Which stars from the past would have been big PPV stars today?

[El Gamo]

It's all hypothetical but who do you think would have done big numbers today?

[Spicoli]

It's all hypothetical but who do you think would have done big numbers today?

Going By style and/Or Charisma ?
Ali ,Henry Armstrong,Robinson,....this could very easily turn into a top P4P list........Ezzard Charles They dont stack PPV's as before.Alot of the times the undercards are so-so to sub-par.Remember those early SET PPV's (King) ?those were huge .

[LEGION]

Jack Johnson
Max Baer
Jimmy Braddock?
Jerry Quarry
Bob Foster

[Bookkeeper]

Sugar Ray Leonard would have been a huge PPV draw, maybe close to the lines of Oscar De La Hoya

[ICB]

It's all hypothetical but who do you think would have done big numbers today?

I'll do one for each division.

Heavyweight = Muhammad Ali
Cruiserweight = Rocky Marciano
Light Heavyweight = Bob Foster
Super Middleweight = Chris Eubank
Middleweight = Julian Jackson
Jr Middleweight = Terry Norris
Welterweight = Sugar Ray Leonard
Jr Welterweight = Julio Cesar Chavez
Lightweight = Ray Mancini
Super Featherweight = Bobby Chacon
Featherweight = Salvador Sanchez
Super Bantamweight = Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight = Carlos Zarate
Super Flyweight = Johnny Tapia

And of course for Flyweight, Light Flyweight, Minimumweight, Jimmy Wilde, Michael Carbajal, Ricardo Lopez, ETC.

The ones i chose on my list IMO there is mixture of great personalities, 1 punch KO artist's, Exciting styles, ETC. I think they would all do great numbers now.

[SweetPea]

Sugar Ray Leonard would have been a huge PPV draw, maybe close to the lines of Oscar De La Hoya

Agreed. Ray Leonard was the first name that came to mind when I saw the thread title.

[Scrap]

Look what Leonard earned without it, he had everything.

[BoomBoom]

Locche, Griffith, Dempsey, Pep, Duran, and most of all Ali.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Olivares,Arguello,Leonard, Duran,Sanchez, Gomez all would have brought in mega PPV bucks today!
Personalities in the HW division like Dempsey and Baer, great champions like Louis, Marciano and Ali.
Robinson and La Motta would have been huge draws.

[DaxxKahn]

Locche, Griffith, Dempsey, Pep, Duran, and most of all Ali.

Ali would have made Oscar seem like an undercard in terms of draw......Ali and Frazier 1 had close circut viewing....I think it was something like a room with a bunch of Televisions with a live feed in it at a few locations....they sold out at $25 plus a ticket......when you compare them it comes to like $100 plus today...and on a B&W TV!!!!.......

To guarentee getting into the fight Frank Sinatra worked as a photographer for Life Magazine....Now when Sinatra was unsure about a seat what does that tell you?......

Other guys....

Hearns, Marciano, Duran, Sanchez, LaMotta, Dempsey,

[Scrap]

In England Daxx They had close circiut at the cinama, they were great nights out loved em. Brings back memories cc

[CutMeMick]

'Miracle' Saad
Monzon
Foster
Tiger
Emile
Napoles
Basilio
Khaosai Galaxy
Saldivar
Alexis
Duran

[El Gamo]

Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran would have been HUGE!! How about someone like JCC?SRL would have been the biggest along with Ali. I don't think Locche would have been though. He had an amazing defence but was not an action fighter and usually threw single shots. I think hardcore fans would have loved him but he would not have been mainstream imo.

I wonder if fans today would pay to see guys fight each other multiple times,like SRR and LaMotta?

[CutMeMick]

I wonder if fans today would pay to see guys fight each other multiple times,like SRR and LaMotta?

I would.

[DaxxKahn]

In England Daxx They had close circiut at the cinama, they were great nights out loved em. Brings back memories cc

CC#663 back at ya Scrap...Closed Circut...Thats what it was called...I was sitting here writing the post and for some reason could not remember what it was called...

They built a theater here once called the felt forum (closed now)...and thats what it was originated for...later on they started to throw comic shows, singing acts etc but started out for closed circut....

yeah man that was the grandfather of PPV