Why isn't Marquez as popular as Canelo?

[Fantasiabruja]

maybe that is why he fought josesito and had much higher ratings(in mexico) than chavez-maravilla that fought at the same time...
both fights for free on national tv...

I said was disliked meaning in the past. Once HBO got involved he became a bigger star and his separation from Televisa help give him credibility in the streets sort of speak now he is regarded the top Mexican boxer in popularity.

[icha]

I said was disliked meaning in the past. Once HBO got involved he became a bigger star and his separation from Televisa help give him credibility in the streets sort of speak now he is regarded the top Mexican boxer in popularity.

hbo has nothing to do with his popularity in mexico, and he is still with televisa...
when it comes to haters nothing that he ever does will change it...
he will always have haters while still relevant , but he has way more followers...
it comes with the package...

[LADIV]

He consider a cheat by most of the boxing public

He is considered no more of a cheat like pacquiao and mayweather....next

[Butler]

Because he drinks his own piss. Would you be a fan of a weirdo that drinks his own piss? Mexico is ashamed of that dude.

Whatever happened to his gay Japanese lover btw?

[Fantasiabruja]

Sorry dude but the title of this thread is why is Canelo more popular than JMM?
Not why is Canelo more popular than JMM in Mexico. And HBO had everything to do with his popularity outside of Mexico. I'm not sure that he is still with Televisa so I won't dispute that but I do remember they had a well publicized breakup over an article that was written in which Canelo was being accused of using a retired Mexican boxer as a punching bag in some sparing matches. And if memory serves me well that boxer died soon after of brain damage.

[Scipio2009]

What is the variable(s) that enable Canelo to headline his own shows against an Angulo and do 350k, while Marquez can't headline against a guy like Bradley and crack 200k?

In general, I think it's safe to say Canelo can do bigger numbers than Marquez with similar opponents.

Why? Marquez is way more exciting, more skilled, has been on the bigger stage more... Marquez is everything a Mexican boxer should be... Although he falls more in the Mexican school of boxing that focuses on precision boxing/punching/counterpunching, than the Mexican school that focuses on inside fighting.

Marquez is a boxing technician, hailing from "the nation of blood and guts warriors"; really simple as that. In his perfect world, he'd fight off of the back foot, and that's just not a style that seems to draw interest.

[Left Hook Tua]

jmm doesn't have real fans.

mexicans just "borrow" him when they want to see a mexican kick pac's ass to revenge their real fave the babyface assassin and the "dumb indian" from tj.

[damit305]

He's not as popular as Alvarez because of his motto which many fans can't relate to.

"One cup of piss a day, puts Pacquiao away."

[panyck]

Marquez style made him very unpopular at the beginning of his career. Many liked Barrera, Morales and even Pacquiao over Marquez.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Hell no, if anything Canelo is the one with the boring personality; very reserved and serious. Marquez on the other hand, if you watch him on Golpe a Golpe on ESPN Deportes, he's very charismatic and articulate.

Smartest analysts in my honest opinion. Breaks down styles very well.