Cotto-Canelo is the biggest fight to be made in boxing, GGG can wait!

Cotto vs. Canelo is a big fight. It's a fight that has the potential to be very exciting and draw in a lot of viewers. You can't hate on either guy for going that route. People can talk about Golovkin all they want, but he's no different than Canelo and Cotto. He's looking for the biggest payday he can get. Does anyone think that if Mayweather came calling that Golovkin would turn down that fight to take on either Canelo or Cotto for the lineal MW title? I have a bridge to sell you if you think he would.

 

I'd rather see Cotto vs. Golovkin, since Alvarez hasn't fought any ranked MW's at all despite technically fighting in the division for over a year, but without question Cotto vs. Alvarez makes the most sense as it would please the most viewers (evidenced by the money that would be generated, not the entertainment of the action).

 

:deal

 

You just can't compare the Martinez-Cotto fight to a potential Cotto-Canelo fight in terms of PPV potential. There are around 6 million Puerto Ricans living in the US, there are around 35 million documented Mexican-Americans. There are 200,000 Argentine-Americans...

The fact that Mayorga-Cotto and Martinez-Cotto did basically the same number of PPV buys tells you all you need to know about what Martinez brought to that fight in terms of PPV appeal.

 

You might be right

I always thought that that Martinez had some drawing power but I guess he never really achieved that

 

:thumbsup

He should have been, it's just very tough to achieve if you don't have an awful lot of your compatriots living in the US.

 

Jack Dempsey reigned for years and was regarded by almost every "boxing historian" or "boxing writer" through the 1960's to have been the GOAT or #2 GOAT at Heavyweight.

Throughout his years long reign as champion, he never fought the #1 contender in Harry Wills.

GOAT Sugar Ray Robinson never fought his supposed biggest challenge and top ranked welterweight peer in Charley Burley.

Sh*t happens. They fight for the money.

This has been going on throughout history. If you act surprised, you are basically saying that you don't know sh*t about the sports' past. Sooooo many examples with legends, let alone great fighters, let alone just champions.

 

You have been doing essentially the same version of this thread every week or two for the past couple months.:hi:

 

Cotto should just kneel down and surrender the belt to Golovkin. There is no excuse.