Is Pacquiao-Cotto worth $54.99?
November 10th, 2009
By Chris Williams: I contacted my cable company earlier today to find out how much it would cost purchase the Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao bout on November 14th, and to my surprise they told me I would have to pay an incredible $54.95 to see the fight. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s way too much to see this fight. Indeed, I think it’s about $25 too much for this fight with it’s crappy undercard.
I’ve seen a lot of Chavez’s fights and I don’t understand why he’s still fighting B level fighters after 40 fights. Whatever the reason is, I certainly don’t want to help fund him fighting those types of fighters. Put Chavez Jr. in with Sergio Martinez or Paul Williams and you might get another $5 out of me just for the sheer enjoyment to see Chavez getting riddled to pieces.
But I don’t want to see him fighting some nobody from the 2nd tier. I’ve seen enough of his fights against those types of opponents to last me a life time. And I also care less about seeing Yuri Foreman fight Daniel Santos. I’ve seen Foreman and he runs a little too much for my tastes. For me, they would actually have to take money off the price of a pay-per-view bout for me to have to deal with the frustration of watching him fight. I don’t even want to watch him fight on ESPN, much less pay-per-view.
I don’t mind watching Alfonso Gomez fight Jesus Soto Karass, but I don’t want to pay to watch them. They’re both good, but I don’t see either as future champions in the welterweight division, even though Karass is ranked highly in the IBF and WBC. I see him as a fringe career contender. He’d be good to watch on ESPN, but I can’t see paying to watch him fight.
As for the Cotto-Pacquiao fight, I see it as an $18 fight. The reason is Cotto doesn’t appear to be the same fighter he was since being stopped last year by Antonio Margarito. Cotto took a beating in that fight and has had only a couple of fights since that time. Cotto didn’t exactly sparkle against Joshua Clottey in his last fight in June, and it looked like Cotto was getting ready to quit again at one point in the fight. He didn’t, but he sure looked like he was going to do it at one point late in the fight when he started taking punishment from Clottey.
Cotto may not be the same fighter and may never be. I can’t see paying a bunch of money for a fighter that isn’t what he used to be. Substitute Shane Mosley for Cotto and I could see paying another $5 for the fight, which would turn it into a $23 fight. No more than that though.
Pacquiao is another piece of work. He looked like he lost to Juan Manuel Marquez last year. Pacquiao got the win, but I think he should have lost. Pacquiao hasn’t faced anyone really talented since then. Yeah, he beat Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, but I don’t rate either of those fighters. Put Pacquiao in with Timothy Bradley or like I said, Shane Mosley, then I would get excited about this fight.
Tags: 79 Responses to “Is Pacquiao-Cotto worth $54.99?”
Leave a Reply
please use above banner to link back to us!
PPV fights used to feature two or three world championship fights plus the under card would be made up of contenders facing each other. Sadly the practice of giving the viewers their moneys worth and in some cases more than their moneys worth is a thing of the past. The result is the promoters greed has increased and the fight game has decreased, this is how it is in the States, I don’t know about the rest of the world. I will be buying this fight , even though I hate to give arum any of my money.
it’s a rip off, typical exploitation
I agree with you man. i was so pumped to see this fight then i saw how much it was. wayyy to much money for me. i mean, i already pay for HBO just 2 watch the fights, i cant pay even more money to watch this fight. i think this is the reason boxing is declining. and that there are too many champions
We’re getting screwed in Canada as well… Same price.
One question for the British people. If you get these fights for free from Setanta, how come I read that Mayweather/Hatton did a bunch of “buys” in the UK? Are other fights free but Hatton’s are not?
im glad i dont live in america!
those guys pay a fortune to watch boxing!
i won’t buy food for my family for a week to pay for the fight. it will be worth it!
barat…
translation: damn… i mean… u know… if u don’t want to pay that amount… then don’t buy it… keep it to ur self… don’t write it in an article…
I think this writer is in a world of his own…. hahahaha!
