If Crawford vs Indongo breaks 1 million?

[Sheldon312]

Will this officially make Crawford a superstar. I mean, if you break a million on ESPN you must be doing something right.

[stiff_back]

Santa Cruz vs Mares peaked at 1.6 million and they're not superstars so...

[HanzGruber]

notsureifsrs or making a troll post about loma

[Eff Pandas]

Spence got 6M on national TV & idk if he's legit a star yet.

I'm not even sure what exactly a star in boxing means. You can sell x PPV's? You've made x money? You are known by x% of people? The bigger question is wtf is the definition of a star in boxing?

I guess mainly idk that a star is simply about ratings.

[The Ninth Layer]

Spence got 6M on national TV & idk if he's legit a star yet.

I'm not even sure what exactly a star in boxing means. You can sell x PPV's? You've made x money? You are known by x% of people? The bigger question is wtf is the definition of a star in boxing?

Truth, being a "star" in boxing is a pretty nebulous concept already. I have a feeling we will not see a true PPV star emerge for a while (aside from Canelo), it'd take someone really special to capture mainstream attention now that Manny and Floyd are on their way out.

[filup79]

Santa Cruz vs Mares peaked at 1.6 million and they're not superstars so...

It actually did around 2 million because it was also shown in spanish on ESPN Deportes along with ESPN.

[BWC]

Will this officially make Crawford a superstar. I mean, if you break a million on ESPN you must be doing something right.

Well I think Crawford broke 1mm on HBO last time out. I think if he can't break 1mm in ESPN that would be a massive disappointment..

[Afi23]

I agree with alot of what you guys said. I think we "hardcore" fans often make the mistake of applying the traditional definition of a North American "star" (the one used for a pop star, nba athlete, etc) to the boxing "ecosystem". For example, for the boxing ecosystem, GGG is a star but by the traditional metrics used in America, I doubt he is. To me, regarding Crawford, the real question is: "Is Bud already a star despite his "poor" PPV sale so far"?

The other issue for me is that boxing does a very poor job of developing its "potential" stars. For example, young, "good looking guys" (no ****) like the Charlo twins with actual above-average boxing skills should be on the path to becoming stars in the traditional sense of term.

[VegeAfrica]

indongo is true africa superstar. if event goes well it show how indongo is world star.

[BrometheusBob.]

....1 million what? Viewers? lol