When Floyd and Manny retire...

[Sleepwalker]

Next megafight:

Crawford vs Thurman

Crawford will eventually move up and chase that 147 paper.....

[walrus]

Yes, someone like Thurman will be great to see come to the forefront if he continues his ways. I don't think it will be a bad thing for boxing on whole when Manny and Pac exit, it is the nature of sports. Someday someone on here will be worrying on Floyd like @bill paxton does to Clay.

[Master]

Floyd was lucky to get that contract and the dim wit executive who paid it needs sacking. Floyd is over paid for the entertainment out he provides. It means more money will be paid to more fighters for better fights.

[SlimTrae]

Floyd had to build his name over time, along with fighting DLH. that made him the success he is.

Another Pac could come along. Not his style, but someone out of nowhere capturing the fans idea of what a exciting fighter should be like.


The Ledwaba fight introduced America to Pac & the Barrera fight solidified it. So our next exciting fighter might not be a product of amateur/Olympic boxing.

[Beanflicker]

It means more money will be paid to more fighters for better fights.

You're running on the assumption that boxing will still generate the same revenue when Floyd and Pac are gone, and that simply isn't the case.

And to say "Floyd is overpaid based on the entertainment he provides" is like saying "that brain surgeon is overpaid because of his mediocre juggling ability". It's just irrelevant, it's not Floyd's job to be exciting.

[Master]

It means more money will be paid to more fighters for better fights.

You're running on the assumption that boxing will still generate the same revenue when Floyd and Pac are gone, and that simply isn't the case.

And to say "Floyd is overpaid based on the entertainment he provides" is like saying "that brain surgeon is overpaid because of his mediocre juggling ability". It's just irrelevant, it's not Floyd's job to be exciting.

You are mad, of course he should be paid to entertain. He was lucky to be in the right place to get the deal. People watch Floyd because of the opponent, preferably Latin, to see Floyd get beat and/or it is on a holiday.

[Beanflicker]

You are mad, of course he should be paid to entertain. He was lucky to be in the right place to get the deal. People watch Floyd because of the opponent, preferably Latin, to see Floyd get beat and/or it is on a holiday.

He gets paid to compete in a sporting event, to generate interest, to put asses in seats and to make people buy the PPV. He does all those things better than any boxer who has ever lived, which is why he gets paid more than any boxer who ever lived.

Luck has nothing to do with it. He is an undeniably amazing talent, he was ruled by Bob Arum who never though he had any real earning power in the sport, he believed in himself and bought himself out of his contract for large amount of money, started handling his own affairs and became the richest athlete in the world.

You can say he's an asshole or that he's not exciting, but he's got a great story. Worked his ass off, paid his dues, took chances, played his cards right and became the biggest thing in the history of the sport.

[Master]

Floyd Mayweather is not exciting and a complete ass hole.