Is Margarito a Draw?

[deliveryman]

Being able to afford to watch your favorite fighter has a lot to do with the Marketability (AKA Draw) of a fighter.

Whether that includes being able to afford the HBO network
Or being able to afford to goto fights live
And being able to afford to buy PPV events.

And I mention that, because clearly most of his fans are Mexican.

[neils7147933]

Mayweather has headlined 2 PPVs - one was a PPV in big part because it was Gatti...

Let's not act like anyone at 147, even Mosley, is a guaranteed draw no matter who the opponent is.

Margarito is legit enough opponent for someone else at 147 to have a "megafight" with

[Bonafide]

he isn't all that major just yet, thats why he is listed as a CO-main event on TOP RANKS upcoming August 12 HBO PPV card from Las Vegas.

Rahman -vs- Maskaev

Margarito -vs- ???

Brian Viloria -vs- ???

Vanes Martirosyan -vs- ???

I think it a very good card. It is now worth the PPV.

[adrsan84]

Being able to afford to watch your favorite fighter has a lot to do with the Marketability (AKA Draw) of a fighter.

Whether that includes being able to afford the HBO network
Or being able to afford to goto fights live
And being able to afford to buy PPV events.

And I mention that, because clearly most of his fans are Mexican.

that argument really does not hold up though, are u telling me barrera and morales aren't draws? i don't think Margarito is a huge draw yet but he has the potential. Because of the vast number of mexican and mexican americans in this country, regardless of those percentages there is still enough of them to make a fighter popular. I'd say there is a higher percentage chance of a person being a boxing fan if he is mexican that some of the other nationalities, so that effects the numbers too.

Not only that fighters are draws because of who they fight as well and the audience is both fanbases combined, and a big win would allow him to extend his fan base beyond what it is now, mostly Mexican and Mexican American.

[deliveryman]

that argument really does not hold up though, are u telling me barrera and morales aren't draws? i don't think Margarito is a huge draw yet but he has the potential. Because of the vast number of mexican and mexican americans in this country, regardless of those percentages there is still enough of them to make a fighter popular. I'd say there is a higher percentage chance of a person being a boxing fan if he is mexican that some of the other nationalities, so that effects the numbers too.

Not only that fighters are draws because of who they fight as well and the audience is both fanbases combined, and a big win would allow him to extend his fan base beyond what it is now, mostly Mexican and Mexican American.

I agree that they're still able to be popular fighters.

But look at the fanbase for Ricky Hatton in the U.K, or Oscar De La Hoya (who's popular amongst all nationalities).

[psychopath]

i mean ive seen his name out there for "big fights", but i honestly dont think he would even draw interest among casual fight fans. even to me, hes slow, has no good wins,and i dont think i would pay to watch him fight. Do yall think him in a main event would be a success, or why is his name even mentioned for these big fights, because he knocked out Cintron? im not trying to bash him, i just want to know why he is so hyped among some, and could he really be a star in boxing?

Oh so you want to know why he is so HYPED?

It is because for one reason or another he can't get the "big named fighters" fight him. For now you can call him HYPED, but once he gets tested against the big names, we will find out if he is really hyped.

[ferocity]

Ok I'm not being racist here but:

Mexicans are one of the poorest races living in the United States per capita. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau, 44% of the Mexican population live near or in poverty. A lot of them can't afford to buy PPV.

yet, strangly enough they do, but they ain't going to buy no bs ppv like margarito v. gomez when they know damn well this shouldn't be on ppv.

their smart enought to get together with some drinking friends and order ppv with each one pitching in for the ppv.


and are you saying margarito isn't a bigger draw because he is mexican? then that is a ridicules idea. because shane mosley is not a big draw, was never a big draw and probably will never be a big draw, so as you would say this is because mosley is black and blacks are poor.

[ferocity]

Being able to afford to watch your favorite fighter has a lot to do with the Marketability (AKA Draw) of a fighter.

Whether that includes being able to afford the HBO network
Or being able to afford to goto fights live
And being able to afford to buy PPV events.

And I mention that, because clearly most of his fans are Mexican.

I can tell you ain't from California. Or from a state where their is a lot of mexicans. cause then if you do live in a state where their is a lot of mexicans then im positive you don't go to live boxing shows. because anywhere thier is a large group of mexicans and live boxing, mexicans are their, when one of their fighters is fighting on ppv against a tough challenger they will order the fight.

the usa census can't tell you **** about mexican boxing fans. all you got to do is open your eyes when their is boxing on tv and look at the audience -if you watch boxing at all- and you will see mexicans in the crowd. They made barrera, they made morales, they made chavez,made delahoya, they helped make all their fighters.

if you know about the LA Olympic Auditorium or if you've heard about people speak of the Olympic....then you would know that ever time a well known mexican fighter fought their the house was packed to the ceiling. If you are a fighter and you come to fight and are winnning and you are mexican, the mexicans will always show up at your fights. But they ain't going to be ****** and buy low quality ppv bs. mexicans are smart boxing fans, they support their fighters. plain and clear, what im talking about has been written by many boxing writers, asking why the blacks don't support their black fighters.

you need to study up more on the Mexican fan base of boxing, with-out it boxing would die in the south-west. all you got to do is look at my sig, and look at the boxrec #1 fighters in each division and notice their are more #1 mexican fighters then any other country .

[ferocity]

I agree that they're still able to be popular fighters.

But look at the fanbase for Ricky Hatton in the U.K, or Oscar De La Hoya (who's popular amongst all nationalities).

the last delahoya we got in cross-over appeal was tyson, before that, leonard, before that ali, once delahoya leaves their will be no one to fill his shoes.

[VanesBoxing]

I think it a very good card. It is now worth the PPV.

especially if they get a solid opponent for Margarito.

I wanted to see Vic Darchinyan on this card too cuz there was talk of it happening, but i guess not. His team is having a real tough time finding a champion that wants to unify belts, real shame.