Originally posted by jai mari078
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When De La Hoya fought no-name opponents, as opposed to an opponent with a huge following (ex.Trinidad) or an opponent with a high amount of buzz & momentum behind them (ex. Mayweather, Mosley, Hopkins) De La Hoya would only avg around 200,000-300,000 buys per outing. Hell, he couldn't even hit a Million buys with Whitaker & Chavez in the Mid-90's. Both Mayweather & Pacquaio have long surpassed Oscar's avg drawing power.
And you mention that De La Hoya & Tyson didn't have the advent of social media to benefit them, but fail to acknowedge the huge cons of trying to SALE yourself in the modern era. Tyson & De La Hoya didn't have to deal with pirating, file sharing, YOUTUBE (where there fights are posted just minutes after concluding) live streams etc. and boxing was MUCH MUCH more mainstream and widely covered in the media than it is now.
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