And i am beginning to think that this website is funded by Golden Boy Promotions…
hell yeah! this fight is worth $54.99! if you think this is only worth $18, then that would make mayweather-marquez like $1.50. this pac-cotto fight is just more interesting and entertaining to watch. and i bet you’ll see lots of celebrities/famous people there. if you’re trying to save money, just go to a sports bar. you just have to pay for 2 beers and you’re covered!
hell yeah! this fight is worth $54.99! if you think this is only worth $18, then that would make mayweather-marquez like $1.50. this pac-cotto fight is just more interesting and entertaining to watch. and i bet you’ll see lots of celebrities/famous people there. if you’re trying to save money, just go to a sports bar. you just have to pay for 2 beers and you’re covered! it’s so lame to make an article like this.
this fight will do 250,000 buy at most.
I’m going to a sports bar to see the fight for about 10-15 bucks. Of course the drinks are more than staying at home, but a bigger party than at home(or at least at mine.) But, if people can have a hell of a lot of fun and entertainment at home, then do it. A lot of people have the friends and family to make the $54.99 seem like pennies with the party they have going on.
Also, you UK people seem to have some bitterness toward us, even though it is free. Have a pint! and relax!
This dumb writer is too poor to buy PPV? You earn money thru hits on this stupid website writing about Pacquiao. You can suck Manuel Perez’ balls.
I totally agree with you. This Cotto-Pacquiao fight is a rip off and worth $2. Pacquiao is going to lose and lose badly.
Your stupid Chris … this is going to be the greatest fight this year and also will be a boxing history if Pacquiao wins the match … that PPV price is just right
The undercard may not be the best but the main event sure as hell is worth the money.
desperate wannabe writer chris williams is trying to be manuel perez. i think this is his first article to get over 50 comments. so if you wanna be a writer and get a lot of hits, write against pacquiao. haha..
i get to watch it 4 free on sky sports but id pay 2 watch this fight
maybe youtube will help you… hahahahaha!
Mr Williams, no one is telling you to buy PPV at $55, maybe you are a pure American with no money and would rather buy Cocc or Met with your $18
seems you’ve been ripped off a lot of times by boring PPV hahaha…. sure that’s not one of pacquiao fights. what you can do is sleep early and miss the biggest fight of the year hahaha…. you can catch up on the news next morning!!!
Then don’t but it. What’s the big deal? If you can’t afford it and you think the undercard sucks, then why are you worrying about how much should they sell it? Nobody cares if you but it or not because there’s gotta be someone out there who can afford it and thinks that it’s worth it. You’re like a bum dude who wants to buy a Lexus for a price of a Toyota. Guess what? Go get that Toyota and leave the F out of the dealership. You retard!
bigot, you dont like this coz it’s not an american fighting the biggest fight of the year. shame on critics . what pacquaio has is heart. he fight this fight knowing he it’s a hard fight. not like mayweather who fought a smaller 17 pds overweight fighter. i know you want him to lose this fight but to us pinoys he has more heart and guts than allthose big american fighters
The stupid @ss writer just can’t afford to pay it! What a loser! He spent all his life savings on the sorry Mayweather/Marquez fight! Hahaha! The writer is a broke @ss fool!
free baby the joys of being british
the fact that you took time to inquire about the price shows how much interest you have in this fight.
its also free in the philippines ^^
YOU POOR AMERICAN FANS ARE PROBALY PAYING FOR US BRITISH FANS AS WELL BECAUSE WHERE NOT PAYING FOR A PAY PER VIEW ITS JUST ON GOOD OLD SKY SPORTS 1. HA HA HA
i totally think this fight is worth 54.99. i like boxing and if a fight really grabs my intrest you better belive that i will buy the fight. the undercards may not be the most tallented but thats fine i just like the sport and am more then willing to contribute to it.
but on the other hand… boxing does need to start having big fights for free. boxing is not as popular as it once used to be and one way to maybe bring it back a little bit may be to offer a free fight every now and then.
