Mayweather Did More Damage to Boxing Than the UFC Ever Did

No Mayweather fight cost boxing. The only thing that is seriously killing boxing is Al Haymon and his slew of 30-0 bum beating, hypejobs. If you want to blame anything on Mayweather blame him putting this phagit in power. Haymon tried to create his UFC, but he’s so btch-made and risk-averse, and so clueless with matchmaking that all he has really done is hold the sport down for about 6 years (he’s been hurting the sport for longer, but he was a much smaller force before then) as he’s been very slowly and carefully expanding. By the time he creates the PBC league the sport will be a shadow of it’s former self.

UFC might eventually have be the savior of boxing. It shows that making the tough fights and having one belt per division is vastly superior in entertainment for viewers and fans. There's so much money and history in boxing that this model could actually be done better in boxing, with fighter pay in boxing being well above MMA pay – but of course it's very unlikely for that to happen with all the promoters and organisations.

Yes they do that a lot. There are MMA boards and they should just stay there. I love both, I tell you what tho it’s extremely rare i’ll Watch a full boxing bill anymore, most of the time I only tune in for the main fight. And I’m far from a casual as us uk guys are the ones that get up in the middle of the morning to watch live. The UFC bills on the other hand are competitive and exciting 9/10 and worth watching start to finish.

The casuals started to see the ability as he made great fighters look ordinary, its like when a superstar racehorse emerges the casuals come in numbers, casuals like to be able to say they seen a great . Floyd is an ATG and the casual crowd became aware of it, Floyds PPV number will take a long time to beat , he was getting 1 mill buys of Guerrero, his worst got what the best get now. I get people dislike him but the numbers speak for themselves.

No no no. Yes he ran people away but his fights were must see events which is weird cuz his style wasn't fan friendly. But that's a BS to disregard how many people bought his PPVs and watched his fights. You can't have that many PPV buys without alot of casuals being involved. That's common sense Hewie The casuals started to see the ability as he made great fighters look ordinary, its like when a superstar racehorse emerges the casuals come in numbers, casuals like to be able to say they seen a great . Floyd is an ATG and the casual crowd became aware of it, Floyds PPV number will take a long time to beat , he was getting 1 mill buys of Guerrero, his worst got what the best get now.

Stopped reading after that BIG LIE. Casuals watching a defensive genius pot shot and hold and run all night?!?! LMFAO THE BIG DUMB Floyd ran casuals AWAY from the sport! It was the complete opposite! No no no. Yes he ran people away but his fights were must see events which is weird cuz his style wasn't fan friendly. But that's a BS to disregard how many people bought his PPVs and watched his fights. You can't have that many PPV buys without alot of casuals being involved. That's common sense Hewie

Manny was an enormous PPV seller because he his fan friendly style of boxing, high offensive output, and spectacular KO’s, not to mention his very likeable humble personality. He’s still outselling most of the current boxers today and he’s 43 years old. And he holds records in the top 20 highest selling PPV events. Manny vs Cotto 1.25 mill buys Manny vs Oscar 1.25 mill buys. Floyd vs Cotto 1.5 mill buys Floyd vs Oscar 2.4 mill buys Seems nowhere near as many people want to watch Manny in his biggest fights, all roads lead to Mayweather.

