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Mayweather's crossover is money - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports
This is amazing for a man who is supposedly not a draw! the article discusses his success before the Marquez bout when he was the fifth most successful all time PPV fighter. now after overtaking Lennox Lewis due to the huge sales in the Marquez bout Mayweather has become the 4th most successful PPV star trailing only Oscar DeLaHoya(1), Tyson(2) & Holyfield(3).
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Originally Posted by piye
Very impressive indeed, can you see any young up and coming fighter possibly being a major ppv star?? Im finding hard to find one to be honest.
Me too i mean the most ideal is Chad Dawson, but the guy can't draw flies to shit at the moment he needed a fight and win against Joe Calzhage.
Calzhage is not or has never been a huge name but would have been a great step up to glory for Chad.
His other option is Hopkins as Hopkins whilst not Hugely popular is well known and a win here would knock chads pulling power up a bit.
Floyd is definitely a draw and the biggest in boxing right now. But Floyd's not known for his intelligence outside the ring and he definitely did take the hard road. I'm not big on Arum but he was right on how to market Floyd. Not on the next "so and so" but to reach the demographics that is the largest and who pay the most. Floyd has ridiculous talent and skills. People shouldn't be fooled by Floyd's success and think he maximized his potential. Floyd could have been even bigger than what his now. Even though he is the biggest draw in boxing he could've been even bigger.
I agree with that to a large extent b legit.
Well, I am surprised. I don't quite get why that many people would splash out to watch a WW take on LW. I'm surprised more didn't cancel their subscription after the weigh in debacle too. It's not a good sign that people will watch in their droves to see Mayweather fight a hand picked opponent. We might never see the last of this type of behaviour.
Man, you are so bitter recently - The fact that he is now the 4th biggest draw ever is good for boxing right now. I don't see any other stars at the moment, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
I was the first one to shake my head when I heard that he weighed in 4lbs more than Marquez but you're actually saying people SHOULDN'T have tuned in and that "it's not a good sign"??
Listen to yourself! A lot of these buyers were probably casual fans so how the hell is it not a good sign that we are bringing more casual fans to the sport of boxing??
More fans to boxing = "not a good sign"?...ok then :rolleyes:
Big deal. Titanics the highest grossing film of all time but it still pussy. Damn son, guess I'm just a hater.
Nooo!!! Not the miles has turned bitter thing again! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by AlthugzMan, you are so bitter recently - The fact that he is now the 4th biggest draw ever is good for boxing right now. I don't see any other stars at the moment, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
I was the first one to shake my head when I heard that he weighed in 4lbs more than Marquez but you're actually saying people SHOULDN'T have tuned in and that "it's not a good sign"??
Listen to yourself! A lot of these buyers were probably casual fans so how the hell is it not a good sign that we are bringing more casual fans to the sport of boxing??
More fans to boxing = "not a good sign"?...ok then :rolleyes:
I agree that it's a good thing that boxing has an audience, but I also think that if that audience is forking out nigh on 50 dollars to watch a fight then it should be Mayweather taking on a serious challenge and against an opponent who can actually compete at his weight. I felt that the Mayweather/Marquez fight was a bit of a con all in all. Boxing can make better matchups than that and a paying public deserves better than that too.
It seems that the sportstars who find the most commercial success do so by conning the general public into thinking that they are critically acclaimed by all of their peers. Mayweather reminds me of David Beckham. Ask the average person what they think. "Man he's the greatest of all time!" What makes you think that? "Number One Numero Uno baby! Man everyone knows it! Who else do you hear about!" Then you ask someone in the game. We've all witnessed the eternal debate right here. The whole Pound for Pound #1 and Undefeated shit has cheated the public into thinking that they are parting ways with their money to see the best of boxing. Is it bad that they bought the fight and boxing recieved attention? No. But will they ever watch Marquez fight again? Why bother watching Pacquiao if Marquez got beaten so badly by Mayweather? Pacquiao can't be that good. What? Cotto lost a fight? Mosley? Man Floyds dad or uncle or some shit said he's a roid muncher! Fuck that! I'll just wait for the next time Mayweather fights!
LOL you guys do sound really bitter; Mayweather is far from the most entertaining fighter out there but his matches are not that boring! the MArquez fight wasn't really boring just one sided! The DelaHoya and Baldomir fights they were boring!
Why would people think Mayweather was not a big draw. I go to every feed back website and people are talking about how much they hate or love him. Even when he took a layoff u people were still talking about him. U PEOPLE made him a big draw. It's simply called the Law of cause and effect. This man is beating his oposition inside the ring and using his oposition outside the ring to his great advantage. U People(im not talking about race) are the main reason. Just accept it u got beat by Floyd too. P.S- If U People didnt run Tall Paul Williams out of the division you would have had somebody to dethrone Floyd but u ran him out because u didnt want him to fight your favorite fighters. You allowed Mosley, Cotto, Floyd to avoid Paul with no protest and he could not even give away a rematch to Margo so blame yourselves for Floyd being and staying on top. Tall Paul would have crashed Floyd's ass. U People Reap what u SOW.
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Originally Posted by Althugz
How condescending can you be!?
Believe it or not, some of us are fight fans not 'viewer-counters' like you!!
Who the fu*k cares about how many people watched a fight if it was a dreadful fight!!
These 'casual' (as you refer to them) viewers would have watched PBFvJMM and proclaim that PBF is a much better fighter! Do they have a clue about the machinations that went on beforehand? Do they fook!!!
Well, Manny Pacquiao brings more audience on the table than Mayweather and he's way more spectacular if it can answer your question.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlthugzMan, you are so bitter recently - The fact that he is now the 4th biggest draw ever is good for boxing right now. I don't see any other stars at the moment, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
I was the first one to shake my head when I heard that he weighed in 4lbs more than Marquez but you're actually saying people SHOULDN'T have tuned in and that "it's not a good sign"??
Listen to yourself! A lot of these buyers were probably casual fans so how the hell is it not a good sign that we are bringing more casual fans to the sport of boxing??
More fans to boxing = "not a good sign"?...ok then :rolleyes:
I cannot see how in any way that answers his question :-\. As long as BOTH Pacquiao & Mayweather bring new fans for boxing it cannot be a bad thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NamelessWell, Manny Pacquiao brings more audience on the table than Mayweather and he's way more spectacular if it can answer your question.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlthugzMan, you are so bitter recently - The fact that he is now the 4th biggest draw ever is good for boxing right now. I don't see any other stars at the moment, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
I was the first one to shake my head when I heard that he weighed in 4lbs more than Marquez but you're actually saying people SHOULDN'T have tuned in and that "it's not a good sign"??
Listen to yourself! A lot of these buyers were probably casual fans so how the hell is it not a good sign that we are bringing more casual fans to the sport of boxing??
More fans to boxing = "not a good sign"?...ok then :rolleyes:
I think one mass assumption that people make is that 'casual' fans want to see people getting KO'd which isn't necessarily the case. All but 2 of the 12 people who came to mine last week to watch the fight were the definition of casual fans, some of who had never seen the fight. ALL of them came away excited by it, mainly Mayweather's skill & athletic ability (& with the women, mainly Mayweather).