Why is Floyd Mayweather able to attract so much attention?

[Gandalf]

I respect Floyd's skills, but I have no idea how or why he is able to garner so much attention. The man is a fraud making mugs of people year in year out. He chose Victor Ortiz as an opponent despite there being no demand for such a matchup. He fought Andre Berto despite there being no demand for such a matchup. He fought Guerrero despite there being no demand for such a matchup. He even fought Maidana despite there being no demand for such a match up (almost came unstuck). So, he has been picking and choosing fight in fight out. Let's not even get started on opponents like Baldomir or Mitchell or how he wouldn't even make the weight against a tiny Marquez.

If Mayweather came to fight and was interesting to watch you might somehow get it, but he is incredibly boring and does the bare minimum in every fight against opponents you knew he was going to beat anyway. How on earth is he popular? Do ordinary fans enjoy watching him fight? The opponents are handpicked and he makes you fall asleep every time. At least Pac gives something back by having a fight that anyone can watch, but Floyd wants the money, he wants to pick the opponent, and he wants to bore you. He's taking the mickey and I just cannot fathom how that is popular.

Then he comes along and picks a fight with a novice and the media is all over it, the forums are all over it and again I am scratching my head. There are much better fights than this, there are fights that actually have meaning and will very well entertain. Don't be suckered into this con mans games. He's laughing at you all.

Thoughts?

[powerpuncher]

Short answer: he became the bad guy and half the people want to see him lose and the other half like to root for the bad guy.

[Gandalf]

It's a bit dumb if that is the case because he always handpicks his opponents. There is seldom any intrigue or mystery about the outcome. In the last decade you mostly get what you expect except in the case of Maidana who really came to fight. I mean the very idea of paying 100 dollars in the faint hope that a boxing financier gets sparked has to be a symptom of mental illness. Most proper fans seem to get that it is nonsense and many are boycotting it, but for an ordinary person who doesn't know a lot about boxing to be paying 100 dollars to see Mayweather fight a novice....well it somewhat suggests that the idiocracy is in full swing. It is disgusting what these two are earning as compared to the other brilliant fighters out there who do not cut corners or look for easy options.

[Batman]

I think it's different in the UK his fights are pretty much always exclusively on Box nation so we don't have to pay any extra for him.

I've never had a problem staying up until 6am to watch him fight, would I pay £100 for the pleasure though, not a chance, would I pay £20 for the pleasure, chances are that I wouldn't unless it was actually a decent match up.

Will I pay for him and Conor? Nope

[Alpha]

Short answer: he became the bad guy and half the people want to see him lose and the other half like to root for the bad guy.

Yea you have the so called 'haters' who tune in hoping to see him lose, it goes the other way too with the fan boys who support a him through thick and thin. Race plays a part. Even tho Floyd is not an ideal role model; a brash, unbeaten, successful athlete who calls the shots appeals. There have been so many factors over the years that have kept is name relevant, WWE, DLH, Pac etc.

[Fenster]

Whole swathes of society worship the money, bling and bitches lifestyle, he's basically a star rapper/pop star except a boxer. And, as he's proven, if you repeat enough that you're THE BEST EVER eventually it will become accepted. Boxing/MMA/General News/Sport - all you ever hear is "Floyd is TBE, '0,' '0,' '0,' '0.'" Even boxing pundits that don't believe it parrot it for the media.

Ironically, 15-years-ago, if Castillo got the decision - as most people think he should have - this whole Floyd shtick doesn't even exist. Amazing. (not saying Floyd wouldn't have been a modern great, just not the current celebrity incarnation as we know it).

[Master]

I think it's different in the UK his fights are pretty much always exclusively on Box nation so we don't have to pay any extra for him.

I've never had a problem staying up until 6am to watch him fight, would I pay £100 for the pleasure though, not a chance, would I pay £20 for the pleasure, chances are that I wouldn't unless it was actually a decent match up.

Will I pay for him and Conor? Nope

Most of Floyd's recent fights have been on sky and box office platform not box nation. He is an overpriced woman beating illiterate lucky prick who could never carry a fight off his own back, he needs a big opponent to sell big because he is not exciting and has no punch power.

