It just feels like it for me in my area, whenever someone would get asked to name a boxer Pacman would be the first to be named and sometimes the only one. Exercise: Ask someone you know if they know who Manny Pacquiao is and post their response.
hmm says... as far as boxing fans I suppose so... as for people outside or are oblivious to boxing......no
If Pacquiao was the first and sometimes the only name that came up you must live in an area heavily populated by filipinos.
no, actually its predominantly Mexican let me ask you which boxer out there gets more publicity in your area other than DelaHoya
yeah, that seems to be the hype line. I've seen a few TV commercials for it and that is the line they are using
well there you go. YOu live around a bunch of Mexicans of wich many follow boxing. Hell, you notice on Friday Night fights they are running commercials in Spanish.
That might explain part of it, Mexicans are fanatical about boxing but I would'nt call that mainstream. Right now the focus is on Pac and Hatton so obviously those are the two names that mainly come up but only around my friends that know boxing the rest of the people(the mainstream if you will) seem to be oblivious to boxing other than an occasional reference to DLH,Tyson(still) . By the way, you're telling me that most Mexicans you know could only think of Pac when asked about boxing. Hmmmmmmmmmm?