Could Mayweather Have Been "The Peoples Champ"?

He is those things. Media's champ? He's like 50/50 with them Peer champ? Yup, of course

Floyd could never had become the people's champ. He developed his money persona to sell tickets. Sugar Ray Leonard never had to do that because he had the personality and he came along at the right time. SRL came along at a time when boxing was still a premier sport in the States.. It was still widely talked about by all the casuals and constantly on the front pages of newspapers/sports related sources.. Leonard didn't had to market himself.. his era and his country did that for him. Muhammad Ali came along at a time when boxing was EVEN MORE popular and he transcended the sport due to political issues that existed in his country during that era. Also Ali+Leonard had natural charisma, they were quick witted and charming. Floyd lack the wits and charisma of those two. Nigel Benn and Frank Bruno were the people's champ of England. I don't think Non-Brits understand just how popular those two were in the UK. Bruno and Benn were adored .. yet Lennox Lewis could never had become the people's champ... He just didn't have the personality for it. .Neither did Floyd. The reason Lennox never had to develope a fake personality is that Lennox is an ATG HARD PUNCHING SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT. Which means all he had to do was basically show up and hit people. He didn't need to promote himself.. he's a freaking 6'5 245 pound elite big puncher... He just had to fight. Floyd on the other hand was a 130 fighter-135 fighter. It's always much much harder to promote a small fighter like that without the 'something extra. FLOYD HAD TO create the money persona to market himself because as he moved up in weight he even lost most of his powers. So what we have is a 5'7 defensive ATG with a boring tactical style. There is no possible way Floyd could have been a big draw if he didn't create something. It's just harder to promote Non-Heavyweights who didn't have an exciting style. If Floyd remained humble.. he will just be the original Andre Ward. That being said.. I 100% believe if Floyd was a heavyweight.. he would never ever had to create a fake persona. A humble heavyweight version of Floyd vs Wladimir Klitschko will sell 2 Million+ PPV.. without any of the added 'money persona' this is 100% true

He is those things. i beg to disagree the media paint him as the great villain that needs to be cut down, ok among his peers his skill is acknowledge but also at the same time some question his picks of opponents...

Yes if he wasn't ghetto trash, or acted like a wannabe rapper. Also the severity of his ducking didn't help either.

That question is built on ones perception of him, think you need to get more specific.

I have a different definition of people's champ .... Manny Pacquiao became people's champ in 2003 when he beat Marco Antonio Barerra, they did not fight for any trinket as Barerra did not want to pay sanctioning fees but at that point in time Marco was the lineal FW Champ... people's champ = fan's champ/peer's champ/media champ He is those things.

No. Floyd already tried that gimmick and failed miserably. http://i46.tinypic.com/1zhpx4.jpg Urkel could barely sell in his home town.

to answer TS YES & NO! YES - floyd has all the qualities in the ring to be any kind of champion ... NO - floyd does fight in a non title fight, he always fight for an alphabet belt at his money persona agitate a lot of fans...

I have a different definition of people's champ .... Manny Pacquiao became people's champ in 2003 when he beat Marco Antonio Barerra, they did not fight for any trinket as Barerra did not want to pay sanctioning fees but at that point in time Marco was the lineal FW Champ... people's champ = fan's champ/peer's champ/media champ

truthfully speaking , floyd lacks the intelligence to be a people's champ ...he lacks the charisima too , the personality and the attitude turn people around him on him , it's so easy to turn "judas " around a selfish unsincere son of a b1tch like floyd.......

He could have been, if he were a nicer guy.

Ali was hated more the Floyd Mayweather! yeah but he was loved more than floyd .... the problem with floyd is just " he's just dumb" ....the homo dont know how to act at the right time and the right place....

Ali was hated more the Floyd Mayweather!

He could've been yes, if he stuck with Pretty Boy persona. I think he made the change because of the above post... he wanted more money. The peoples champ is good but having people who love you AND hate you gets you more income as you get different types of viewers. We will never know because he didn't choose to go that route.

Could have been, sure. But he cares more about himself and money.