[Primo Carnera]

I think it's different in the UK his fights are pretty much always exclusively on Box nation so we don't have to pay any extra for him.

I've never had a problem staying up until 6am to watch him fight, would I pay £100 for the pleasure though, not a chance, would I pay £20 for the pleasure, chances are that I wouldn't unless it was actually a decent match up.

Will I pay for him and Conor? Nope

Most of Floyd's recent fights have been on sky and box office platform not box nation. He is an overpriced woman beating illiterate lucky prick who could never carry a fight off his own back, he needs a big opponent to sell big because he is not exciting and has no punch power.

Come on @Master, "he needs a big opponent"? The reason for that is the he is a "big opponent"! You want it both ways, he needs a big opponent, yet he's a cherry picker!
And how many of these "big opponents" that he's met in his career have beat him?
YOU are the main reason Floyd attracts so much attention and consequently the money that goes with it! It's not rocket science, even A prick like Broner has worked it out!
After losing on Saturday, the first thing he said (after the customary thanking of God , naturally) was , to the chorus of boos, " I would like to thank everybody, fans and those that hate me, because you're the reason I get paid these big amounts of money."
Says it all.

[erics44]

couple of reasons Floyd attracts so much attention

he's a complete cock and most people want to see him beaten

and for a period he was the only real elite American fighter, least the only one that had an continual interest and that fought regularly

[Hulk]

Short answer: he became the bad guy and half the people want to see him lose and the other half like to root for the bad guy.

Yea you have the so called 'haters' who tune in hoping to see him lose, it goes the other way too with the fan boys who support a him through thick and thin. Race plays a part. Even tho Floyd is not an ideal role model; a brash, unbeaten, successful athlete who calls the shots appeals. There have been so many factors over the years that have kept is name relevant, WWE, DLH, Pac etc.

Yep. He knows how to infuriate white America to get their money to see him lose while also endearing himself as a rap star icon to black America and the youth who pay to see TBE win again.

[Fenster]

I think it's different in the UK his fights are pretty much always exclusively on Box nation so we don't have to pay any extra for him.

I've never had a problem staying up until 6am to watch him fight, would I pay £100 for the pleasure though, not a chance, would I pay £20 for the pleasure, chances are that I wouldn't unless it was actually a decent match up.

Will I pay for him and Conor? Nope

Most of Floyd's recent fights have been on sky and box office platform not box nation.

Floyd has been on Sky twice in 10 years - Mosley ("free") and Pac (PPV).

[Master]

I think it's different in the UK his fights are pretty much always exclusively on Box nation so we don't have to pay any extra for him.

I've never had a problem staying up until 6am to watch him fight, would I pay £100 for the pleasure though, not a chance, would I pay £20 for the pleasure, chances are that I wouldn't unless it was actually a decent match up.

Will I pay for him and Conor? Nope

Most of Floyd's recent fights have been on sky and box office platform not box nation.

Floyd has been on Sky twice in 10 years - Mosley ("free") and Pac (PPV).

What about the Hatton fight?

[Batman]

I think it's different in the UK his fights are pretty much always exclusively on Box nation so we don't have to pay any extra for him.

I've never had a problem staying up until 6am to watch him fight, would I pay £100 for the pleasure though, not a chance, would I pay £20 for the pleasure, chances are that I wouldn't unless it was actually a decent match up.

Will I pay for him and Conor? Nope

Most of Floyd's recent fights have been on sky and box office platform not box nation.

Floyd has been on Sky twice in 10 years - Mosley ("free") and Pac (PPV).

What about the Hatton fight?

I believe that was PPV, so that means 2 PPV fights in the UK in 10 years and 9 that have not been PPV

When you consider that Hatton was the biggest star in the UK at the time and Mayweather v Pacman was the biggest fight in recent years its Not too bad if you ask me @Master

[TitoFan]

And, as he's proven, if you repeat enough that you're THE BEST EVER eventually it will become accepted.

Only Ruthless has fallen for that crap.

[brocktonblockbust]

because 99% of humanity have an IQ under 90