An all too rare double header main event today (Sat night US time) with Miguel Cotto v Michael Jennings and Kelly Pavlik v Marco Antonio Rubio. Furthermore, what is interesting is that both fights will take place at different places, on different cards!
I like this development, recently HBO and other boxing ppv providers have been happy to lump us with poor quality undercards because 'people only care about the main event'. When I fork out $30+ to watch an event, however, I want more than just the main event. If they put two main events, from two separate cards on the same PPV bill this can only be good. It works on two levels; one - we, the purchaser get more bang for our buck, two - the promoters do not have to compete against the other card for PPV sells.
Hopefully this will take off, and is not just a product of poor economic conditions and poor PPV sells... we shall see.
So the down side?
Both Cotto and Pavlik should walk over the opposition. The odds are heavily stacked against Jennings and Rubio, and everyone expects them to go down against their better known opponents.
Just because Cotto and Pavlik are coming off losses (with Cotto's loss to the cheating Margarito) they shouldn't have to drop down to 2nd rate opponents before taking on a top 10 boxer again. It is now down to how impressive they look in their wins, not whether they will... bit disappointing really!
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