Even ESPN Chooses Not To give Marg VS Cotto Any Pub

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/index

    this is the homepage for espn boxing..

    instead of having a storie/s about margarito vs cotto or the fight

    they got **** up about fighters from before when the internet existed

    seems like nobody wants to give this fight any pub
     
    walk with me, Jul 17, 2008
    walk with me, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. Ambition_Def

    Ambition_Def **** the people. Full Member

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    I personally don't even care.

    If it does good it does good. If it doesn't then so what? I seen it anyways. :lol:

    It's popular on ESB so that's all that matters.
     
    Ambition_Def, Jul 17, 2008
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  3. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ya know the biggest stations saying the fight? ESPN Deportes and fuggin Telemundo.

    Bob Arum has his sights on the right market it seems.
     
    Arriba, Jul 17, 2008
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  4. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yeah i personally cannot wait.... some people around here seem to have a hard time getting their minds around the fact that its not that exciting of a fight outside of the boxing world...

    i Ctrl+F (search for non-computer savvy people) the espn boxing page

    and the word
    cotto-margarito-miguel-antonio

    does not even come up once
     
    walk with me, Jul 17, 2008
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  5. truewarrior

    truewarrior Boxing Addict Full Member

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    this is ****ing sad and the main reason fights like may v oscar happen. Everyone should watch this fight it may be too long before something like this happens again I guarantee it.
     
    truewarrior, Jul 17, 2008
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  6. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    More like people can't believe that the honchos who run boxing are willing to let this fight get no publicity and not bat an eye about it.
     
    Arriba, Jul 17, 2008
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  7. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    people dont want to take the risk of losing money... if they spend all that money advertising the fight and nobody orders it.... there assed out of millions of dollars... the only people now who really have sold fights up to recently are floyd and oscar.. there major fights.. anything else is irrelevant for the most part
     
    walk with me, Jul 17, 2008
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  8. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Then don't put the fight on ****ing PPV.

    It's just funny to me...that people complain boxing has no stars...yet the complainers are the ones who have all the power to help make them stars.

    HBO is just ****ed up. Simple as that.
     
    Arriba, Jul 17, 2008
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  9. Subzero

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    On ESPN boxing telecasts, Atlas has mentioned the fight on several occasions when he is theorizing about the PBF retirement. He thinks Floyd will come out of retirement to fight the winner of Cotto-Margarito. If you think about it, neither Cotto or Margo are household names, yet in the fight fan community they are huge names. If this bout had another name like Mayweather or DLH, then you would not stop hearing about it.
     
    Subzero, Jul 17, 2008
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  10. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    id see him fighting pacqiou before he fights cotto this early..

    if hes going to fight cotto its after/if he fights oscar
     
    walk with me, Jul 17, 2008
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  11. JabCross727

    JabCross727 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I just hope that in the wake of this fight, ESPN will be talking about it like there is no tomorrow.
     
    JabCross727, Jul 17, 2008
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  12. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Unless you're DLH, ESPN won't have any big articles on the fight until closer to the fight night. That's generally how they work.
     
    Lance_Uppercut, Jul 17, 2008
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  13. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    This fight will sell itself.
    (Anyone that know's anything about Boxing will be watching)
     
    Hatesrats, Jul 17, 2008
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  14. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And Floyd talks about racism!!!!!!!!!
     
    Ricky369, Jul 17, 2008
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  15. Fedor Em

    Fedor Em Enforcement, VRWC style Full Member

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    That sucks, next to Vasquez/Marquez III(what could top that?) this might be the best fight of the year.

    At least Dempsey is the headline on ESPN.com right now...much love.
     
    Fedor Em, Jul 17, 2008
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