Why so ignorant to the Cotto-Kirkland PPV?

[original zero]

we should all be hoping for awful PPV numbers for every PPV so that PPV dies and goes away forever.

[Thraxox]

Will the fight make more with an HBO licensing fee or PPV revenue? And I'm shocked HBO would approve this for a PPV but not Pac/Vargas

The Vargas fight was too close for the Kovalev fight and they were depending on that bout to get more paydays, so they avoided Pac's fight in favor of Ward-Kov.

"Even if he fights Crawford or any other big name fight we still won't sanction the Pay Per View because it is just too close to the big fight (Ward-Kov)"

- HBO Pres....

[baya]

cotto is another bum hoerican wishing he was Mexican.

a rican wishing they were mexican is like a south korean wishing they'd been born 200 miles north; it's a fallacy, never happened, comprende?

[Illmatic94]

lol stop hating, guys; like it or not, Cotto vs Kirkland is the most exciting fight in boxing's foreseeable future.

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We can all hate the fight, but there's no denying it'll be worth watching.

no..garcia vs thurman is more exciting and it's not PPV.. and cotto vs kirkland is actually not even worth watching, sorry. it's a trash fight all the way around.

[New England]

why do PR men tweeze brow? serious question.

[New England]

we should all be hoping for awful PPV numbers for every PPV so that PPV dies and goes away forever.

while this fight is not a ppv and i won't be buying it, there are plenty of worthy fights that have been on PPV, and many of tose fights simply couldn't be made without ppv. HBO can only pay so much for one fight on regular "championship boxing."


rememember alexander - bradley? you don't? that's why networks can only pay so much for a single fight on HBO. that fight sucked, took up a quarter of the budget for the year, and did next to nothing to build either fighter. basically got an HBO exec fired single handedly, and the boxing budget reduced for the following year.


if you don't remeber the fight, and there's notignw rong with that because it sucked, it ended in a late round head clash after there was virtually no action. additionally, HBO signed a deal to bring both fighters back for million dollar paydays regardless of the outcome. it was f#cking stupid, and that;s why you have ppv.

[SunSpace]

no..garcia vs thurman is more exciting and it's not PPV.. and cotto vs kirkland is actually not even worth watching, sorry. it's a trash fight all the way around.

Is that fight even signed yet? I was referring to the foreseeable future, and Garcia hasn't fought anybody in a while.

[BlakBread904]

Why so many here dont get it? Roc nation owes Cotto 15 million for 1 fight. What did you expect them to do? The only reason this fight is in texas is because jerry jones gave Roc Nation a 10 million fee for the fight so there was no possible way to get that fight on hbo because they need the ppv to atleast go even. Why not a better opponent? Well they tried for a year to get Marquez who would make a huge ppv fight and Marquez chicken out saying 147 or no fight even when Cotto said lets do 149. Bradley would ask for way more than they are playing kirkland and with what they owe cotto they cant pay bradley 5 million. The options were petterson or kirkland. Kirkland agreed to the 1 million pay day and the catchweight that sets the bar for atleast 200-250k on ppv at 70 + the jerry jones fee. All they need is to go even and not lose

fcuk all that you saying bruh. as a paying fan I cant give any less of a fcuk about the deal Roc Nation signed. they decided to give cotto that $ then its on them to try and sell this fight. doesn't mean I have to buy it.

Cotto's still a name, so a local bar should carry it.

[sicko]

Have respect for Cotto of course watched his entire career but I don't think this PPV will do good at all unfortunately for him and Roc Nation

[Dean_Razorback]

how would be marquez-cotto a big ppv fight right now? seriously