Does Floyd have more to lose than any other figher in history if he loses a fight?

[walrus]

Boxing does not revolve around Floyd.

Actually it kinda does.

No it doesn't, you idiot.

No fighter, I REPEAT, no fighter is bigger than the sport.



...and just so you know, that idiot crack isn't a personal insult...


It's the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.

I think Floyd and his father think he is.

[DannyV297]

I agree Judah caused it by fouling but that doesn't give the fouled fighters corner an excuse to jump in the ring and cause a riot.

Exactly.

[Ron Swanson]

At the time they explained that it wasn't a DQ because the clock was stopped due to the foul but that doesn't hold water. I look at it as a situation where they used their discretion to arrive at what was right rather than what was in accordance with the rules. Floyd did the right thing throughout the entire process. Roger was wrong but he was so quick to overreact because he said it would happen before the fight and he was spot on. Everyone was punished accordingly.

[Beanflicker]

Mayweather generates more money for Mayweather

Mayweather is crazy rich, but he's also generating crazy revenue for GBP and Showtime, and like it or not, that revenue is used to sign other fighters and put on other fights.

[Beanflicker]

No it doesn't, you idiot.

No fighter, I REPEAT, no fighter is bigger than the sport.


...and just so you know, that idiot crack isn't a personal insult...


It's the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.

I don't take it personally, I would be more put off if I had an idiot agreeing with me

Sorry, but there are fighters who are bigger than the sport. Boxing doesn't sell itself, it's a superstar-driven sport. Nobody flocks to arenas because of a big sign that says "LIVE BOXING TONIGHT". They flocked to arenas to see names like Floyd Mayweather, Pacquiao, Cotto, Hatton, DLH, Tyson, Leonard, Ali, ect ect. Boxing is kept alive and relevant by it's superstars.

So when you have a guy who sells 2.2 million PPV's in his last fight, in a sport that only has a handful of guys that are even worth putting on PPV, yeah that guy is bigger than the sport.

[IamInuit]

How would this upset compare to say,

Turpin/Robinson
Tyson/Douglas
Honeyghan/Curry
Zivic/Armstrong
Backus/Napoles
Laing/Duran
Braddock/Baer

?