Without Oscar do Manny and Floyd become crossover stars?

**kiaba360** · 08-17-2011, 07:06 PM

Pac has a crowd-pleasing style, while Floyd fits the mold of "the guy you love to hate" but he can walk the walk as well. They were already on their way to stardom before Oscar, he just sped up the process imo. Maybe Floyd would've chosen different opposition had he not fought Oscar. Maybe he would've fought Cotto or Margarito.

**Hiei** · 08-17-2011, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by ny123

If Manny and Floyd never get the Oscar fight do they become stars with the casual fans and mainstream public?

Nope...

but pretty sure Floyd and pac will fall and make some else a household name

**Heeb** · 08-17-2011, 07:08 PM

Nope. They'd still be big boxing stars, but cross-over stars? I don't think so.

**Larry the boss** · 08-17-2011, 07:11 PM

they woulndt be as big,Oscar showed them to his fans and they blew up

**uoykcuf** · 08-17-2011, 07:19 PM

Why do they need Oscar's name when Cotto's a huge name?

**Heeb** · 08-17-2011, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by LegendOfLink

Why do they need Oscar's name when Cotto's a huge name?

Cotto isn't anywhere near Oscar's in starpower. Pac was a bigger star than Cotto when they fought. Floyd and Cotto never fought, so Cotto's starpower has no affect on him.

**Barry Halls** · 08-17-2011, 07:29 PM

before their ppvs were 100-300k.. now 1mill-1.5mill

hmm, yeah. I doubt they would have blown up the way they did without oscar.
manny has the style, but lacks the personality.
floyd has the personality to sell, but fights defensively.

**sicko** · 08-17-2011, 07:32 PM

*** NO!!!

Never was really a Oscar fan, but the dude had a FOLLOWING LIKE NO OTHER FIGHTER! If it wasn't for Oscar neither Floyd or Pacquiao would be doing 1 milllion+ PPV's every time they fight

probably would be doing numbers more like 300k-500k MAYBE which is not bad...but certainly not 1 Million+ PPV Buys

**Castor_Troy** · 08-17-2011, 07:45 PM

Without Oscar do Manny and Floyd become crossover stars?

View Poll Results: Do manny and Floyd become mega stars with Oscar?

To me these are two different questions so disregard my vote.

- I think Floyd and Pac wont sell as much if they did not beat Oscar.

Oscar, Holyfield and Tyson are the 3 greatest PPV sellers in history.

Without Oscar do Manny and Floyd become crossover stars?