Ward $1.85 mil Barrera $450K

[Mr.Fantastic]

Gotta give props to Ward for making that much with easy fights.

[Larry the boss]

1) Ward is an American Olympic Gold medallist.

2) Ward is the more proven professional boxer.

3) This fight is probably part of a package that will see him fight Kovalev later this year.

people with common sense get this...lol

people really comparing ward to walters

hilarious aint it

[aldo5408]

Gotta give props to Ward for making that much with easy fights.

gg has been raping HBO fighting no hopers (Monroe, rubio, Stevens) etc

[AddiX]

Eh... ever heard of the greatest money maker in the history of the sport, whose nickname happens to be "Money", who pulled in 4.4 million views in one fight last year, and still managed to do something like 500k in a subsequent joke fight afterward (while Genady "action man" Golovkin struggled to do 20% of that)?

Floyd sold because he had a great marketing gimmick and was lucky enough to get in the ring with other fighters that could sell.

That gimmick won't work for anyone else. And GGG doesn't have an Arturo Gatti who lead him to a Oscar De La Hoya.

Floyd was the b side fightters in those ppvs.

No one is giving GGG that shot.

[Redd Foxx]

Floyd sold because he had a great marketing gimmick and was lucky enough to get in the ring with other fighters that could sell.

That gimmick won't work for anyone else. And GGG doesn't have an Arturo Gatti who lead him to a Oscar De La Hoya.

Floyd was the b side fightters in those ppvs.

No one is giving GGG that shot.

That's not the topic I'm addressing though. It's what you said about "boring" fighters not being able to sell fights. The biggest draw in the world was a "boring" fighter.

[SouthPawHitman]

Pls stap cumpairing Andre Ward to Nikolas Walters. Those two are on a completely different level of hittas.

[AddiX]

That's not the topic I'm addressing though. It's what you said about "boring" fighters not being able to sell fights. The biggest draw in the world was a "boring" fighter.

When Floyd was building himself up he wasn't boring. Ironically is was when he embraced "money" that he became boring.

And quite frankly, as I said earlier, that gimmick won't work again.

Maybe 20 years from now it will, but right now, it won't. There's no marketing gimmick that is going to sell a boring fighter.

Big ppv fights are big because non boxing fans buy them. Years wasting money on Floyd fights is still fresh in there minds, it won't happen again.

[BoliviaChiLEsp]

Compare this with UFC...

[Redd Foxx]

When Floyd was building himself up he wasn't boring. Ironically is was when he embraced "money" that he became boring.

And quite frankly, as I said earlier, that gimmick won't work again.

Maybe 20 years from now it will, but right now, it won't. There's no marketing gimmick that is going to sell a boring fighter.

Big ppv fights are big because non boxing fans buy them. Years wasting money on Floyd fights is still fresh in there minds, it won't happen again.

The facts just aren't there. Floyd continued to sell well w/ a conservative style. Wlad does big in EU and now Fury, who stunk the joint out, is the biggest star in the UK, despite a boring performance and people can't wait for the rematch. I won't belabor this or continue to reply. I respect that your prediction is your prediction. Fact is, boring fighters are selling big because marketing and in-ring performance are two separate things. Doesn't make sense to me either but the facts are there.

[AddiX]

The facts just aren't there. Floyd continued to sell well w/ a conservative style. Wlad does big in EU and now Fury, who stunk the joint out, is the biggest star in the UK, despite a boring performance and people can't wait for the rematch. I won't belabor this or continue to reply. I respect that your prediction is your prediction. Fact is, boring fighters are selling big because marketing and in-ring performance are two separate things. Doesn't make sense to me either but the facts are there.

Ya well see, my point is I believe Floyd will be last guy to do it.

For all of wards accomplishments, his last fight was on on BET and only 300k ppl tuned in.