There's question as to whether who's bigger between Vic Ortiz and Guerrero? Bruh no one knows who Guerrero is. Vic Ortiz has the face. He is Mr. Dancing with the Stars. Dude had his own commercials.
They invested some stock in Ortiz before putting him out there with Floyd. Guerrero was just a tune-up fight for his September fight. The only reason I'm a fan of Guerrero is because the guy is from my area.
There was barely any promotion for the fight though outside of All Access, and to be honest...HBO has more subscribers than Showtime does.
I really agree with a lot of this. A lot of people have HBO. Not as many people have Showtime. A lot of people know about HBO PPV, not so much with Showtime. When was the last time Showtime had a PPV? Add to that fact, basically a no-name outside of the boxing community is fighting Floyd? Yikes. And also, at the presser, Floyd sat on his phone for half an hour. Literally,
That said, they pimped this fight on Showtime and CBS Sports Network. The bad news? No one watches CBS Sports Network, and Showtime All-Access doesn't even come CLOSE to 24/7. That and the CBS documentary flopped badly. The commercials were all over the place, but when there's not a face for him to fight, it's a harder sell.
That said, if we're comparing sells of Mayweather and Pac, look how poorly Manny did with low-end fighters like Clottey. 700,000 buys. Tim Bradley, 700,000. Floyd-Vic almost did as much as Manny-JMM 3!
. DLH-Manny did about half as many PPV buys as Mayweather-DLH did, and that's before Floyd really blew up. When they fought common opponents (Mosley, Cotto, Hatton, DLH), Floyd had better draws each time. Floyd is still undefeated, and he didn't just get KTFO. Sorry, but I gotta think if anyone deserves a bigger %, it's Floyd. BUT, I wouldn't say anymore than 55-45 or 60-40.
And I agree with Gunna. I'm not saying it's not impossible for Broner to be the next big thing, but I"m not banking on it. And I agree about Paulie. Paulie is terrible. I don't know what he's still doing boxing. I bought the Berto hype more than I did Broner. Broner is cool and all, but that shoulder-defense ain't nothing like Floyd's. I actually think guys like Maidana could pull an upset. For those that say they don't like Broner, it's because the fool tries way too hard.
the only folks keeping boxing alive in America are Blacks and Hispanics.
I wouldn't even go that far. Maybe it's just the blacks in my area, but I have a hard time finding anyone in my area who watching boxing regularly that's not Latino.
As for going overseas for fights, it's not surprising, because I'm sure the Klitschko's are making the most of their money, and they have no reason to fight in the US. None at all.
If Cotto can get that fire back, I wouldn't be surprised to see him hold his own against a guy ilke Canelo, especially since Canelo's still not shown he can go toe-to-toe for 12 rounds. As others have said, get some body-work out there, and he could do well. Overwhelming underdog, but still do well.
