Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Floyd is a big ppv draw because his opponents are big ppv draws.
How was Ricky Hatton a big PPV draw in the United States? Most people in the US had never heard of Ricky Hatton until Floyd knocked him out.

He is a smart fighter but hes not as big as Roy was in the 90s. Unlike Oscar and Roy, Floyds best years as a fighter were not highly publicized.
Oscar was/is a much bigger star than Floyd. No doubt about that.

Roy was never bigger than Floyd is right now. Roy went almost 10 years in his prime without a big PPV event. Between the Toney fight in '94 and the Ruiz fight in '03, Roy was either on regular HBO, or fighting on minor PPVs that most people didn't order.

SweetPea is right on.

Roy wasted his prime on cops and cab drivers. He should have been making mega fights with Benn/Dariusz/Calzaghe/Hopkins 2.

The sad thing is that at his best I think he wins every one of those fights.

Now he's calling out the best and, at 40, he's gonna get beat down. Prince Badi, Hanshaw and a blown up Tito are light years removed from Hopkins and Calzaghe right now.