Cotto-Margarito ticket sales slow

From T.K. Steward:

 

It shoulda been at the Garden.

 

In terms of ticket sales, it'd be better than July in Vegas.

If there's more media covering the fight maybe it helps the ppv sales though.

 

Exactly...Cotto, a Bonafied STAR N New York, is an UNPROVEN Commodity N Vegas...At the Same Time, Margarita has PROVEN to B a Virtual NONENTITY to Mexican Fans, N Terms of Consistent Ticket Sales...So this News ISN'T the Least Bit Surprising...But Having Said that, Ticket Sales for Corrales-Castillo I were "Slow" as Well, yet the Fight Itself was EPIC...REED Expects July 26th to B a Similar Scenario...REED

 

Was Trinidad-Vargas sold out? Cause I dont remember the crowd being THAT packed for that fight. Cotto-Margarito as a matchup reminds me alot of Trinidad-Vargas as it is. Only Tito was more popular than Cotto, and Vargas was MUCH more popular than Phony. Hopefully it turns out to be as good a fight, but I think it'll play out in a similar fashion..... with the Rican battering the Mexican.

 

I was thinking the same thing today. No the crowd was not that packed for the Tito/Vargas fight.

 

I think it was about 9,000+.

 

I forget the attendance, but it sold something like 525,000 PPV's, which I don't think Cotto-Margarito will match. In fact, I'd be surprised/impressed if it will crack 400,000.

 

It probably won't.

The other thing is the ticket prices were discounted for this fight.

They top out at $700.

 

they've had two sharing bills at the boardwalk hall. why not do it there where it was built up?

not sure about cotto's credibility to draw the crowd in vegas.

 

Arum said part of it was that the West Coast media wouldn't travel to the East Coast, whereas some of the EC media would travel to Vegas.

 

Too bad. I wanted to be part of a big, loud crowd.

The heat is going to fuck me up too, isn't it?

 

I'd be shocked if it came close to 400,000.

 

It's possible.

Are you staying where the fight is?

Are your plain flights early or late in the day?

 

I'm staying in a hotel across the street. It's really close.

I get in around 8pm, not sure when I leave.

 

YES, it Will...REED Lives N Texas, which is 1 of the HOTTER Places to Live N the Summer, but it was NO Comparison to Vegas, the 1 Time REED Went...A "Hot" Dallas Summer Day is about 100 Degrees...A "Hot" Vegas Day is OVER 110 Degrees...If U're Not Careful, U Could MELT N Vegas...

 

Tropicana???

 

Vegas will probably have some misters out along the sidewalk.

 

Nah, it's called Excalliber. It was cheap. ::

 

Damn, I LOVE heat, but I have never been through that extreme. I just want to make sure I don't have any sun sickness when I'm trying to enjoy the main event.

 

REED Stayed @ the Tropicana which is CONNECTED to the MGM Grand by the Walkway Thing Over the Street...It's OVERPRICED as Hell...N Reality, the Tropicana is NATHAN More than a Multi-Tiered Motel 6, but the Eye Candy was WELL Worth it...

 

I can't wait to get there. My first ever major fight.

 

U'll have a BLAST, Dog...

Vegas is a TRUE Boxing City N Every Sense of the Word...If REED Could RE-Start his Life, he'd have Been BORN N Vegas...


REED:hammert:

 

The best fighter I have ever seen live is probably Albert Onolunose. He did go on to fight on ESPN. :bears:

Needless to say, this has been a long time coming. I can FINALLY afford to go on trips.

 

I think this is the real reason Mayweather didn't fight either of them. Neither man is anywhere near as big a draw as De la Hoya or Hatton, and what's worse, they're not much bigger draws than Judah and Baldomir.

 

it should be in vegas not nyc. because they know it isnt a big fight if im not there.

the heat will be unbearable if you are walking around anywhere at anytime of the day.

 

Isn't Vegas a dry heat though.

You go to where i live and maybe florida is similar, you get a high humidity heat where 85F feels like 130F.

 

this makes sense, and I agree, but Las Vegas is where you want to end up and you have to make the jump sooner or later.

 

Just like Mayweather got synergy from hatton and dlh, Cotto would have brought floyd a huge frickin payday. He'd probably be making twice what Cotto would get. Whether that is 10M to 5M or 20M to 10, I don't know, but i suspect it would be no less.

 

A few idiots think that, but numbers don't lie. Mayweather-Cotto: Huge. Mayweather-Margarito: Huge. Cotto-Margarito: Nuthin'.