Is Floyd a bigger draw than Oscar was?

[Pacquiao'd]

The difference is, Floyd couldnt sell when he was a nice guy, he had to become a villain and make people hate him to sell. Oscar has been a gentlemen of the sport and still sold as much as he did. Generally to me, Oscar was a bigger draw but with 24-7 and all the Floyd haters (myself included) Mayweather ends up taking the lead becuase he is still active and even though I hate him, as a fan of the SPORT I will buy the pay per view, this time in support of Cotto. Although Cotto will lose, I still hope something strange happens and Cotto pulls off an upset. Peace.

what the hell does this have to do with the price of a cup of tea in china?

[bMak]

Oscar: 12,600,000 PPV's sold in 18 fights.

Floyd: 8,110,000 PPV's sold in 8 fights.

[joe strong]

We're looking at PPV numbers. And they share the highest gate of all time.

by no means am i saying floyd ain't up there but i have to say that ODH at his best was competing with tyson & holyfield. it was not easy competing with heavyweights then. mike tyson was the biggest draw ever...look at his gate for his return from prison. he fought peter mcneeley & it's in the top 5 gate ever still i think. think about that... tyson vs mcneeley did better then 99% of championship fights with 2 premier fighters going at it...

[bMak]

what the hell does this have to do with the price of a cup of tea in china?

It's the long way of saying Floyd is the bigger draw.

[joe strong]

Oscar: 12,600,000 PPV's sold in 18 fights.

Floyd: 8,110,000 PPV's sold in 8 fights.

these ODH numbers are deceiving because it was a million times easier to steal cable & PPV with black boxes back then. now it is much harder to steal illegal streams...

[Pacquiao'd]

It's the long way of saying Floyd is the bigger draw.

haha. funny he felt the need to explain his hatred. atleast he's honest, somewhat objective and spoke the troof in the end. haha

[bMak]

by no means am i saying floyd ain't up there but i have to say that ODH at his best was competing with tyson & holyfield. it was not easy competing with heavyweights then. mike tyson was the biggest draw ever...look at his gate for his return from prison. he fought peter mcneeley & it's in the top 5 gate ever still i think. think about that... tyson vs mcneeley did better then 99% of championship fights with 2 premier fighters going at it...

You said it was Oscar by a landslide though

Too many caveats for me bro. I look at revenue. All-time, it's Mike or Oscar, because Floyd hasn't had the same longevity just yet. He's averaging much more than both of those guys though, which means it'll all come down to how much longer he wants to fight.

[turbotime]

24 votes for Oscar and only about 3 have given a reason as to why. *rolleyes*

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I wasn't asking what eras were more advantageous. It was a straight up question.

Well the answer is relative to what era the height of their popularity came at.....

[Pacquiao'd]

these ODH numbers are deceiving because it was a million times easier to steal cable & PPV with black boxes back then. now it is much harder to steal illegal streams...

bro. how many excuses are you going to come up with...now this?

whats the difference between people stealing the fight(not buying the fight) or simply going over to their buddies house or a sports bar(not buying the fight) to watch the fight now nowdays?