Quote Originally Posted by J_Undisputed View Post
You're totally neglecting how much disposable income people had available at that time, how many fans were in preexistence, the absence of the internet and its free/cheap marketing platform. not to mention that in 1948... 0.4% of americans even had a tv to watch srr on for free. Youre points are like fighters exist in a vacuum where they arent benefactors of the economy, the mass media, or technology or innovation. The world makes floyd, not the other way around.
I don't understand what your point is.

Floyd makes more money than any boxer in the history of the sport. FACT.

Floyd takes home a bigger percentage of the gross than any boxer in the history of the sport. FACT.

Disposable income, the internet... who gives a shit? Floyd out earned every boxer that came before him, that's all I know and that's all that matters.