I’ll buy me an 18 pack tecate lights and I’ll pay just 37 dollars to see the fight with my cold beer in my right hand.
We get it for free on sky sports 2
Does anybody know if this fight is being shown in Germany?
That works out to be around 32 English pounds.
I never realised PPV events in America cost so much. I tell you what, fair play to any Americans dedicated to be paying anywhere near that much in this time of tight credit.
Im just a warehouse bum and a boxing fan. I happily paid £15 to watch Haye at the weekend, id pay another 15 to watch this fight if it wasnt free to us. But id certainly think twice if it was around 30 quid for each.
That just seems quite a bit of alot of money to me. Im not saying its not that an exciting prospect, im sayin i dont know what sporting event would be fair trade at 30 quid, WITH ADVERTS, which i hate.
lot’s of suckas in this one! these 2 foreigners will be taking alot of the unemployed’s partial check….
chris is a bum, and after all that u going to talk bad about the both fighters
Who is asking you to watch? And why write about it anyway if you don’t like the fight? You are something else. At least some writers hate Manny and like Cotto or otherwise.. But you? You don’t like both. Write about someone else.. or better yet stop writing. Millions are eager to watch.
UR OBVIOUSLY NOT A BOXING FAN OR EXPERT SO IF U DONT WANNA PAY THAN DONT WATCH IT U IDIOT!
haha for UK folks, we watch your Premiere League games free.
But i agree about the PPV, $18 no way But at Least 29.99. But 54.99 and up are killing boxing that is correct… By the way Daniel Santos is a good fight, Santos is a great fighter who can beat anyone, Does anybody forgot he beat margarito two times (one was a no contest but he was killing him already)
Lol..you say that you want to see pac vs mosley, Not pac vs cotto? But wait a minute, Cotto took Mosley to school my friend. Mosley even say that cotto hit harder than margarito. Lol… You give hope to a lot of peoples cause it seem easy to be a writer.
I agree with the author on this one. PPV is killing boxing.
same price to watch a boring azz Mayweather fight. in fact i think this is one of those rare instances were its actually worth the ppv buy. so shut your cake hole.
Did this writer buy the Mayweather Marquez junk? Is that the type of fight he likes?
isn’t sky an american company? i would of thought the americans would of got sky sports also either way gunna be a good fight im rooting for cotto come on man lets see if skill can beat speed fight of the year in my opinion.
It’s not PPV in the U.K.
Marvellous.
jUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT DAY TRANSMISION.
you dont have to write here about being poor person who cant by luxury for himself. losers move on!!!
I’m sick you snot nosed punks saying he isn’t a true boxing fan for not wanting to pay this much. A true boxing fan appreciates the fights, the styles, the boxers, not the over priced commercial side of things like some jumped up litle prat who wants to look big by forking out money like a goddamn obeying drone.
Poor Chris. Loser.. i think you are eager to see the fight but considering that it is too much to your budget you cry out.. Dont worry son, you can watch the re-runs.. or will send you the disk copy of the fight.
Listen if your a true boxing fan you dont care how much the fight is you buy it and enjoy it. It wind me up all these people saying oh am not going to buy the Mayweather fight he’s boring etc etc.
BOLLOCKS
If your a true boxing fan you pay to wacth any fights that are on.
Get over it
Chris, you complaining about price when this is one of the biggest fights in a while? It seems you’re never satisfied with most things, judging by your article. You just complained about practically everything you could think off.
It’s a little miserable and unsatisfying of a person to be like that.
Hey Chris, if you are too cheap and poor to purchase the PPV televised airing of the greatest fight in the past few years, then dont buy it cheap skate! We dont care what you think. This is a damn good fight. The price for PPV is nothing compared to the tickets to see it live.
So shut up Chris. If you want I can loan you the money.
JV in the Place to Be
Same here, I will definitely buy this fight. Me and my friends are going to enjoy this with Tecate, Corona and San Miguel Beer.
