Who Would Draw More Viewers Today: Sugar Ray Robinson or Rocky Marciano

[DaxxKahn]

Truth is if it were today that Marciano fought he would not have been as succesful as he was....

Now before everyone starts getting all into the well so and so would lose to him ect....

Marciano as a heavyweight in this era just would not happen....Even if he made it in at 201lbs....Too much size and the laws of nature catch everyone....This isn't the old school when a guy gave up 20lbs Rock never reached 191 lbs...

Marciano would be more of A Gatti version of the big men...IMO he would rule the cruiserweights though

Robinson would be the P4P best at anyweight and he would fight every top name on the list...Ray was a master boxer who also could mix it up with success if need be....

Ray Robinson like his unofficial of P4P best of all time would be the top PPV draw as well

[Maravilla2012]

Why does everyone keep mentioning that marciano is white? I don't think that's very relevant in today's world. The biggest draws are an African American fighter and a Filipino .

[shza]

Why does everyone keep mentioning that marciano is white? I don't think that's very relevant in today's world. The biggest draws are an African American fighter and a Filipino .

If there was a white American fighter at 147 or above who had anywhere near the talent of Floyd or Pac, he would outsell them, guaranteed. Think about how ridiculously hyped Kelly Pavlik was getting before his career went downhill--way more than Floyd or Pac were at the time they won their first titles. Hillary Clinton appeared with him at a campaign event!

Of course, Marciano didn't have anywhere near the talent of Robinson. But most non-fans don't know that, and the poll question is "Who would sell more in a one-off fight against a no-namer tomorrow?," not who would sell more tickets 20 fights down the road once people became acquainted with them.