Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Floyd is a big ppv draw because his opponents are big ppv draws.
How was Ricky Hatton a big PPV draw in the United States? Most people in the US had never heard of Ricky Hatton until Floyd knocked him out.

He is a smart fighter but hes not as big as Roy was in the 90s. Unlike Oscar and Roy, Floyds best years as a fighter were not highly publicized.
Oscar was/is a much bigger star than Floyd. No doubt about that.

Roy was never bigger than Floyd is right now. Roy went almost 10 years in his prime without a big PPV event. Between the Toney fight in '94 and the Ruiz fight in '03, Roy was either on regular HBO, or fighting on minor PPVs that most people didn't order.
ricky hatton had some build up after the castillo ko and calling out floyd publicly, not to mention ricky was undefeated...i think you're slacking ricky a bit on what he brought as far as attraction, besides floyd would have never faced him if he didn't think he was a huge draw..

other than delahoya or a fight with cotto in madison square garden the hatton fight was the biggest money maker for floyd and did i forget to mention the brits that flew over to support ricky....