Hmmm, not sure why my cable provider (Verizon FiOS) is charging $64.99 (HD) for this fight.
This is robbery!!!!!! And I will be a “willing victim”.
No Way worth that price tag. Maybe Mosley/Pacman or Mosley/Mayweather.
Another way to look at this is the 54 dollar PPV price is cheaper than a live ticket to the event.I will buy this and me and my friends will have a good night of boxing. I agree it should be a GREAT fight!
lame lame lame lame
chris stop writing we pay 54.99$ to see real bad boxing fights. this one will be very good i hope your listing the undercard has never been good we all know that if you wanna watch this 4 free stream it from the internet and stop crying i agree with the British americans are allways getting rip off even if the heath care lol
anyone who doesn’t watch this fight live is missing out. Its gonna be fireworks.
I’m smelling a snake here.. Liam? Manuel? Whoever you are, I’m sure you’re one of the two.. If you don’t have the money, then better watch the re-runs ok? Stup’d!
Anonymous-Sounds like you have been reading to many Scott G articles. Calling all Americans stupid is kind of like him saying all British fighters are bums, neither statement is true.
I would rather pay 2x in these fight compare to the boring Mayweather and Marquez fight. That was a rubbery!
the last fight i purchased was holyfield tyson2…ppv fights are over priced and the undercards are no good most of the time..ive really moved away from boxing over the years ..too many belts , too many champions…why does EVERY fight have to be for a belt ?? i think they should throw ALL the belts in the trash and the best fight the best …no b.s. fight on !!!
that only means you are eager to see the fight but just you are not willing to pay…
who cares if you pay it or not! i know you’ll watch it anyway. stop trying to make excuses already.
Haha
Your such a miserable bastard Chris.
Are you ever happy?
If it’s too much for you, don’t buy it. For me, I won’t miss it… this is history in the making.
And besides, I’m writing a lot of crap to make the odds go down and it ain’t working… GO PACQUIAO.
WHY COMPLAINING IF YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY? THE ORGANIZER HAVE THE RIGHT TO NAME THEIR PRICE.. ITS UP TO YOU IF YOU BUY THE SELL.. ISN’T IT? REMEMBER ECON 101? LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.. THE ORGANIZER WILL SELL THE MAIN EVENT AND NOT THE UNDERCARD…
One word: Yes.
Biggest fight in a loooooooooooong time. If this isnt worth the money, Mayweather/Marquez certianly wasnt.
I agree…this should be a regular HBO Saturday night fight.It’s a bit steep.No Wonder MMA is becoming so popular.At least their fans are not getting screwed (yet)!
true, the undercard is bollocks
$54.99
is the recession over?
You get charged $55 because you are stupid Americans
i pay fights for the match-up. there is a reason why Chelsea vs. Liverpool vs. Man U. vs Arsenal gets PPV and the others are free because those 4 teams mentioned actually will give you more quality viewing that is the reality. Now, this fight will may never happen again and if it does, it will be different since the fighters get older so in a sense its a once in a life time event — that is why I will pay this much for it.
This fight is free in the UK…
I went to see Boxing 2 weeks ago and that only cost £40 – $60 for a really good seat…
You Americans get ripped off when it comes to PPV.
totaly agree with you! this is far too much to pay for any fight! our usual price in the uk for pay per view is around £14/15 ($30) which i think is ok (depending on the fighters obviously). however wer getting the pacman cotto fight free for skysports viewers as we did with mayweathers comeback bout with marquez! its good to see sky give something back!
Mr Chris,
The reason you dont get hits on this article, foremost you are stingy. We dont care about the undercard as it will not be shown PPV, we just need the excitement of Pacman/Cotto fights. Its not often we shell out 54.99usd , as we dont go to casinos or whatever.So , its worth it even if it last for 3 mins.
Then dont buy it if you cant afford it. SImple as that.
We get it free in the UK for some reason, well I say free, it’s not Pay Per View, just normal Sky Sports. Just like the Marquez Mayweather fight.