Besides Pacquiao fans

[CFH]

because when pac fought at 147 he weighed in at 142 during the weigh ins and only gained 6 pounds on fight night. Cotto weighs in on 146 during weigh ins and ballons up to about 160 for fight night. pac would be outweighed by about 15 pounds.

Wasn't Oscar expected to outweigh him by a similar margin?

yea but does cotto bring in as much $$$ as oscar? they took the risk for the reward. Cotto is risky but pac can find similar reward a cotto fight has to offer.

Nobody brings in as much money as ODH used to. However, aside from Mayweather, there is no other opponent who would bring in a much interest (and thus money) as Cotto.

[Julius Rain]

Wasn't Oscar expected to outweigh him by a similar margin?

yea but does cotto bring in as much $$$ as oscar? they took the risk for the reward. Cotto is risky but pac can find similar reward a cotto fight has to offer.

Nobody brings in as much money as ODH used to. However, aside from Mayweather, there is no other opponent who would bring in a much interest (and thus money) as Cotto.

I think shane and cotto is equally the same when it comes to reward. Cotto defeated shane but shane destroyed the guy who destroyed cotto.

Plus theres still jmm, i have a feeling his going to shut floyds mouth. As good as people think floyd is today i think at the end of all these possible matches pac and jmm will be fighting for whos truly best for the final time. Now that has to get the most interest.

Pac is on top if he wants he can just wait for the jmm/floyd winner. He doesn't need cotto or shane as much as the winner of jmm/floyd.

[CFH]

yea but does cotto bring in as much $$$ as oscar? they took the risk for the reward. Cotto is risky but pac can find similar reward a cotto fight has to offer.

Nobody brings in as much money as ODH used to. However, aside from Mayweather, there is no other opponent who would bring in a much interest (and thus money) as Cotto.

I think shane and cotto is equally the same when it comes to reward. Cotto defeated shane but shane destroyed the guy who destroyed cotto.

Plus theres still jmm, i have a feeling his going to shut floyds mouth. As good as people think floyd is today i think at the end of all these possible matches pac and jmm will be fighting for whos truly best for the final time. Now that has to get the most interest.

Pac is on top if he wants he can just wait for the jmm/floyd winner. He doesn't need cotto or shane as much as the winner of jmm/floyd.

I think Cotto will bring in more money and interest than any of the fighters you mentioned (barring Mayweather). Mosley isn't as popular or well known with casual fans at this point in his career, and if it's all about money (and it is) than Cotto is a better choice of opponent. Marquez is so unknown to mainstream, casual fans that the fight with Mayweather is having financial issues.

If Pac wants to maximize the money he makes, he'll fight Cotto and then Mayweather (who I think will scrape by JMM). I think Pac beats Cotto and I have no idea who would win between Mayweather and Pac.