Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs Miguel Cotto: Who is the real "A" side?

[TOBYLEE1]

I only posted that because the Canelo vs Kirkland broadcast broke a record that was set in 2006.

It was but you have to remember that the replay of the Pac/Floyd fight had some influence

[BOXEO _]

The ones begging for the fight are usually the B side

^^^ this. Cotto's clearly the A side.

[jcj0427]

With Floyd AND Manny on right before that leading right into my point of him riding Floyd's numbers.

maypac average 1.18mill and then the main event rounded off to 2.2 mill viewers. your trying to hard to discredit Canelos superstar status. Whether you like it or not hes gonna be carrying boxing next like DLH n Floyd/Pac were. Cotto is on his way out and deal with it.

[Mitchell Kane]

The ones begging for the fight are usually the B side

The ones with the giant cable networks behind them are usually not...

[Cleto_Reyes]

Drawing power goes to Canelo. Cotto is the champ so i say 50/50 no A side

[bigjavi973]

I think Canelo is the bigger draw now. I hope Canelo doesn't let Cotto have it his way during negotiations, try to make the fight in the West coast not the East.

I just hope they both don't act like big divas.

why is it so important to canelo fans to have the fight in "home turf"?

[Deevel916]

In boxing the A-side is the one who generates more $. In that case Canelo is the A-side.

[joseph5620]

Some key components to follow.

Relevant PPV/revenue landscape - Miguel Cotto

Cotto vs Martinez - 315,000
Cotto vs Mayweather - 1,500,000
Cotto vs Pacquiao - 1,250,000
Cotto vs Margarito II - 600,000


Relevant PPV landscape - Saul Canelo Alvarez

Canelo vs Angulo - 350,000
Canelo vs Mayweather - 2,200,000
Canelo vs Lara - 300,000
Canelo vs Mosley - Part of the Mayweather vs Cotto co-feature.
Canelo vs Kirkland - Free; most viewed cable bout since 2006 with a 2.3 mil peak.

I'm too lazy to record the live gate for some of their most recent bouts so maybe someone else could record those. I know that they sold some real cheap tickets for Canelo's fights against Trout and Lara, but the turnout was pretty good for very large venues. As far as complete sell-outs, I'm not sure.

I'm also aware that there was a poor turnout for Cotto's fights against Martinez and Trout.

Perhaps someone could find out which fighter has had more consecutive sell outs?

Canelo. It's not close. Cotto is basically trying to cash out right now.

[bigjavi973]

The one that travels deserves that 60-40 split over the guy at home. Both Canelo and Cotto are equal in terms of popularity. I don't think none of those two can hit the 500k mark by themselves vs an unknown. They need each other for this mega fight just like Pac/Mayweather needed each other.

Couldn't agree more!

[bigjavi973]

Actually Floyd didn't need Pacquiao, it's the other way around. Floyd was consistently staying at that 1 million mark with whoever he fought. Pac was floating at 300,000 or so.

What where floyd's numbers BEFORE the ODH fight?