Who's the bigger draw? Mayweather or Pacquiao?

[KnockMeOut]

US its Floyd. Worldwide its Pac IMO.

[Idgas]

i think floyd is...for all the wrong reasons.

[sandyvahra]

US its Floyd. Worldwide its Pac IMO.

Co-sign. And in the US i think Pac's popularity has levelled if not passed floyds

[horge]

Let's see how Floyd-JMM does, first...

[Benny Leonard]

Co-sign. And in the US i think Pac's popularity has levelled if not passed floyds

A good test would actually be Pac's next fight if he does take Roach's suggestion to have one fight before the end of the year fight. If he fights someone like, say, Bradley...it will show how much he draws.
Because of right now, his his last two PPVs were against Hatton and Oscar...which was the same for Floyd.

That's why Previous PPV fights matter as well because Hatton and Oscar are inflated numbers.

Floyd's fight with JMM will be interesting as well to see how much he can draw.

[The Gambler1981]

Co-sign. And in the US i think Pac's popularity has levelled if not passed floyds

In terms of people who actually like him yea, but not in terms of people will buy his fights. Flkoyd's ability to generate ill will towards himself, so much so that people will pay to watch him lose (even when chances are small), so Floyd is drawing from people tahtr like and hate him, and Manny only draws from people that like him, to me it seems like Floyd can have a much large base like that (famous and imfamous are roughly the same thing in the end).

[The Gambler1981]

A good test would actually be Pac's next fight if he does take Roach's suggestion to have one fight before the end of the year fight. If he fights someone like, say, Bradley...it will show how much he draws.
Because of right now, his his last two PPVs were against Hatton and Oscar...which was the same for Floyd.

That's why Previous PPV fights matter as well because Hatton and Oscar are inflated numbers.

Floyd's fight with JMM will be interesting as well to see how much he can draw.

Yea that is interesting.

[sandyvahra]

In terms of people who actually like him yea, but not in terms of people will buy his fights. Flkoyd's ability to generate ill will towards himself, so much so that people will pay to watch him lose (even when chances are small), so Floyd is drawing from people tahtr like and hate him, and Manny only draws from people that like him, to me it seems like Floyd can have a much large base like that (famous and imfamous are roughly the same thing in the end).

True, not saying floyd cant draw because he can. If were talking US like i said i think its pretty close. I mean you got celebs wanting to meet pac, your got jones wanting to host a pac fight in dallas, you got the celtics rushing off after their game 7 to catch his fight. His excitement is growing. I'd like to see how pac draw vs. a non name now as another poster mentioned. I mean whatever Hatton/Pac drew I think anyone that bought that fight as a casual fan is going to want to watch Pac again.

[Benny Leonard]

In terms of people who actually like him yea, but not in terms of people will buy his fights. Flkoyd's ability to generate ill will towards himself, so much so that people will pay to watch him lose (even when chances are small), so Floyd is drawing from people tahtr like and hate him, and Manny only draws from people that like him, to me it seems like Floyd can have a much large base like that (famous and imfamous are roughly the same thing in the end).

As long as they're paying

[rocky_balboa23]

Mayweather, obviously.

Thanks in large part to his public personna, the way he sells himself and his fights, and the way people will shell out $50 in the hopes of seeing him lose.

Casual Fans were just intrigued at how Floyd fights so they bought his PPVs..but right now fans are tired of hearing bull****s without backing it up in the ring..i bet Floyd-JMM would not reach 400K PPVs