Why is Floyd's fanbase so small?

[El Jesus]

I dont ever remember Ali throwing money at the camera reminding everyone how rich he was. What I do remember is Ali fighting the people were the biggest threat to him. The average fan doesnt dislike Floyd because of his trash talk towards his opponents, but his constant need to remind everyone of what they are not and what they dont have.

stop using that arguement. its an insult to Ali and what he fought for.

Like i told you earlier man, people dont relate to him, thats the bottom line, there are many different reasons but in and out of the ring, he makes it hard for people to relate to him outside of the culture he abides by/comes from. Majority of people are not going to just look at his in ring ****.

[Sin City]

Floyd does have a limited fan base.. in the united states alone he made less than what Oscar De La Hoya did fighting Mayorga (someone unknown to most casual fans) with Ricky Hatton who was undefeated. Mayorga v. Oscar wasn't even hyped as much as this fight was yet it still did more. Mayweather could have won over America Cinco De Mayobut he chose to pop shot and make a boring fight instead. You don't have to take a look at PPV numbers or who fills up the arenas with more fans though, just look at this forum.. Most his fans are former Roy Jones fans who have nothing else to cling on to so they cling on to him and then the rest are Stanboys who you could probably count with just both hands.

[2501]

Like i told you earlier man, people dont relate to him, thats the bottom line, there are many different reasons but in and out of the ring, he makes it hard for people to relate to him outside of the culture he abides by/comes from. Majority of people are not going to just look at his in ring ****.

i know, thats was the subject of the post you quoted from me.

[El Jesus]

i know, thats was the subject of the post you quoted from me.

hey, you know Galvatron?

[bdevils]

I dont ever remember Ali throwing money at the camera reminding everyone how rich he was. What I do remember is Ali fighting the people were the biggest threat to him. The average fan doesnt dislike Floyd because of his trash talk towards his opponents, but his constant need to remind everyone of what they are not and what they dont have.

stop using that arguement. its an insult to Ali and what he fought for.

Ali did the same thing (without throwing money). So don't give me that ****. The only thing that's an insult is you trying to divide the two.

[2501]

hey, you know Galvatron?

i dont know him personally but the dude is one of the biggest 50 stans in the world. he's almost as worse as nmuburner when it comes to stannism.

[El Jesus]

i dont know him personally but the dude is one of the biggest 50 stans in the world. he's almost as worse as nmuburner when it comes to stannism.

dude reminds me of you, i dont agree with alot of what he says, but he funny as hell, dont take it as an insult because you arent nowhere near as extreme as him, but man dude is ****in hilarious. Him and Hexagram are mortal enemies for life. what is your name on there.

[Sin City]

no that isnt it at all, arrogance has never produced large fanbases, i have brought this up many times, that a guy like Rocky Graziano had more popularity than ray robinson at the time because of the fact that people related to him, during ray robinsons prime he was unbeatable and was arrogant, people couldnt relate to it. Because the majority of you havent been following floyds entire career, you dont know that he didnt always downtalk his opponents, his dad used to do it more than he did. Regardless, floyd didnt have that hype behind him because he wasnt the kind of fighter people related to. People dont relate to perfection, majority hated Ali also, for the same reasons, he rubbed it in your face and looked so beautiful in his wins.

I think you are just assuming PBF's majority fanbase is a bunch of young people and that isnt true, majority of his fans are black period, young or not, black people love him, because we have always liked/related to fighters like PBF, the style/manner he carries himself in the ring is how the majority of the best black fighters have fought, weather its Jones Jr, Ali, or Whitaker. When everyone else was hating these guys, blacks rallied around them.

You are looking at this **** from a messageboard angle and thats it.

The majority of his fans are young black fans who subscribe to the whole hip hop culture because they are into the whole flashy materialistic bull**** and think how many chains or diamonds a person is wearing makes the man. His fans are very narrow minded, don't have a broad perspective and usually are the fools you see in school who have nothing going for them because their definition of a great future is owning some dubs and a platinum chain, thinking being thug is cool.




Floyd connects with this base perfectly but alienates himself from everyone else.

[2501]

Ali did the same thing (without throwing money). So don't give me that ****. The only thing that's an insult is you trying to divide the two.

hahaha. you try so hard to justify floyd's behavior by comparing to someone who fought for civil rights and was a political activist? The only thing that Floyd and Ali had in common was talking **** about their opponents. thats it but thats not why Floyd is hated. Get that through your groupie ass head.

[bdevils]

hahaha. you try so hard to justify floyd's behavior by comparing to someone who fought for civil rights and was a political activist? The only thing that Floyd and Ali had in common was talking **** about their opponents. thats it but thats not why Floyd is hated. Get that through your groupie ass head.

I thought that's what we are talking about.

Anyway I'm Far from a groupie ******* I'm just tired of you whiney little bitches like you on here worried about how Floyd acts outside the ring instead of respecting his skill inside the ring that's about it so have a nice day.