Mayweather - Locche. Hype vs Substance in Boxing.

[illmaticfighter]

hahaha so now fighters have to be so good they'll be remembered 50 yrs from now

[Jc8804]

Your right there. Graziano was a modern day cotto.
Huge for his people, and big name with popularity.

[ИATAS]

did you even read what I said?
I said in 50 years people will watch Floyd's fights and they won't know or won't care about the hype back then.
Same with Graziano. People don't even know what kind of hype was surrounding him so many years ago. Understood?
What Graziano did in the ring survived, not the hype.

In 50 years we will be cyborgs, man.

But for sake of argument, if us humans remain exactly the same for 50 more years, Floyd's legacy will be remembered far greater than that of Graziano especially if he retires Undefeated.

[ИATAS]

Bookmarked thread. Will bump in 2063.

[DLT]

did you even read what I said?
I said in 50 years people will watch Floyd's fights and they won't know or won't care about the hype back then.
Same with Graziano. People don't even know what kind of hype was surrounding him so many years ago. Understood?
What Graziano did in the ring survived, not the hype.

I still totally disagree. Graziano was nowhere near as popular as Floyd in a p4p sense. By that I mean he fought in a different era. He fought in an era were boxing was one of the biggest sports in the US. There was no NFL or NBA basically. Boxing may have been the 2nd biggest sport to baseball and there were a ton of popular fighters.

Boxing is not a huge sport in the US anymore. Most casual fans dont know anyone from this era not named Floyd, Pac, or Cotto. Despite that, Floyd is the highest paid athelete in all of pro sports and is setting record number PPV & gates. If you think people wont remember that then you are crazy. They will.

He also brought you 24/7 and all this all access stuff. He changed the game, not just in the ring but outside of it

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

Howard Stern don't know ***** bout boxing.

[bklynboy]

I give you an example: Rocky Graziano was an unbelievable popular fighter and people were dying to see him. Today Graziano is known for being tough, being a HOF'er, fighting Zale in a trilogy and fighting SRR. But the hype around him is not there anymore and probably 99 % of the users here didn't know Graziano was so big.

That's a good point. The one thing I would say is that casual fans wouldn't be watching films of "old" fighters such as Mayweather or Pacquiao or anybody else.

Only boxing fans would pay attention and Mayweather will be known the same way as Sweet Pea and SRL are known. Now, as skilled as Locche was he never became a big name. Although I have to say anyone that smokes a cigarette between rounds and still embarrasses quality opponents should be better known.

[Spray_resistant]

Nobody even now cares about fighters PPV buys and if you would then answer why? seems silly when you can just watch and enjoy the fights while not being concerned about other peoples money.

[Grimgash]

I was getting texts from people who didn't even watch boxing ever about the fight, just because it was Floyd. Will they sit down and watch it? No but they respect Mayweather and wanna know what he does...the just know he's good.....so they know him.

[ShoulderRoll]

Floyd's style is influencing a lot of the young boxers that will be coming up. Hell Broner is already referred to as a copy of him.

His place in boxing history will be about more than just his moneymaking ability. Whether people like him or not.