Ellerbe: Manny is not a bigger star than Money May

On Floyd's international appeal

"When you are talking internationally, Floyd did the largest pay-per-view ever in England with over a million buys against Ricky Hatton and Pacquiao and Hatton did under 300,000 buys,..And that was after Pacquiao had beaten Oscar De La Hoya."

On Pac/Cotto doing 1.25 mill buys as the reason Pac is a bigger draw

"That is not a compelling argument at all,...Hopefully, that is not their strategy because it is a very weak one at best. As I have stated a number of times, when America speaks, the numbers are quantifiable."

"It's not one manager's opinion, not one promoter's opinion. The numbers don't lie. If your argument is that you did a better number based on the Cotto fight, all you have to do is ask yourself this question: clearly, Cotto has a much better pay-per-view pedigree as evidenced by the success he has had on HBO pay-per-view in a number of high-profile fights with high-profile fighters such as Antonio Margarito, "Sugar" Shane Mosley and Zab Judah. Cotto has been the A side in every one of those fights."

"When it comes to Marquez, even though he is a great fighter, he has had no success fighting on pay-per-view..For example, the only time he was the A side he did less than 100,000 buys on HBO pay-per-view against Joel Casamayor. So if they are hanging their hopes on Pacquiao's success in his last fight against Cotto, it is a weak argument, at best. ..The numbers don't lie. Team Mayweather will continue to deal with the facts as they are quantifiable and irrefutable."

 

Unfortunately, the ppv buys are based on American sales figures. There are only so many Mexicans living in America.

 

Ellerbe is a professional ass kisser and a possible homosexual. None of that means that he can't make a good point.

 

50/50 is fair in my opinion. You can't blame either side for trying to get as much as they can though.

 

I never said there weren't any Mexicans living in America, I said there were only so many Mexicans living in America. Marquez has the country of Mexico behind him, most Mexicans live in Mexico, the ppv numbers for that fight however only include American ppv buys.

 

Does Cotto not being a big attraction preclude him from being a bigger attraction than Marquez? If the answer is yes, you have a point. If the answer is no, your point is invalid.