Comments Thread For: HBO Sports Head: I Commend Cotto For Facing a Young, Hungry Ali

[Eff Pandas]

Lol I hope they aren't marketing this bs fight with that angle.

Respect to Ali on getting a nice check and opportunity doe I suppose, but I think even a old Cotto is a couple levels above a guy like Ali. I really have less interest in this fight then the previous fight somehow lmfao.

[Cigar]

Ridiculous comment from a network who has a bad year. The Lemieux-BJS fight is a good one, but there hasn't been much else from them in 2017.

[Theosis26]

Respect to cotto but this is a terrible fight. Ali wont be competitive at all

[Thetruthiserrol]

Seems like a logical conclusion to draw from all of this.

But that rematch would suck. The first fight wasn't close.

Agreed. But it would sell, which is what this "sport" is about these days. I think it would do around 1 million buys, IF Canelo beats GGG with no controversy.

[daggum]

this sounds so delusional, is trump head of hbo sports?

[slimPickings]

Peter Nelson, Executive Vice President at HBO Sports, YOU my friend must be ashamed of yourself for trying to sell this to the public!!!

Do you really know or care about boxing??

[Golden Boi 360]

What do you expect them to say? "this is a total mismatch and garbage fight, don't watch or buy tickets!"

[Butch.McRae]

Agreed. But it would sell, which is what this "sport" is about these days. I think it would do around 1 million buys, IF Canelo beats GGG with no controversy.

My guess is it would sell around 600k. Last fight did 900k and Cotto has lost a lot of relevance. It wouldn't sell more at this point.

[Willy Wanker]

Ali's positive attributes begin and end with young and hungry.

[MisanthropicNY]

I'm going to kneel for the Puerto Rican national anthem over underachiever Cotto.