Without Hatton and Oscar, would you like bet Pac vs Floyd in their upcoming fights in PPVs? I dare you.
I didn't bet then when Floyd out sold Pac against two common opponents, and I won't bet now. I'll bet that Floyd knocks Pac out though when they fight...that is if waffle iron head has the balls to fight Floyd lol...
Source : Google Trends According to Google Trends, the following are the most searched boxers on the internet from 2004 to 2009. 10 points is given to the most searched for the comparative index chart. The region appended is the country with the most interest in a fighter. Only boxers who are not retired as of July 2009 are included. Popularity: 10 1. Manny Pacquiao - Philippines Ricky Hatton - United Kingdom Popularity: 8 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr - Popularity: 4 3. Roy Jones Jr - 4. Bernard Hopkins - Popularity: 2 5. Miguel Cotto - Puerto Rico 6. Wladimir Klitschko - Germany Popularity: 1 7. David Haye - United Kingdom Vitali Klitschko - Germany 8. Antonio Tarver - United States, Philippines 9. Winky Wright - 10. Shane Mosley - Juan Diaz - 11. Kelly Pavlik - , United States Felix Sturm - Bosnia and Herzegovina 12. Antonio Margarito - Puerto Rico Jermain Taylor - United States, Glen Johnson - United Kingdom, Ireland 13. Arthur Abraham - Armenia 14. Mikkel Kessler - Denmark 15. Juan Manuel Marquez - 16. Tomasz Adamek - Poland
What bet are you talking about? These fights were held pre-recession and post recession eras. How can there be bets? You're just making up, dude.
You want more proof on Pacquiao's popularity? Here it is: Forbes a half-dozen weeks ago listed him as the sixth-highest paid athlete in the world -- tied with LeBron James. He also made the Celebrity 100 list. This content is protected In the ESPYs, which aired a few weeks ago, he won the award for "Fighter of the Year," and, receiving the widespread sports-world recognition few boxers get these days, he was up for "Best Play," too, with his knockout of Ricky Hatton losing to Ben Roethlisberger's Super Bowl-winning pass to Santonio Holmes. Almost every week it's something -- Kobe Bryant and Derek Jeter love him (but Kobe loses a "best athlete" poll to him), Sylvester Stallone wants to make a movie with him, he breaks into the Time 100 list of most influential people, he gets a new job... It's almost getting to the point that no hyperbole involving Pacquiao is that much of a stretch anymore.
Oh, yeah, this is proof lol... Floyd is out 2 years, and this is a prime example of PAc's popularity lol... Floyd is back bitches lol... And nobody cares about Google trends lol... The ppv's between PAc and Floyd tell me who is more popular lol... 1.3 mil...the man out sold PAc against Dlh by 1.3 mil lol... Floyd is back, and I hope Floyd only sells 2 ppv's to Dapidrans 600 million lol...
Your laughing emoticons won't deny the fact that Floyd fought Oscar and Hatton during pre-recession times, while Pac fought them at post recession. Now, I dare you to a bet pitting Floyd against Pac on their own (w/out Hatton and Oscar) during recession times. Let's see who gets the most number of PPVs. 3 month off? Put your money where your mouth is.