-Miguel Cotto vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Second Most Popular-
ProBoxing-Fans.com has been running a poll to see which fight fans are most excited about for the fall. The results will come as surprising to many hardcore boxing fans, particularly those based in the United States. In overwhelming numbers, the results show that fans are most excited to see the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito bout. Could this really be true?
Here are the full results of the poll as of September 17th: Pacquiao vs. Margarito: 248 votes – 64% Miguel Cotto vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: 51 votes – 13% Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez: 31 votes – 8% Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis: 20 votes – 5% Arthur Abraham vs. Carl Froch: 19 votes – 5% Andre Ward vs. Andre Dirrell: 10 votes – 3% Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal: 9 votes – 2%
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Of course, the Abraham vs. Froch bout is now postponed, and the Dirrell vs. Ward bout is in jeopardy, but nonetheless, the results are very surprising. Two thirds of boxing fans chose Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito as the fight they want to see most!
However, the numbers clearly don’t represent what most American boxing fans are interested in. In full disclosure of the poll, over the past 10 days, ProBoxing-Fans.com has received about 20% of its website traffic from users in the Phillippines, who of course are all diehard Pacquiao fans. As boxing enthusiasts know, Pacquiao fans around the Internet certainly seem more likely to make their voice heard as well, posting comments, expressing ideas, and yes, voting in polls. So while Pacquiao vs. Margarito gets the most fan support via these numbers, that hardly represents the pulse of the boxing community.
That’s further proven by the fact that Cotto vs. Chavez Jr. came in second place in the poll. For American fight fans, the number 1 and 2 winners are more likely to be the number 1 and 2 fights in the “least looking forward to” category.
So if you disagree with the results of this poll, then make your voice heard and vote, available on the right sidebar of this website. Otherwise, strap yourself in for Pacquiao vs. Margarito and Cotto vs. Chavez Jr., apparently the two most eagerly anticipated bouts of the remainder of 2010.
