Not even close. Nothing in boxing is more marketable than the kocky black guy role. A white guy that was the best wouldn't generate interest like that, unless he was incredibly handsome, or just a brutal KO artist that looked like Brock Lesnar.
his ducking, retiring and vacationing ass made him an attraction. let's face it no boring, defensive, potshotting boxer ever made it big in this sport. he's no tyson.
espinoza once commented even if TBE loses, his comeback fight would still generate tons of money attributing it to the curiosity factor. he's right in the curiosity factor, but he's wrong in still making it big after the loss. all these numbers are driven by people wanting to see him lose, plus the curiosity factor. people don't want to see another guaranteed running, potshotting and ud'yingfor his comeback fight. he already lost, what's the point? unless they want to seem get murked like berto did against guerrero.
strange part is that the ducking master may well get awarded close to a quarter of a billion dollars in the pac fight, if it happens. if that's the only way to attract a chicken into a fight, so be it. i just hope he shares a small fraction of it to his tender, loyal loving fans. they've been defending him for years for free. $200+ in one fight is huge.
Ofcourse he would. Anyone saying different does not understand America. The best boxer in the world - a white american. That type of money could not be quantified.
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