Is Oscar thinking straight? This May 5th thing makes no sense

[Mr.Fantastic]

He wants to make Canelo-Cotto on that date on HBO...Then Mayweather-Khan on the same date on Showtime?? and he wants to promote/co promote both?? isn't that cutting his money?? how is this a great idea?

It makes sense. He keeps Khan happy with the Floyd fight. Floyd on the other hand suffers the PPV deal on the US. The Khan vs Floyd fight would be very marketable in the UK. They fight at an earlier time zone.

[icha]

oscar will be promoting canelo-cotto and collecting a check from floyd-khan...

[Master Splinter]

canelo's a long term investment. cutting into his #'s for the two more times floyd fights will pay dividends in the long run. It may force floyd to fight pac because who is he gonna fight that's bigger than cotto/canelo?

if mayweather vs khan and cotto vs canelo were on the same day, who you buying?

[Pony Boy]

Canelo vs Cotto on May 5th would make history numbers. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are boxing largest fan base and rivalry.

[QballLobo]

Larry, your assuming that Showtime would be ****** enough to guarantee Floyd 30 million plus to fight Khan going up against the biggest Mexican draw on their holiday. Canelo/Cotto doesn't need to do a huge number to make money while any Floyd fight has to break a million just to get Showtime back to even. You really think Showtime is going to throw their boxing budget away to do worse numbers than Floyd's last two fights?

[Showtime..]

I wouldn't be surprised if Mayweather Ducks Pacquiao and just skips his Mexican Holidays by deciding to fight on Independence Day once during next year.

[duwdu]

Canelo is Oscar's big fish who will allow Oscar's company to survive and Canelo wants those dates so Oscar has to at least try to keep his man happy.

He has little control over Floyd but that is still a big fight so it is something they want to do also.

Oscar knows it is not going to go like that and he is probably hoping that getting Cotto will be enough for Canelo this time. Next time who knows Canelo seems pretty adamant about this stuff and it is Oscar's job to keep him happy.

Oscar is probably also secretly hoping that Cotto demands the fight be in June in New York, so he can negotiate off that date as part of that deal to get out of that needless conflict.

This ^^^ is a well-reasoned post, and I totally agree with it.

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