Do you younger fans know just how huge of a star Sugar Ray Leonard was?

[Don Mac]

To show how big Leonard was is to realise how many fights well past his prime people were still willing to pack the big venues to see him.
He never lost his star power, even up to his last fight/loss.

Leonard was making some big money too, around $15-20M a fight at his peak if my memory is right (what is that in todays money?)

[New England]

that's a great commercial. it's too bad floyd mayweather's exploits are so well documented, and no brand will touch him with a 10 foot pole. it's a great way to get exposure, advertisement.

[Dr Rumack]

Of course not. Ray Leonard is ancient history to them.

[mrjax]

Dempsy, Marciano, Louis, Ali, Leonard, Chavez, Tyson, and of course Manny and Floyd to a lesser degree. Just about every generation had a superstar boxer, but thanks to PPV, those numbers are greatly dwindling.

Like Haymon or not, his bring boxing back to broadcast television is a pretty cool thing.

[Left Hook Tua]

duran > leonard

hagler > leonard

[TMTForever]

duran > leonard

hagler > leonard

Leonard 2-1 vs Duran no mas lol

[Contra]

Leonard 2-1 vs Duran no mas lol

Yeah, but before their first fight everybody was sure Leonard was gonna beat him easy. He was the bigger man and the better boxer. Duran closed the distance, applied relentless pressure, and beat the odds.

We are fortunate enough to see a modern day incarnation of this classic fight, and I wouldn't be surprised if history repeats itself. I still give Floyd the edge, considering that he has probably forgotten more about boxing than Manny has ever known, but if Pac can apply pressure and cut off the ring like Duran did, we might see an upset.

[_original_]

Isn't he Khloe Kardashian's godfather? That's all I know about him.

[AliBombaye]

With respect to Jordan, it does help his name being around that he has a brand called Jordan where kids kill each other for a pair of his hideous looking shoes.

[_original_]

With respect to Jordan, it does help his name being around that he has a brand called Jordan where kids kill each other for a pair of his hideous looking shoes.

lol great point, most of these kids know Jordan mostly from those ugly shoes and the sports wear. Also, how many of these dumb kids don't spew stuff like "Lebron/Durant/Kobe woulda ball'd up Jordan, doe!"