mayweather is the biggest draw of all time

[jqSide]

not even floyd believes he's the biggest draw...otherwise he won't be complaining about americans not supporting their own

You won't even need 24/7 if he did.

I think his last fight was a PPV disappointment. The expectations were not met. GBP spent millions promoting it. The net might not even that huge as expected.

[fugu]

I believe the internet was not invented in 2007.

No, de la hoya is the biggest draw. He passed the torch to Floyd by fighting him.

[fightfan_79]

Imagine Tyson on 24/7.......that would double his PPV success...

[Ravishing]

all those fights took place before the internet boom really took off...if they happened in todays world and in todays economy, they would do half

people would just figure "this fight is going to end in a first round KO, ill just save my money and watch it free on the internet"

the sales would drop by more than 50%

the only one that would have done good numbers in any time would be lewis/tyson, but even that would have done less numbers if it took place in 2010

I agree and disagree...

The internet to me has played more of a role of actually helping promote fights as opposed to hurting them. Viral media alone has gotten people Record Contracts, TV deals, etc. Even with people who stream fights, it doesn't equate to an extra Million of people who watched but didn't buy. Not everyone has the capabilities or know how to stream anything live on the net.

People knew Mike back then was clobbering people and or had the capability to KO someone quick, yet people STILL bought those PPVs. But with the exception of the McNeely fight, all of those fights were huge when they went down.

But also one key thing that many don't mention or fail to forget is Heavyweight Boxing then was still prominent and the most popular weight class. People expected and knew they'd see a KO. With Floyd, I think the casual fan may not see what Floyd's actually doing in the ring and will constitute it as being boring (trust me, I had to defend Floyd Saturday night lol).

But it is what it is...different times, different fighters, different fans...

[Ravishing]

I believe the internet was not invented in 2007.

No, de la hoya is the biggest draw. He passed the torch to Floyd by fighting him.

De La Hoya to me = Most Consistent throughout a longer span. But if Floyd continues, he'll def pass up Oscar.