Who does everyone think the biggest draws in boxing are? NOT the best but the fighters that the fans want to see tear it up. For me it has to be: 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Juan Manuel Marquez 4. Wladimir Klitschko (Germany, Ukraine and a lot of other European countries follow the Klitschko brothers) 5. Canelo Alvarez 6. Vitali Klitschko 7. Sergio Martinez 8. Chavez Jr. 9. Amir Khan 10. Nonito Donaire
Drawing TV ratings/PPV buys or a live crowd? For a live crowd I think you have to go with the Klitschkos. Nobody else packs 60,000 seat stadiums every fight.
Khan will always be a draw in England Bruno never lost support for taking a loss It's just the culture of loving a trier, nev mind if he wins or not
But draws as in overall attraction? 1. That Chinese guy shoe shining 2. Koki Kameda 3. Floyd 4. Pac 5. Cotto 6. Canelo 7. Wladamir 8. Vitali 9. JMM
I dont think any of these guys have 10-14 million people watching in just one country (like Wladimir has alone in germany) And I dont even know how many are watching outside germany (especially east europe).Except this chinese guy. Wladimir is a bigger draw if you just look at the numbers than Floyd, Canelo or Cotto. Not sure about Pac necause he will have many asian fans watching him fight. If you just go after the numbers in the arena Klitschkos are by far number one.
? Koki Kameda has half of Japan watching him. Shoe Shining has 300 million watching his fights. ****, even Felix Sturm pulls higher numbers than the Klits.
Haye definitely has to be on the list. Fight against Wlad and Chisora proved that he's a huge draw. British fans love him
First: There was never a official number for the fight of the Chinese guy. It was just his promoter claiming 300 million chinese would watch him. After the fight there was a thread about the real number. And he only had one fight so far. Second: Sturm? **** NO! Maybe in the past but he is far away now. Third: Is there a source for this Kameda guy? I dont even know him because I am not in to these small ass weight division where the fighters are not bigger than children. A fact is that Klitschkos have fight in front of the most people (if you just look at the people in the arena). About TV I am not sure about the chinese guy (as I said) because I dont know any official number.
Klits smash this in terms of Stadium and TV audiences. Haye is probably the biggest draw in UK terms. He's at least the most well known fighter amongst the general public. USA is hard to say as they have a weird market. Generally no one pulls in more than 1.5 million viewers and the attendances tend to suck as well. Canelo seems to be on the up and up in Me-hi-co.