Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
I love Hamed - he was entertaining in and out of the ring - but he never had the depth or the talent to remain undefeated for so long. He couldn't adapt. He was fast as hell, hit hard as hell and had a very unorthodox style, but if that didn't work (like it didn't vs Barrera) he had no Plan B.

Hypothetically, if he did remain unbeaten, he probably would be bigger than Mayweather - and that's assuming he fought and beat all the best guys in that weight area since then.
I don't think people are realizing how big of a draw Mayweather is. His PPV numbers are very impressive considering every single fight of his is a PPV fight. Not to mention his style of fighting. Yes he has some help in getting those numbers (Alvarez, De La Hoya). But the fact that he can even get close to 1 million buys for fighting Robert Guerrero speaks volumes. Hamed would need to face the elite top fighters to even get close to 1 million. Also Hamed was limited by the fact that he was only 5'3. He was stuck fighting Featherweights and below. He would of got murdered fighting Junior Lightweights like Diego Corrales, Joel Casamayor and Arcelino Frietas.