I respectifully disagree. Every era has it's superstars. When we look at boxing history we often name drop stars but most of the time they are not all from the same era. The obvios for the past decad it's been Mayweather and Pacquiao. Taking the mega stardom role over from Oscar.
There are many local boxers that enjoy stardom and a few that are crossing borders. Alvarez, Cotto and Chavez are few local names that cross borders. Triple G is already selling out 5,000 seat venues and if he keeps knocking out his opponents, he'll certainally be the next mega superstar.
IMO a boxing star is one that can sell out a local boxing venue (5,000 seats) and A fighter that can sell over 300,000 ppv's is a superstar. Unfortunately local boxing stars aren't promoted until a network takes notice. So guys like Crawford aren't going to cross borders until they fight someone who is and wins. Until then, the networks aren't going to follow them unless the producers see something in the fighter.


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