Biggest fight of all time?

[Dr Rumack]

You'd have to go back to when boxing had a real grip on the public imagination. It doesn't anymore and that's why Pac-Floyd can't ever measure up. People need to read about how big Jack Dempsey was. Floyd and Manny put together probably don't match the level of super-stardom he had.

[LacedUp]

The fact that we're discussing this topic clearly shows that May - Pac isn't the biggest fight of all time.

If the internet, mainstream TV, social media and all that crap were around Ali/Frazier days we wouldn't have this conversation at all.

Mayweather - Pacquiao is in the top 5, but it's certainly not the biggest.

Obviously i just take it for what they were, no ifs and butts.

This fight in this era vs other fights in other eras. If Ali and Frazier were around today, floyd wouldn't be a superstar in his wildest dreams.

[LacedUp]

You'd have to go back to when boxing had a real grip on the public imagination. It doesn't anymore and that's why Pac-Floyd can't ever measure up. People need to read about how big Jack Dempsey was. Floyd and Manny put together probably don't match the level of super-stardom he had.

Pacquiao in the Philippines equate pretty well to what Dempsey was in America in 1922.

[LETSGGGO]

the fact that 100 million Filipinos will have their eyes glued to this fight has to count for something.

[Outworn]

The biggest fight of all time was Malignaggi-Judah.

[Dr Rumack]

Pacquiao in the Philippines equate pretty well to what Dempsey was in America in 1922.

True. I don't know if Filipino cultural output equates to that of the US even then though. Maybe that's too anglo-centric a perspective. Taking the East Asian sphere into the equation maybe this is the biggest fight ever.

[KillaMane26]

You forgot Joe louis fights which were very huge....proably top 3 with Ali/Frazier

[teddycanyon]

Ali/Frazier I had some major national implications tied in with the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights debate. Probably the most important fight in USA history.

Joe Louis-Max Schmelling II is also up there, another one of those fights that transcended the sport.

Those two.

I put Pacquiao-Mayweather on the level of Hagler-Leonard, a fight of major significance in a boxing and pop culture context.

[JulianQ]

Let go of the "good ole days"

The reality is that in the "old" days there were fights that were front page news. It was the first topic on the radio news (and TV news when TV was available). Everyone was talking about it on a scale BIGGER than the Super Bowl or FIFA world cup.

The fight on May 2nd is massive on an economic scale but it will not capture the imagination of the entire world on a scale seen in certain fights 50 to 100 years ago. The world has changed and boxing isn't the mainstream sport it once was.

[Scary]

I voted Pac - May I think it's the biggest fight in history. We've waited for so many years to get it. P4P #1 against P4P #2.

I doubt any other fight has been this anticipated.

Braddock - Baer was also a big fight.