The Build Up to a Superfight: Why Miguel Cotto – Manny Pacquiao Should Outsell Mayweather – Marquez

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The showdown between Floyd Mayweather, JR., and Juan Manuel Marquez was a great success. It was actually one of the better pay per views to come along in quite a while, supporting the main event with competitive and entertaining undercard matches and giving the viewer a lot of bang for the buck. According to HBO, the fight generated 1 million pay per view buys, an amazing statement to the world that there are still a lot of boxing fans out there. Not all of us have shifted to the MMA just yet.

There were various reasons why this fight did so well. First, Mexico is very big on boxing and Juan Manuel Marquez has outlasted other Mexican stars like Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, universally being recognized as the best thing going today. Floyd Mayweather, JR., was retired and coming back and there was some intrigue there, especially when you figure in that Manny Pacquiao had assumed his spot as the number one fighter in the game today. The HBO documentary series 24/7, the new fan base of the WWE that have come to know Floyd from his ridiculous exploits there in the realm of pro wrestling, and the hope that Marquez would close the mouth of the ultra confident Mayweather. The fight, on paper, wasn’t competitive, and in the ring, it wasn’t competitive either, but we all bought it.