Is Floyd hurting boxing by being the face of the sport?

[Mr.Fantastic]

Floyd does not fight for fans nor anyone but himself and money. Funny thing, the richest fight ever in boxing and yet he puts excuses followed by more excuses and then more(testing, Arum, etc). That tells you a lot about the boxer.

[sargo]

Mike Tyson thinks so.

[Marvellous1]

iron mike is the real deal, he's not something like fraud jr. he's genuine as a person can get. he fought everybody and never afraid to face worthy opponents.

you're just blinded by your man-love with a ducker like fraud jr.

Your mistake was making a useless point about the "sport of gentlemen" and then touting Mime Tyson of all people as some kind of paragon. Tyson was the face of boxing while being a convicted rapist, not fighting Bowe as he was from the same neighbourhood and paying Lewis step aside money to face the mighty Frank Bruno (he confessed he was always wary of Lewis). Tyson was on helluva fighter but he had his flaws like most do. To champion him, especially on a personal level, while hating on others is as ignorant as it gets. As you were.

[MASTERBX]

Manny hurt the sport when fell face first into the mat.

[TintaBoricua]

I've said this numerous times (and even before the whole Pac-Floyd dream match was conceived). The reason Floyd sells is because of his undefeated record and his demeanor.

Would he still sell in a comeback fight? Absolutely. Would it sell as much as before? Never, unless it's an immediate rematch to someone who knocked him out or roughed him up en route to a wide decision while it making entertaining.

Floyd sells because people hold on to the hopes of him being humbled. They (the casual, watch one or two fights a year viewer) do not care for his skills or achievements. They zoom in on the '0' and hope it changes to '1'. That's all it is.

On an added note, boxing is not dead but to support the argument with "boxing is selling more ppv's than ever before" is flawed. A gigantic portion of PPV revenue is attributed to Floyd.

[TintaBoricua]

Floyd does not fight for fans nor anyone but himself and money. Funny thing, the richest fight ever in boxing and yet he puts excuses followed by more excuses and then more(testing, Arum, etc). That tells you a lot about the boxer.

I disagree with the last bit. I honestly believe that if Pacquiao wasn't with Top Rank, that fight would very well be made. Remember when people were saying Floyd wouldn't fight Cotto (and I distinctly recall you being excited when the fight was made), and when Cotto broke free from his contract, he got the Floyd fight. To me, that says that Floyd will not do business with Arum. Pure and simple, and Manny's too much of a nice guy to turn his back on the man who's given him all the fame and fortune.

[BoxingIsGreat]

If anything, Floyd put boxing on the spotlight.
If you open your eyes, you will see it clearly.

Cheers.

[boxingfeind]

This is a serious question. Does Floyd being the face of the sport hurt boxing?

Floyd is flamboyant and has entertaining 24/7 which is great because you have to sell yourself. Many people love Floyd and many hate him but his fights not being exciting hurts the sport. A lot of people tune in to watch him lose but many times people are left disappointed not just because he wins but how he wins. Throwing 1 or 2 punches at a time and not engaging. Floyd is a great boxer but while he is number one I think sport will struggle. If Floyd was hated and knocking guys out the sport would be doing way better.

Floyd actually help the sport grow,and a lot of people say that Floyd is their favorite fighter.So not every boxing fan cares to see caveman brawls,and a lot of people tune in to see him win.And a lot of fighters copied Floyd style including Canelo who has a big fan base,and Miguel Cotto(check him trying to do the shoulder roll in the first Margarito fight).

[boxingfeind]

Who's under steroid su****ion? and by who? Even Floyd doesnt believe it as he had to make that embarrasing climbdown and apologise. There is also a culture of doping over at TMT, not to mention floyd's 3 failed tests so that would probably be the place to start looking.

Yeah i`m sure you would apologize also to to pay less money in a settlement. Floyd basically apologized in order to pay less in the lawsuit.Freddie roach even said that Ariza was giving Pac-juice su****ious drinks.And Floyd failing three test is only a rumor,started by an extremely bias Pacquiao groupie who refuses to call Pacquiao out on his claims that he`s scared of needles-even though he has tattoos.And the fact that Freddie roach said Ariza was giving Pacquiao su****ious drinks.

[bigsmoothh]

how the fck is a fighter who has broken the ppv record twice bad for boxing? pac-idiots are bad for the sport.

you have to take in consideration that both times he fought on a mexican holiday, and had a good undercards too. He also fought oscar and canelo who imo are bigger draws than floyd.