Pacman Vs Mayweather potentially the biggest fight since Hagler Vs Leonard?

[Manju]

Yes, I do think it would be the biggest fight since Hagler-Leonard.

The only other fight in that span that was #1 vs. #2 PFP was Whitaker-Chavez, and both Floyd and Manny have become bigger PPV stars than either Chavez or Whitaker. And the winner of Floyd-Manny will likely be viewed as a better fighter historically than either Whitaker or Chavez.

I don't think you can say that with any degree of certainty. It would be very very close. Pernell was at least as unpenetratable as Mayweather in his prime, and Chavez had an amazing amount of fights, though I think his ducking of many great fighters will affect his legacy...like for example failing to fight pernell again after pernell was robbed.

ODLH ended up losing (albeit very closely) too many big fights and Tito was exposed as a one-trick pony by ODLH himself, so its fair to say both Pac and Mayweather will surpass those two.

[belakbox]

yeah man. I agree.

Hagler is my favorite fighter of all time. I was pissed with outcome of that fight, but gave credit to Leonard for the bs points win.

I hope Manny wins this one. He should if he comes in with a plan like he did last night.

[amat]

Almost unquestionably but we're leaving out Tyson-Holyfield, both of them which were huge aswell as Tyson-Lewis.

In my lifetime there won't have been a bigger fight, imo at least. I agree with everything that SweetPea said.

[eagleskins]

Not sure how Tyson vs anyone gets put in this category. Tyson was absolutely destroyed by the only 2 good fighters he fought in his entire career. This is like DLH-Tito.

[Darth_Simasu]

Not sure how Tyson vs anyone gets put in this category. Tyson was absolutely destroyed by the only 2 good fighters he fought in his entire career. This is like DLH-Tito.

In terms of the fight being similar to ODLH Vs Tito - yeah it is similar in that both fighters were at the top of their game and already had big wins under their belt. Publicity-wise this fight doesn't come close as to how much attention and publicity a Mayweather Vs Pacman fight would get! From what I remember outside of the U.S ODLH Vs Tito had very little attention outside of the U.S compared to what even Pacman Vs Cotto got.

[rjj tszyu]

Not sure how Tyson vs anyone gets put in this category. Tyson was absolutely destroyed by the only 2 good fighters he fought in his entire career. This is like DLH-Tito.

That is fair enough and I agree with you (assuming your with me in that Tyson was overrated), but Tyson was a huge draw and his fight with Holyfield has to be one of the most anticipated in history. They are 2 of the biggest names the Glamour division has ever produced and we had to wait 5 years for it to happen after it was originally signed. It was huge news in the day and I remember it being all over the papers over here for the week before and after the fight and it wasn't even involving a Brit. As big as this fight will be (Pac-Mayweather) I don't see it getting that kind of media coverage in the UK!