Cotto is Edging Margarito in Predictions for the Boxing Welterweight Title Clash

23 July  Predictions for the Boxing Welterweight title clash on Sunday are as tight as the match is shaping up to be  just 52 per cent of sports fans think Miguel Cotto will defeat the IBF champion Antonio Margarito. Players of Pikum!, the online game where you compete with friends to predict what's going to happen, are betting on Cotto the WBA Welterweight Champion, to edge the win.

Boxing fans are also confident that the match will not go the full distance with 90 per cent predicting that it will result in a knockout instead - http://tinyurl.com/6f8wfu.

Sports and entertainment fans can predict the outcome of plenty of events including upcoming ones such as footballs Community Shield as well as TV show Big Brother.

Pikum can be played as a sweepstake for cash or for fun using Pikum!s free bragging rights currency. In either case, the best predictor takes the prize pool, earning the respect of all the participants.

Sean Glass, founder and managing director of Pikum!, says: The Cotto v Margarito fight is definitely going to be one exciting match with each fighter at the top of their game at the moment. The Pikum favourite is Cotto so far, but its close!

You can play Pikums on a wide range of sports, including tennis, cricket, boxing, and mixed martial arts. Pikum! continues to add events in the entertainment, sports, and current events categories weekly. Pikum! launched in beta in May and can be played at www.Pikum.com.

About The Author Notes to editors: Need more information? If you are a journalist and want more information on Pikum!, please contact Kate Hartley or Malini Majithia on 020 7386 4863 or email pikum@carrotcomms.co.uk. About Pikum! Pikum! is a new kind of betting game created and played by users online at Pikum.com. The games can be played for fun or money (money betting services are offered through Pikum! Worldwide Limited, which holds a full eGambling license from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission). The company has attracted top quality financial support and is backed by Virgin USA and First Round Capital. The companys founders, Sean Glass, Logan Lindsell, and Johannes Larcher are serial entrepreneurs and have assembled an experienced international management team with experience from companies such as Yahoo!, Overture and Higher One.