Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
You make valid points which I cannot argue,Gatti is probably hugely popular stateside. I was addressing the linear champ point because you mentioned it,the average fan doesn't know anything about that type of stuff but you're right, I see how it would make more,never looked at it like that.

As for the $8million,I'm not sceptical because A.) Floyd implied he had knowledge about it by constantly saying his next fight would be MORE than $8million and B.) I never heard Mayweather say he was not being offered that type of money,his argument was about how well it would do on PPV.

Out of interest,how many buys do you see this doing? I think about 350,000-375,000?
I don't know, but I think you may be surprised the impact that both of them beating Gatti will have on the PPv generated, and general public interest... I honestly have people ask me about the fight who would never care otherwise, simply because they have followed Gatti for several years now. "Hey are you going to watch Mayweather fight the Argentinian guy who beat Gatti and Judah... I can't wait to order it". Im not kidding, you know.. it's just a different level of popularity, sure boxing fans are beginning to know who Margarito is, but Gatti's fights with Ward made national news, you know... People who had no idea and had never watched any boxing just started seeing these blood and guts replays... If ABC or Fox was to do a special on how Floyd Mayweather the no.1 p4p fighter in the world was deadly scared of the boogeyman Margarito, and showed some of his highlights, it would probably generate alot of PPV too, but as far as anything Bob Arum can do to promote the fight... Well noone outside of boxing gives a rat's ass who he is, or would ever hear anything he had to say.