Tarver Not Sure Why De La Hoya Sells

[realheavyhands]

delahoya sells becuase hes a pretty boy he can punch and hes mexican.. mexicans are extrmemly loyal...african american fighters dont sell as much simply beucase there african american... unless there killing machines like holyfield and tyson ... they have to be more dominent

[Haglerwins]

I honestly believe the casual viewer doesn't want to see boxing anymore. They really just want to see two guys beating the hell out of each other relentlessly instead of cherry picking offense and turtle defense. The Mexican style of boxing is the closest thing to the casual viewer's wet dream. If there was a Brawl4All type of sport, it would kill boxing and MMA, as the constant punching would satisfy the average joe's blood lust.

[yrrej]

Tarver is too ugly to generate the interest of a De La Hoya. And Mayweather is a punk. He doesn't present a wholesome image. Hopkins is into the "executioner" thing, plus he was boring to watch up to his last fight. There are all kinds of reasons De La Hoya is the top PPV draw by far, most of them women.....

[jack_the_rippuh]

De La Hoya took a dive against Hopkins.
It's a shame no one cares to bring that up.

[Larry Merchant]

being a mex good looking and and a good fighter helps but to alls do twice the #s as other P4P is kinda strange

[Hitman932]

women dont pay for anything, how the hell can you expect me to believe there are thousands and thousands of women forking over 50 not so hard earned dollars for PPV's?

[hectari]

women dont pay for anything, how the hell can you expect me to believe there are thousands and thousands of women forking over 50 not so hard earned dollars for PPV's?

Exactly! half the hot girls in the audience who go there play some ugly dude to take them just to watch oscar fight!

anda ll the girls i know who watch vargas or oscar they go to the bar to watch it i yet to see a girl pay for a boxing ppv.

[Abe Attell]

delahoya sells becuase hes a pretty boy he can punch and hes mexican.. mexicans are extrmemly loyal...african american fighters dont sell as much simply beucase there african american... unless there killing machines like holyfield and tyson ... they have to be more dominent

Joe Louis, Ali, Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard, Tyson, etc.

The Most popular athletes are mostly African American.

People want excitement, bottom line.

In today's world, there is a lot more options, so boxing and other sports need to find better marketing strategies.

[ferocity]

Joe Louis, Ali, Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard, Tyson, etc.

The Most popular athletes are mostly African American.

People want excitement, bottom line.

In today's world, there is a lot more options, so boxing and other sports need to find better marketing strategies.

If you're going to go that far back to talk about popular boxers then you'd have to include Jack Dempsey, Jess Williard then before Delahoya, Bobby Chacon was very popular, so was Ruben Oliveras and the list goes on. Delahoya is just on the next level because of ppv etc.

Parents imo had a huge part in a kid not taking to boxing then there not being any gyms in some citys. And its been said, you can play football or baseball with your friends but you can't play boxing.

[Crazy Dude]

women dont pay for anything, how the hell can you expect me to believe there are thousands and thousands of women forking over 50 not so hard earned dollars for PPV's?

Most single woman aren't going to order the fight to watch themself but they might go to a bar or go a party where they're watching it. Or they might ask their husband (or father or son) if they're watching it, which creates some pressure to order it.