Floyd was and still is a big PPV attraction. Before him, it was DLH and Tyson. And there really was no in between. His name even helped Arum sell Pacquiao to the fans and made him a very good PPV draw by fighting Mayweather’s scraps like Hatton, DLH, Mosley and was even knocked out by JMM at 147 three years after Floyd schooled him. While avoiding a Mayweather fight due to not wanting to take olympic style drug testing. Canelo, Teofimo, Ryan Garcia, and Tank Davis are the only other young fighters who have potential to be big. Canelo because he has a rep that he takes on everyone. And the rest of the guys because they also want to take on eachother and have good boxing personalities. Selling a boxing star has to do with something in their personality, or character. For example, DLH - Olympic Gold winner, a pretty boy who can fight. So he was advertised to the female population but could also fight. Tyson - Just a bad motherf.cker who said crazy sh.t on the mic like a WWF Superstar. Also a crazy KO artist. Very controversial personality, very polarizing. He wasn’t necessarily a darling in the media. A lot of people, and fans, hated Tyson. He became more beloved by everyone when more information came out on “why” he is like he is. Which is a tough upbringing that really wasn’t solely his fault. Mayweather, a trash talking, black boxer who won’t lose. Collected really good wins from 130 through 154. Titles, accomplishments. Resume littered with popular boxing names like DLH, Mosley, Pacquiao, Canelo, Cotto, Gatti, Hatton, Corrales, Marquez and other tough opponents like Hernandez, Castillo, Maidana, Jesus Chavez, Judah, Guerrero. Many fans hate him, but those fans’ favorite fighter probably would love to have Floyd’s resume, skills, and money. Manny was an enormous PPV seller because he his fan friendly style of boxing, high offensive output, and spectacular KO’s, not to mention his very likeable humble personality. He’s still outselling most of the current boxers today and he’s 43 years old. And he holds records in the top 20 highest selling PPV events.

- -PAC set all the Ring p4p records that ain't never gonna be broken. In spite of Goldenboy animas for him as an Arum fighter. Settled history, so what U TBE TUE 51-0 Nancys really moaning about?

That isn’t true. The Floyd threads get made regardless of whether he has an exhibition or not. There are threads about his clothes, girlfriends, kids, watches, shoes , cars etc. One of you ***************boys even made a thread about his hair plugs. You really gotta hate a mofo to make threads about his watches and his hair plugs. Whats worse is, you defending him in the threads about his hair plugs... Larry complains about people making Floyd threads and the next day makes a Floyd thread... You Larry and Iron Dan combined over 150,000 posts mostly defending Floyd.... Roadblock will respond to every single post that isn't kissing floyd's a**..... Despite all of this being the truth, your nut a** will still say, it isn't true.... Floyd Boys are the biggest hypocrites...and psychos..on this board..always the other guy....nothing ever sticks to floyd he ain't never ducked nobody or cherrypicked a fight ever despite evidence to the contrary....thats why most guys on here take what you guys say with a grain of salt.... If Floyd would have just beat the best guys in their prime these threads wouldn't gain any traction...

Floyd was and still is a big PPV attraction. Before him, it was DLH and Tyson. And there really was no in between. His name even helped Arum sell Pacquiao to the fans and made him a very good PPV draw by fighting Mayweather’s scraps like Hatton, DLH, Mosley and was even knocked out by JMM at 147 three years after Floyd schooled him. While avoiding a Mayweather fight due to not wanting to take olympic style drug testing. Canelo, Teofimo, Ryan Garcia, and Tank Davis are the only other young fighters who have potential to be big. Canelo because he has a rep that he takes on everyone. And the rest of the guys because they also want to take on eachother and have good boxing personalities. Selling a boxing star has to do with something in their personality, or character. For example, DLH - Olympic Gold winner, a pretty boy who can fight. So he was advertised to the female population but could also fight. Tyson - Just a bad motherf.cker who said crazy sh.t on the mic like a WWF Superstar. Also a crazy KO artist. Very controversial personality, very polarizing. He wasn’t necessarily a darling in the media. A lot of people, and fans, hated Tyson. He became more beloved by everyone when more information came out on “why” he is like he is. Which is a tough upbringing that really wasn’t solely his fault. Mayweather, a trash talking, black boxer who won’t lose. Collected really good wins from 130 through 154. Titles, accomplishments. Resume littered with popular boxing names like DLH, Mosley, Pacquiao, Canelo, Cotto, Gatti, Hatton, Corrales, Marquez and other tough opponents like Hernandez, Castillo, Maidana, Jesus Chavez, Judah, Guerrero. Many fans hate him, but those fans’ favorite fighter probably would love to have Floyd’s resume, skills, and money.

