Quote Originally Posted by Salhadin
To the first guy, Gatti and PBF didnt sell because everybody knew that Gatti has no buisness being in there with PBF.

Just like Gatti/Hatton will sell more then PBF/Hatton.....you see?

Two sluggers will sell more then 2 boxers ALL DAY LONG.

We talk about these things all day long. Only Trainers want to see Boxers....

Jesus Christ some of you guys aren't smart at all. Castillo and Corrales had the greatest slugfests ever. Tell me why their second fight only had 225,000 buys. Because people knew what they were getting and there was no intrigue. Plus, neither of the guys had ever truly headlined a PPV. Hatton is undefeated and WBA welterweight champ of the world, but he won't be a PPV draw in the US. Why? Because people don't wanna buy slugfests, people want to buy drama. PBF-Gatti sold because it was "Villian vs Hero" and "Apollo Creed vs Rocky" all rolled into one, most people knew Gatti didn't have a shot, but bought to see it anyway, PBF-Judah sold because PBF was on every station saying that he was gonna knock Judah out and most boxing people knew they're history, it was intriguing, Jones Jr vs Tarver III sold because people wanted to see if RJ was back or if Tarver really shot Jones's career down, Mosley-Vargas sold because it was basically a "winner gets back his old glory" type fight, ODLH-Mayorga sold because Mayorga is a wildman and people want to see if ODLH can get back his glory. There is more to PPV than just boxing. Hatton vs Gatti would not be a great PPV draw because both guys are fairly boring, but it would be a pretty good fight. Hatton vs PBF would be so overblown by HBO, they would have Countdown to PBF vs Hatton and everything, that would be a fight that sold 500K-700K buys on PPV. Hatton vs Gatti would be lucky to get 200K buys. If I want to watch a slugfest, I can turn on ESPN classic, if I want to watch an intriguing matchup of different styles and personalities, I'll buy it on PPV.