Khan's Market Value Overestimated?

[US Dirk Killer]

Reportedly $6m guaranteed

Canelo made 5 million....who the hell is your source? Kermit the frog?

[champion4ever]

What the U.S. television market has done to Amir Khan's career in the U.K. Is the very exact same thing it has done to Carl Froch's and Sergio Martinez' careers in the U.K and Argentina. It has made then more popular among the casual fans in their own countries.

The American boxing television networks has given them more mainstream exposure among their own compatriots because before then, they were all virtually unknowns among casual fans before crossing the pond and fighting in the mecca of boxing; America. Thereby giving them instant celebrity status.

For example, Manny Pacquiao is not only popular among the casual fans in the Philippines but perhaps even more so among the casual fans in the U.S.

[Beercules]

Who is Amir Khan?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Canelo made 5 million....who the hell is your source? Kermit the frog?

I remember Mayweather himself saying Canelo got 8 million

[jas]

I was at the Garcia khan fight and I saw like 6 fans nearby with Pakistan shirts on and the rest of the crowd was mainly of Mexican background. You probably had your random English tourists there too who happened to be in Vegas but you could never tell .

[TGD]

I think you're right. I have been to a few of Khan's fights here in the UK and the 'superstar' talk is way wide of the mark. However, I agree with what other posters have said. People here know Khan, and they know Mayweather, so that will draw plenty of casuals in.

[jas]

I don't wanna pay out of principle to see a mismatch . Fight won't go past 8 rounds.

[LacedUp]

I'm floored. Khan is a lucky man. Been nowhere yet $6m in payday. That's why boxing is suck in a bad state while Floyd is still here.

He hasn't been near the 400-600k for years, so don't know what you're talking about.

[LacedUp]

Khan-Judah topped at 1.45m on HBO, vs Paulie at 1.4m, vs Maidana at 1.55m (if I remember correctly).

These are pretty good numbers for a non American. His figures used to be excellent in the UK when he was on Sky. He's also done decent PPV numbers. But his stock has dropped from a couple of years ago.

[FromBA]

A lot of people who will buy this fight around the world won't even have seen the Diaz fight. They'll know the name Amir Khan and know that he's fighting Floyd Mayweather and that's all it will take.

The casual fan is what brings the PPV buyrate up.

In the old days they called this "scam".