I fear for the state of boxing especially on the international stage. Lets face it Floyd might slightly be a bigger star here in the US but globally Manny is the king. In Asia he's one of the most famous athletes right up there with Tiger Woods, Jordan, Beckham etc. he's a brand name. When he retires not only does boxing lose one of the true ATGs and arguably the most exciting fighter of the decade but it loses a international crossover star. No one else in boxing comes close to that kind of appeal except maybe Wilder providing he keeps destroying people and finishes off Wlad to become the hw king. It will be a sad day when Manny retires oh yes boxing will go on it always does but one of the brightest stars ever fading away will make things look a little darker.
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Manny might as well be retired now. Boxing is moving forward without him.
Floyd is fighting Canelo, Danny is fighting Matthysse, there are some new hype trains to ride, like GGG's and Lucas Matthysse has been called "the next Pacquiao". -
Just because boxing begins and ends with Manny for posters like you, doesn't make it the case for the rest of us...Comment
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Not in South America where the Argentinians and Brazilians are the kings or europe where's its the Klits or Asia where it's Manny or Mexico where canelo or JMM rule.
Floyd is big here but internationally he never had the goods to be crossover.Comment
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the sport survived the losses of jack johnson, louis, ali, srr, tyson, oscar, duran, srl,,
im sure it will do just fine without floyd and manny...Comment
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what makes them the kings?
Klits sell 40k Arenas in Asia/Europe
Martinez sell 30k Arenas in Argentina
Marquez sell 30k Arenas in Mexico
Canelo sell 40k Arenas in USA
Mayweather is selling 45k Arena in USA
Pacquiao sold how much in the Filipins? lol
come one man Money would sell anywhere. You see the crowds he got when he went to Europe for Hatton? or when he was just at Mexico? 30k people went to see him in Mexico when he went there a month ago. Yall is jokes manComment
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