"Mayweather is not an International Superstar" Dana White

[meme_man]

Says the guy who said his opponents were bringing in 50% of the fans

Bringing in 50% of the fans but taking a 10% purse split. I want what you're smoking.

[US Dirk Killer]

Well if Connor is, how about you offer him more than what he made to fight Pac.
Hell, make an offer equal to what Pac made

[-PBP-]

If any of you NSB dudes own businesses, hire me. You bring in 50% of the customers and I won't sell ****. But you'll give me 90% of the money. Smh

[deathofaclown]

This is true.

Internationally, he was a bigger star than Floyd was and McGregor is. Which doesn't mean he was a big star per se. No boxer was since Tyson.

But that will change if Joshua beats Klitschko and then Wilder. He'll be a bigger star than Floyd, Pac and McGregor combined.

Joshua surely will become the biggest thing around if he beats Wlad then Wilder. He would already by beating Wlad if Fury hadn't beaten him already.

I'm not a fan of Joshua but it could be argued he's the biggest thing in boxing right now, or almost. He's doing something like 600k PPV's against the likes of Molina. Floyd and Manny wouldn't do those numbers now against that level of opposition but obviously those guys have done it over a sustained period and achieved a lot more... but current numbers suggest he might be the most popular fighter in boxing, it just happens to be in UK not USA so it's not spoken about as much.

As for Floyd being an international superstar, well i'd say he's just as well known globally as Manny because those guys are basically synonymous with each other and always will be. The difference is Manny was actually more supported and Floyd was more disliked, generally speaking.

Conor is bigger than both right now, his stardom is huge and has arguably crossed over to the "casual" market more than either Floyd or Manny did but again, those guys did it over a longer period of time and social media was nowhere near the force it is now when those guys were coming through, so Conor has the advantage of gaining his popularity in an era where you can be on peoples screens every day.

McGregor is a bigger thing in sports than Mayweather right now, and i say that as i guy that probably prefers Floyd. The only problem is that Floyd was earning huge money, a lot more than Conor and it would be hard to justify paying Floyd like 10x more than Conor in relation to their popularity, but then why should Floyd accept less money for a HUGE event than he could earn coming back and fighting an average contender. He would be selling himself short in context.

[[T][B][E]]

You lot are trolling floyd is Global

[Bigg Rigg]

Says the guy who said his opponents were bringing in 50% of the fans

Bringing in 50% of the fans but taking a 10% purse split. I want what you're smoking.

You be smoking garbage bro cuz your mindset when it comes to Floyd is no good. You be on pointost of te time. Unless it's about Mayweather.

[-PBP-]

You be smoking garbage bro cuz your mindset when it comes to Floyd is no good. You be on pointost of te time. Unless it's about Mayweather.

Bruh, you said 50% of Floyds ppv buys was from fans of his opponents. If that was the case, shouldn't the opponent have received 50% of the money?

This isn't about which fighter I like or dislike. What you said made no sense.

[IronDanHamza]

Floyd fans are the most delusional fans. They don't think straight when it comes to Mayweather.

The thing is though how many fans you have doesn't equal popularity.

McGregor probably does have more fans than Floyd but more people watch and know Floyd.

You say Floyd's opponent are playing a part in the PPV, which of course is true. Just like every other star.

But the numbers are so high because Mayweather is involved.

[Johnwoo8686]

We've already discussed this. Mayweather has more followers, yet get 10x less interaction than McGregor how do you explain that?

McGregor is trending higher on all social media RIGHT NOW, in terms of most viewed videos on major networks in the U.S, youtube videos, twitter engagement, instagram, facebook, the lot.

the UFC is a much more international sport than boxing, hence his following and therefore his international fame and popularity simply exceeds anything Mayweather has done.

I mean, the proof is in the pudding. Mayweather is obviously buying a load of fake followers etc etc or his followers simply don't care about him as much as McGregor's do - Either way, proves McGregor's popularity is higher.

Plus, Mayweather wasn't that popular anyway. He was a good promoter, but he was never super popular with boxing fans or fans in general.

Once again, we're not talking about who can sell most PPVs, even though McGregor's last 4 evens have done 1.3, 1.5, 1.65 & 1.4 - With his gates also rivalling Mayweather's. And who has he sold these PPVs against? The likes of Jose Aldo, Nate Diaz and Eddie Alvarez - Hardly household names.

We've seen time and time again when Mayweather has to carry a PPV card - like against Berto or Maidana, he has a hard time cracking 1 million.

I've already explained this to you. McGregor is an active fighter while Floyd has been retired for nearly 2 years, that is why McGregor gets more interaction on social media. But the numbers don't lie, Floyd has a much bigger social media following on every single platform.

Also you are wrong about who has been trending more as of late. The past few days the name Floyd Mayweather Jr. was trending on Facebook not McGregor even though the talk has been about the both of them fighting.

And Floyd did over one million buys with the likes of Victor Ortiz and Shane Mosley. If you add up Mayweather's last 5 fights and McGregors last five fights Mayweather's numbers still exceed McGregors by nearly 2 million buys.

I get that you're a McGregor fan but stop being so biased!

[Raonic]

He's not well liked outside of USA for the most part but he's definitely well known.