All you have said are true and as for his fans there are some who are mental deficient but others called floyd for what he is. I miss the Philippines Third world country for sure. If I was born there, I’d curse GOD. Balik Bayan boxes of basic stuff. I miss Forbes Park

This analysis isn't rooted in any fact. Anyone that co signs or agrees with this is as stupid as the TS. Floyd didn't hurt the sport in any way. He drew casual fans to the sport. He made everyone involved that worked with him financially successful. The problem with the sport is casual fans like greatness-Ali, SRL, Floyd- they don't like mediocrity shoved down their throats and it being called great when it isn't. Casual fans know the difference. The problem is idiots like the TS and those in this thread that claim to be huge fans of the sport that agree with him. You are all blinded by hate. Canelo, Manny, Loma, AJ, Fury, Spence, Crawford and whomever else you deem the top p4p best in the sport simply are not as good as Floyd in the eyes of the casual fan. That is why the casual fans don't tune in as much. None of them have the ability to make a fight seem like a big event to mainstream fans like Floyd did. Instead of crying like b-tches, tell your favorite guys to get better in the ring and do more outside of it. Elevate the sport the way Floyd did. In slow motion PAC doesn’t get kTFO Ployd(Filipino) smashed Diego C Made Hatton look like a hype job. Took Canelo to school(Canelo said he learned a lot from Floyd) JMM who according to casual Filipinos (threw himself on Jmm’s fist and got kTFO o purpose)

Just like djtmal, what you think is supposed to be a diss shows exactly why Floyd was great for the sport. He was a fighter that couldn't really draw despite his high KO ratio and quality wins. Yes, he was the B side to Gatti. Floyd went to his hometown and beat the ever living sh-t out of Gatti (RIP). Casual fans saw this and gravitated toward Floyd. Guys like you hated on it because he beat a guy you loved. Then, when ODH finally manned up and gave him the fight, Floyd took advantage of the opportunity. He "sold the fight", linked with 50 Cent, drove 24/7 to Emmy winning status, creating a new industry standard that has helped fighters and networks market PPV fights. Then he went out and won clearly. It wasn't a dominant KO but it was a clear win and casual fans saw that. That is why they continued to buy his fights. Mr. Honda is one of the most successful businessman in Japan. He saw an opportunity to make money and increase the profile of his sports company so he linked with Floyd for the exhibition. It worked . Everyone got paid handsomely. How does that hurt the sport? - -TBE TUE 51-0 Jr own daddy say he be whooped by Oscar. U like Sissyboys OK by me, but I seen U boy not only be whooped, but go squalin' fer his daddy in the middle of a fight. Jus sayin' the facts...

This is a sad week for the floyd fans. :lol1: My sympathy with u, don't worry about floyd he always say that he doesn't care about his fans and beside floyd still have plenty of money and i think he will be ok. :lol1:

Boxing is the only thing that kills itself with this constant over-marination of fights. Thanks to floyd for being the role model of marinating fights.

No one hates floyd but it's just a sad truth even teofimo lopez who looked up and wanted to be like floyd couldn't hide the feeling that floyd is destroying the boxing.

Boxing damages itself with or without Floyd. And it's been 5 years and it's the same script with marinating, garbage stay busy fights and promoters not truly working together. Thanks to floyd for being a role model of marinating and protecting the 0 by fighting garbage fight after a garbage fight.

Stopped reading after that BIG LIE. Casuals watching a defensive genius pot shot and hold and run all night?!?! LMFAO THE BIG DUMB Floyd ran casuals AWAY from the sport! It was the complete opposite! he's one of the mentally ill floyd fan that the ts was pointing out. :lol1:

Floyd vs Pac definatley did a lot of damage. It was the first time in ages a lot of my friends were interested in a boxing fight, I didn't even have to buy the PPV as i got invited to a watch party with a bunch of casuals, and all of them after was of the opinion boxing sucked. Thanks to floyd for making the fight look like a marathon and a hugfest.