Cotto to make $5 million, Margarito $2.5 million for December 3rd fight
September 23rd, 2011
By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) are going to do really well for themselves in their December 3rd rematch at Madison Square Garden in New York. Cotto, 30, will bring in a minimum of $5 million in addition to a percentage of the pay per view sales for the $54.95 PPV bout.
The fight obviously won’t do as well as a Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight, but Margarito will bringing in a lot of Mexican fans in the U.S, who will want to see if he can beat Cotto one more time. What will really help with the PPV sales is that the Margarito-Cotto fight will have an HBO 24/7 series put together for this fight, which could help draw enough interest to at least bring in as much as 1 million PPV buys. Anything over 1 million will mean big cash for Cotto and Margarito.
Cotto said this to the Los Angeles Times: “What other names are out there for me to make money against? Floyd, who just fought fought Saturday, Manny and Antonio. You think Sergio Martinez will make me this kind of money?”
Martinez has been trying to get a fight against Cotto for well over a year, but Cotto has zero interest in mixing it up with the hard hitting Martinez. It’s a good thing that he doesn’t, because Martinez is probably much too powerful and quick for Cotto. The fight would almost guaranteed end with Cotto taking a terrible beating. At least with Margarito, Cotto has a fighting chance because Margarito is looking like he’s lost his skills and is no longer what he was the last time he stopped Cotto three years ago.
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This rematch is one of the many reasons why boxing is on a huge decline in popularity! 2 SHOT FIGHTERS!
Margarito should be paid his 2.5M in horshoes. Peace x
I hear Pawel Wolak may fight Favio Medina
A no name fighter from Nowhere!! A obvious
Attempt @ keeping Wolak safe and sound
I guest his handler knows he isn’t the real deal
Another So-So ticket seller receiving exposure
Over Real fighters … It’s a Shame !!!
Cotto vs Margarito a old fashion WAR!!! Cotto
12 round decision win VIVA Puerto Rico YES!!
I’m happy that Cotto is making money he
Has given a lot to the sport … Hey
Margarito it appears is a slime ball
It’s horrible what he did!!! ….Is Pawel
Wolak on the under card snother ham
And egger trying to Milk it !!! ..I
Prefer to see a fighter with more talent
On the undercard not some built up stiff!!
cotto martiez fight would make the same or more then a margarito fight. same old b.s. from top rank. no money was reason manny didnt face mosley after he knocked out margarito then floyd takes on mosley and sells 1.3 mill ppv. just tell the truth. say martinez is not part of top rank we keep all big money in house.
the tornado definitely had the plaster in his hands for that 08′ fight….look @ cotto’s face in this pic up here – looks very collins- resto to me. Fight should be good i think. cotto wins the decision…but i’m not gonna go as far to say that he’ll do it impressively though. Should have some decent action…and the garden will be nuts of course…..peace
wargarito to demolish cotto early.
I don’t believe cotto would say that to the LA times, that doesn’t sound like him at all speaking of $$$ like that! Cotto is a very quiet person usually and cant imagine him speaking like that, wouldn’t surprise me if the writer made that part up.
cotto guna get beat up badly (again) and then both fighters should retire!
That money will be Cotto’s retirement fund. Margarito still has some fights in him.
if margo lose this one…suspicions will grow stronger…that he beat cotto with loaded gloves 3 years ago.
if cotto lose this one…it will validate margo’s KO win of 3 years ago.
well thats enough money to to retire off of maybe cotto has one more big fight and then call it a day