-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? According to our very unscientific survey, yes.
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%
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 probably 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 a very good share of its website traffic from users in the Philippines, 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.
They are one of the most faithful and loyal fan bases there is. So while Pacquiao vs. Margarito gets the most fan support in our poll, there are still doubts as to whether this really represents the pulse of the boxing community elsewhere around the world, including in the United States, the UK and so on. This is just a fun, unscientific poll, but the fans’ voices have been heard loud and clear.
Another surprise with the poll results was that Cotto vs. Chavez Jr. came in second place. For many 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. However, the results are what they are, and the numbers don’t lie. Those numbers overwhelmingly show that Pacquiao vs. Margarito is what fans are waiting to see.
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. If you agree with the poll results, then go ahead and vote anyway and increase the huge lead that Pacquiao vs. Margarito holds on the other bouts. Thanks for participating in the poll, and we’ll have another one up shortly.
