Could any boxer in history promote a fight better than Ricardo Mayorga ?????

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The Obvious for me: Ali- but Mayweather of the most recent era.

He changed his moniker from Pretty Boy to Money May then claimed others did it, no they didn't.
He prefaced his popularity by taking on fighters who already had massive followings and built on it. DLH, Hatton, Marquez, Alvarez & of course Pacman
He often used Cinco De Mayo as a likely time to fight.
Timed his -better late than never meeting with Mosley-after he trounced Margarito. They both hit all the late night talk show circuits fanning the interest- that put the PPV numbers over the million mark.
He invested $ into advertising with months in between to let them 'marinate' so to speak.


My GOAT self-Promoters
1. Ali (he wrote the book)
2. Tyson - his style sold itself.
3. Mayweather (even though me made the most money- the road was paved by Ali, Tyson & Leonard. DLH gave him his 1st BIG numbers which meant he had fought for 11 years to get that fame.)
4. Ray Leonard -(had star appeal & fought in a great era )
5. Manny Pacquaio -his style sold itself.

On Mayorga-He definitely could tick off his foes by talking bad about them. I guess I would say he had the ultimate bad boy image. The closest to him IMO would've been Jorge Luis Gonzalez- his undefeated record, size & amateur record wins over Bowe was capped off with their press conferences. But the whooping Bowe put on him shrunk him down to size



So he doesn't compare to Mayorga!