Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
^^^ Pac vs Mayweather is the undisputed number one drawing fight out there because they're the only two fighters who can legitimately be considered PPV draws. Cotto's a bigger draw than JMM but I'm not sure he's really a draw yet. He's kind of a draw, in that he can sell out MSG like pretty much nobody else.

Cotto vs Mayweather would most likely do better than Pac vs Cotto because that would most likely mean Cotto beat Pac in a fight that drew somewhere around a million buys and would probably turn Cotto into a draw.
I'm sure many boxing fans will see you eye to eye on that one. I don't think the mega appeal is about who the best fighter is. It seems logical that it would be but Mega bouts have more to it than that. Don't bother to ask me what it is, because if I knew that, I'd be a very very wealthy man!

Take a look at this: Kobe and Jeter Go Wild Over Pacquiao vs Cotto - Boxing News. Big celebs like Kobe showing up at the fight will just attract more media coverage of the fight and bring in incidental boxing fans that are there for the celebs. It's only been a few days since the announcement and there is already a line forming. Cotto/PAC is going to be one huge blockbuster for sure.

Who knows if JMM/PBF can do the same. I don't think it can.