Margarito Cotto failing to draw any interest?

[Wayne]

Cotto vs. Margarito Failing To Generate Interest

I think this guy is talking out of his ass on this one, very rarely will you get the casual fan to recognize most fighters names who arent Delahoya/Tyson/Lewis/Holyfield... The hardcor boxing fan is all amped up about this one

I still don't believe Margarito puts butts in seats. The draw is Cotto. If I'm not mistaken, Margarito has never been on PPV. Even with the new and improved Kermit Cintron he couldn't get a PPV show. And that's why Mayweather didn't want to fight him. Margarito is his own double-edged sword: a threat who garners very little interest.

[Preme]

Cotto vs. Margarito Failing To Generate Interest

I think this guy is talking out of his ass on this one, very rarely will you get the casual fan to recognize most fighters names who arent Delahoya/Tyson/Lewis/Holyfield... The hardcor boxing fan is all amped up about this one

I still don't believe Margarito puts butts in seats. The draw is Cotto. If I'm not mistaken, Margarito has never been on PPV. Even with the new and improved Kermit Cintron he couldn't get a PPV show. And that's why Mayweather didn't want to fight him. Margarito is his own double-edged sword: a threat who garners very little interest.

after he sparks Cotto that will change

[SweetPea]

I still don't believe Margarito puts butts in seats. The draw is Cotto. If I'm not mistaken, Margarito has never been on PPV. Even with the new and improved Kermit Cintron he couldn't get a PPV show. And that's why Mayweather didn't want to fight him. Margarito is his own double-edged sword: a threat who garners very little interest.

This is all true, and this is why I felt all along that Arum was getting too greedy by putting this fight in Vegas. Cotto is the draw here, and he has an established loyal fanbase in NYC. If this fight were at Madison Square Garden or Atlantic City, they wouldn't be having problems selling tickets.

Instead, Arum moved the fight 3,000 miles away from NYC, and with a bad economy right now, people aren't going to spend the money to fly cross-country to Vegas where it's about 115 degrees outside in July.