If Naseem Hamed was still fight...

[ykdadamaja]

... and he was undefeated... and he had beaten Barerra... he would be PPV must see TV. I think his PPV sales would be bigger than that of Mayweather.

People really don't appreciate how electric he was before the fight, during the fight and after the fight.

Hamed was one of the FEW British boxing stars that was PPV worthy- and worth every cent.

[Violent Demise]

... and he was undefeated... and he had beaten Barerra... he would be PPV must see TV. I think his PPV sales would be bigger than that of Mayweather.

People really don't appreciate how electric he was before the fight, during the fight and after the fight.

Hamed was one of the FEW British boxing stars that was PPV worthy- and worth every cent.

Uh no. Not even close. I'm sure he would turn a profit on PPV. But there is no way he even comes close to Mayweather numbers. If Mayweather is considered a cherry picker, Hamed was an even bigger one. Every opponent Hamed faced was either passed there prime. Smaller. Or just not that good. Even Barrera was a handpicked opponent. Had over 50 career fights and was moving up in weight. Barrera was just several levels above him

[cyclone]

... and he was undefeated... and he had beaten Barerra... he would be PPV must see TV. I think his PPV sales would be bigger than that of Mayweather.

People really don't appreciate how electric he was before the fight, during the fight and after the fight.

Hamed was one of the FEW British boxing stars that was PPV worthy- and worth every cent.

Uh no. Not even close. I'm sure he would turn a profit on PPV. But there is no way he even comes close to Mayweather numbers. If Mayweather is considered a cherry picker, Hamed was an even bigger one. Every opponent Hamed faced was either passed there prime. Smaller. Or just not that good. Even Barrera was a handpicked opponent. Had over 50 career fights and was moving up in weight. Barrera was just several levels above him

ouch

I don't think the TS was expecting that response

[Beanflicker]

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.

[Beanflicker]

A lot of Mayweather's draw is the fact that he's undefeated. If he were to lose a fight, the drop off of PPV buys for his comeback fight would be staggering IMO.

With that style and with the arrogance, you can't afford a loss, because the second you show weakness and fail people are ready to jump on you and forget you.

[cyclone]

A lot of Mayweather's draw is the fact that he's undefeated. If he were to lose a fight, the drop off of PPV buys for his comeback fight would be staggering IMO.

With that style and with the arrogance, you can't afford a loss, because the second you show weakness and fail people are ready to jump on you and forget you.

NOBODY watches Floyd or anybody because of their records....c'mon....you sound crazy as hell.

Were you talking all that shit when Chavez Sr was padding his record and preserving his 0 at all costs??

[Violent Demise]

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.

[Beanflicker]

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.

Hey, I know how big Mayweather is, but I have to say that Nas had much more star power in and out of the ring. Mayweather is the better fighter by leaps and bounds, no doubt, but if Nas was fighting today and still undefeated - which would be 22 years of undefeated boxing - with that kind of resume and his star quality, there's no doubt in my mind that he would be one of the biggest sports legends in the world right now.

With Nas was huge, he had sponsorship/commercial deals with huge companies like Adidas and Sony... if he had the skill to box on and beat all the top level guys (MAB, Morales, FW Pac, hell maybe even PBF) and remain undefeated for as long as Floyd did, there's no doubt in my mind he'd be selling more PPVs than Floyd.

[Scott22]

I don't think he would even come close to Mayweather numbers either

[Primo Carnera]

... and he was undefeated... and he had beaten Barerra... he would be PPV must see TV. I think his PPV sales would be bigger than that of Mayweather.

People really don't appreciate how electric he was before the fight, during the fight and after the fight.

Hamed was one of the FEW British boxing stars that was PPV worthy- and worth every cent.

Lot of "ifs" there. If my Granny had balls, I'd be calling him Grandad!

[Ron Swanson]

With all those ifs I can say without a doubt he would be huge.

What people don't account for when they discuss PPV numbers is that the number of homes with PPV access has grown tremendously. You do ODLH/Trinidad with todays PPV availability and it would be huge, Tyson fights, forget about it.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Don't. Tyson... Can you imagine!!