Broner
When Floyd Mayweather retires...
- Thread starter JasonSJackson
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You claimed Oscar had a some record before Floyd... All I did was point out that was false..
As far as the rest of what you're saying.. Tyson was a star indeed but the fact that he was a heavyweight made his star power so much greater... You think Tyson needed to only fight Mexicans on Mexican holidays and super stack the undercard to sell a million ppv buys?? Hell no.. Unlike Floyd, the majority of people who buy his fights just wants to see him get beat bye someone.. And even thats getting old.. If Mike Tyson came out today and the Heavyweight division was like it once was Floyd would not be as big as he is today as far as ppv goes... ODLH just happened to pop up at the right time, and he filled a void.. you think that loser would've been as big as he did when the heavyweight division was popping?? :
Oscar was the draw in the Floyd fight and was the biggest star in the game at the time, what is it so hard for you to understand, Floyd was the biggest draw until after that fight.
Outside of Tyson nobody else did those numbers, if you look at 10 highest buys in the sport, you will Tyson and Floyd fights, plus De La Hoya and Tito Trinidad
and Manny V.s. Marquez III
where are the rest of heavyweights outside of Tyson then?
Once again, the draw has nothing to do with the division but with the Star
if Mike Tyson was a Cruiserweight or Light weight, he would have still been just as big
also you didn't have internet and stream in the 90's, yet Floyd still generated way more revenue with Canelo than Tyson did any of his fights
once again your whole stance doesn't make any sense
Broner taking the L delayed that
he's never been the main event on PPV, so he can't even be in the conversation
Canelo is the next guy
I am no fan of his at all but if that stick-legged hype job Deontay Wilder actually lives up to the hype and captures the world title while still KOing everyone in his path leading up to him putting the beats on Wlad Klitschko, then he would be an immediate global star on the Tyson scale.
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Oscar was the draw because of what the state of boxing was AND still is..
If Floyd was a heavyweight with KO power he wouldn't have to build up and ONLY fight little Mexicans on a triple header card to gain a huge draw.. fukk no
Are you implying that Tyson was the only "heavyweight" that was the draw in boxing?? I hope not
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Pretty much
HamAndEgger
All Star
They said that in the mid 70s when Ali was reaching the end. As long as there's sponsors, old CACS with a shytload of money, Promoters, Las Vegas Casinos, Boxing will go on.
You have no clue what your talking about, Deontay Wilder will never in any shape of forum be anywhere near Tyson in popular even if he KO's Wladmir
your smoking crack
I'm implying the top ten highest ppvs in a fight Tyson is the only heavyweight in that top that's a fact
Shane and Mayweather is the in the top ten for most ppvs
The tripple header card was Maidana, Maidana is not a mexican, and he was not little
Canelo's a little mexican now, he's the second biggest draw in the sport
It has nothing to do with the "STATE" of boxing, you are a casual fan, this post exposes you, no wonder you say all that dumb shyt you do
If Tyson was out right now he would do his NUMBERS and be huge
but Floyd would also do his numbers and still be HUGE, it would just two big stars in the sport at the same time
Stars are the draw, people will pay to see Floyd regardless, people would pay to see Tyson regardless, only way they could effect each others sales as if they fought the same night, which promoters would never do
If Deontay Wilder doesn't get exposed and accomplishes everything I stated in my previous post than he will become a megastar. And this is from someone who doesn't even like him.
A dominant heavyweight champion who delivers knock outs and beats the hell out of Wladimir Klitschko becomes instant crossover star around the globe.
Wladmir has been KO'd 3 times already in his career, it's not going to be some milestone
Tyson was a star because of the way he looked while he was destroying guys, stars have something whatever its where people just want to see them perform nobody who they are against, Tyson was 20 years old when he won the heavyweight crown
if Deontay Wilder had the type of star power, he would already be bigger than what he is
At the time of his 3 prior KOs Wlad was not considered the king of the heavyweight boxing division.
There also has been a drought of dominant heavyweights in boxing.
The heavyweight division is just one young champ with power away from being a part of the general public's consciousness. People in this country only stopped caring about heavyweight boxing because it has been owned by foreigners for too long.
Wilder would be seen as the savior of boxing who brought dominance of the heavyweight division back to the US.
So I will repeat once again because you seem to not be grasping it: if Wilder were to stay undefeated (KOing people along the way) and unify the heavyweight title by dominating Wlad he would automatically become the biggest star in boxing because the US public has always preferred the heavyweight division as long as their has been US fighters at the highest levels fighting in that division.
Black_Jesus
Superstar
NZA
LOL
there will be a decline, but eventually a new set of stars will emerge like usual