Current most popular welterweight in the US?

[The Big Dunn]

I think mikey garcia should be at number 3.

He isn't a ww.

[HitmanTommy]

He isn't a ww.

His last fight was at ww.........

[RuleOfTheSpear]

His last fight was at ww.........

He didn't win as a welterweight so I didn't count him.

He's definitely popular below 147 tho

[HitmanTommy]

He didn't win as a welterweight so I didn't count him.

He's definitely popular below 147 tho

Well that's just silly. Just because he lost at ww?

There are plenty of welters on BoxRec with losing records. Are they not welter?

His most recent fight was at Welter. Therefore he is a Welter.

[YoungManRumble]

Well that's just silly. Just because he lost at ww?

There are plenty of welters on BoxRec with losing records. Are they not welter?

His most recent fight was at Walter. Therefore he is a Welter.

He hasn't done anything at 147 other than "survive" Spence. "Daring to be great" can only get you so far

[RuleOfTheSpear]

Well that's just silly. Just because he lost at ww?

There are plenty of welters on BoxRec with losing records. Are they not welter?

His most recent fight was at Walter. Therefore he is a Welter.

I think you must at least have a single win at welter to be considered a welter, even if your opponent was a nobody.

Mikey is a lightweight who jumped to 147 and lost. So in the truest sense, he's a lightweight.

[The Big Dunn]

His last fight was at ww.........

You can have a fight above or below the weight class you currently campaign in. Happens all the time. Mikey moved up to fight Spence. Lets see if he stays.

[Bob Haymon]

There's a few flaws with your methodology. First, you misspelled Terence. Second, you compared by search term instead of topic. Topic is more accurate because it takes into account misspellings and other variables. Here were the results I got:




There isn't much difference from your original observation. Pacquiao is still overwhelmingly more popular. Interest is always at it's highest the days when they fight. Crawford has 1 fewer fight than everybody else but even then he's neck and neck with all of them except Pac. Thurman and Porter are less popular than Crawford when they were the A-sides in their most recent fights. Most of their interest comes from Pacquiao and Spence being their opponent.

[Ca$ual Fan]

In terms of web searches for a whole year:


in terms of youtube searches for a whole year:




#1 Manny Pacquiao
#2 Errol Spence
#3 interchangeable between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter
#4 Terrence Crawford

Do you agree with the data?

Pac
Spence
Porter (slight edge over Thurman as he is a host on Fox shows)
Thurman/Broner
Crawford

Wait a sec. Isn’t Thurman on the yellow ledger? The graph seems to show that he’s more popular that Porter by significant margin.

[Ca$ual Fan]

There's a few flaws with your methodology. First, you misspelled Terence. Second, you compared by search term instead of topic. Topic is more accurate because it takes into account misspellings and other variables. Here were the results I got:




There isn't much difference from your original observation. Pacquiao is still overwhelmingly more popular. Interest is always at it's highest the days when they fight. Crawford has 1 fewer fight than everybody else but even then he's neck and neck with all of them except Pac. Thurman and Porter are less popular than Crawford when they were the A-sides in their most recent fights. Most of their interest comes from Pacquiao and Spence being their opponent.

Now this graph shows that Thurman is even more popular that Spence. Crawford is more popular than Porter