business-and he beat these 2.

Time will tell.

Yes mayweather is so successfull at ppvs that he has to fight in las vegas, on a mexican holiday, against hispanic fighters.

[tank17211]

Credit of article goes to ibtimes.com by Dana Alyssa Ramos:

Undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. welcomes Miguel Cotto and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to fight on the same date as his fights in May and September 2015. The 37-year-old professional boxer thinks that his pay-per-view figures are way better than those two of the fighters. He strongly believes that between him and those two guys, boxing fans prefer to watch him if they are competing on a different pay-per-view networks.

In an interview with Boxing Scene, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya revealed that Cotto has to face Canelo if he wants to get a big-money fight in 2015. De La Hoya highlighted that boxing fans are more interested to see a Canelo vs. Cotto fight because Mayweather vs. Pacquiao bout is not close to happening.

Canelo has reportedly given Golden Boy Promotions his marching orders that he needs to be scheduled a fight on Cinco de Mayo on May 2, 2015. He specifically expressed his desire to take the Mexican date for his fight and he does not care if Mayweather fights on the same date on Showtime pay-per-view. Canelo vs. Cotto fight will be on HBO pay-per-view if the negotiations turn out well, according to Boxing 247.

Despite Canelo's persistence to fight on Mexican holiday, Mayweather does not appear to be backing down from Canelo's challenge. "If they feel like they can compete, well then let's see," Mayweather said to Fighthype.com. "When you're talking boxing, you're talking Mayweather, man. We need to take Canelo's last fight and look at his pay-per-view numbers and take Cotto's last fight and look at his pay-per-view numbers, put 'em together and see who done better numbers. And see what they charge for the fight also."

Canelo and Cotto's PPV fights were not very good in the past. Last June, when Cotto fought Sergio Martinez, the fight brought in just approximately 300, 000 PPV buys, according to Boxing News 24. Canelo's last two fights brought in only 300,000 PPV buys each.


(Link to article) http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/56953...m#.VD7QS_ldWHg

The only way is if he fights Pacquiao. They will split the audience. Floyd doesnt really have fans. He has some hard fans but it a lot of people that want to see him lose. I hope they do fight on the same date. Floyd will get exposed.

[Fetta]

Yes mayweather is so successfull at ppvs that he has to fight in las vegas, on a mexican holiday, against hispanic fighters.

Cotto and Mosley are hispanic?