How did Floyd ever become boxing's top earner???

[tomhawq]

a lot of people have been saying this many times. it all started with his fight with hoya. george foreman was so pissed by the way pbf fought, "he ran like a chicken." of course people were rooting for hoya. who wants to see a runner win any fight? hoya lost, people were disappointed. they wanted a rematch. pbf retired. fought on and off in the ring. they followed him around to see him lose. same situation to this day. haters are driving his ppv numbers.

[Doctor_Tenma]

As said, it's the enormous amount of skills he has and that leaves most, from casuals to hardcore fans talking.

[Robbie Barrett]

a lot of people have been saying this many times. it all started with his fight with hoya. george foreman was so pissed by the way pbf fought, "he run like a chicken." of course people were rooting for hoya. who wants to see a runner win any fight? hoya lost, people were disappointed. they wanted a rematch. pbf retired. fought on and off in the ring. they followed him around to see him lose. same situation to this day. haters are driving his ppv numbers.

If they pay to watch him lose, they're still paying to watch him, he's still the draw.

[Rath]

He's been top 10 pfp for like 15 years lol. Plus 24/7 helped alot

Paulie is that you?

[Larry the boss]

Spinoff from the Roy Jones thread...

How in the hell did Floyd become so popular???

We agree that by all accounts, to casuals he should be boring as hell inside the ring. Defensive style, doesnt go for the KO, no power, most of his fights are one-sided, throws one punch at a time, puts viewers to sleep...

Career wise, he more known today for his cherry picking ways then giving the fans the fights we want. A Pac fight isnt the first time Floyd refused to give the fans what we want. And he aint the first the first guy to beat Hoya. Shane got to a higher level when he did that but never close to what Floyd is.

Outside the ring, the guy is a complete mess. He cant express himself, is socially awkward, is not enigmatic or self-aware, most people dont a have a single good thing to say about him, I can go on and on before we even get to his criminal record.

Yes he flashes money and that might make a reality tv episode interesting. One episode. Is that all??? If Rigo started throwing money around would HBO want him back on air?

I honestly dont get it. It makes no sense.

So how do ya'll think he made it to the top?

Damn you must be a casual who just started watching Floyd after Oscar...he was a power puncher at the lower divisions..and his destruction of Gatti was his 1st ppv..but i wouldn't expect you to know about his was with Jesus Chavez..his 6 knock downs against Corrales or his brutal beating of Ndou..yea you never seen those fights..nor the beating he gave Manfredy..but yea he been boring his entire career right?

[Larry the boss]

Man has been on the p4p list since the damn 90's for crying out loud

[Check_hooks]

Simple. Hes not.

After SHO gives him $30 million, hes in charge of promoting the fight.

$5 mill goes to GBP to promote it
Around $5 mill goes to all the other fighters purses
At least $10 mill goes to advertising and marketing the fight. A couple more million for travel expenses and promotional tour.
The entire event also has to be insured.

Its been reported numerous places that he needed to sell 1.2 million to break even. He didn't come close either fights last year.

Factor in Uncle Sam taking 40%, and Al Haymon taking 15% and Floyd takes home less than Pacquiao, Wlad, Cotto and probably Canelo at the end of the year.

[Dr Rumack]

Damn you must be a casual who just started watching Floyd after Oscar...he was a power puncher at the lower divisions..and his destruction of Gatti was his 1st ppv..but i wouldn't expect you to know about his was with Jesus Chavez..his 6 knock downs against Corrales or his brutal beating of Ndou..yea you never seen those fights..nor the beating he gave Manfredy..but yea he been boring his entire career right?

And yet he couldn't draw flies until Haymon rebranded him.

Floyd was a sensational boxer and no one wanted to watch him. Floyd became an ignorant moron obnoxiously flaunting his wealth and he grew into the biggest draw in the sport.

Haymon marketed him in a way that appealed to idiots. And as the old saying goes, no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

[tomhawq]

Simple. Hes not.

After SHO gives him $30 million, hes in charge of promoting the fight.

$5 mill goes to GBP to promote it
Around $5 mill goes to all the other fighters purses
At least $10 mill goes to advertising and marketing the fight. A couple more million for travel expenses and promotional tour.
The entire event also has to be insured.

Its been reported numerous places that he needed to sell 1.2 million to break even. He didn't come close either fights last year.

Factor in Uncle Sam taking 40%, and Al Haymon taking 15% and Floyd takes home less than Pacquiao, Wlad, Cotto and probably Canelo at the end of the year.

no wonder why he's still fighting.

and there's a lot of truth in that. the maidana 1 almost didn't get made. schaefer didn't have the funds to negotiate with the fighters involved. he had to convince mayweather that he needed to show some money to fund it. pbf wanted canelo in the undercards, if you recall; praised the mexican how skilled he was, blah, blah. d1ck most likely told pbf it is not that easy to just get these guys and tell them to fight... pacman probably gets better net income than mr money mayweather.

[jas]

He beat Oscar de la hoya and trash talked

Also flaunted his lifestyle - black people and people in general live vicariously through Floyd.