Classic Fights with the most views on YouTube?

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  1. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    Self explanatory, Here is a weird one - Valuev vs Holyfield 7.1mil views?
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    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    7.8 Million views on Foreman - Holyfield, note it’s not across multiple videos, the Valuev one was part 3 of 6 and oddly the others had far less views.
     
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    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Isn't Ali vs Foreman the most viewed Boxing related content on Youtube ? Aside from like, maybe some typical clickbait Tyson videos ? It's got 96 million views, those are some pop music numbers.

    If we go by less mainstream fights, Holyfield vs Dokes is almost at 3 million
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    Duran vs Benitez at 2.2
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    Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 1 - 8M views

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    Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns - 10M views

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    Holyfield vs Tyson 1 highlight with 99 million views.
     
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    Chavez vs Rosario - 16 million views.

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    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Any Pacquiao fight. Filipinos have the highest daily internet usage in East Asia iirc.
    Tyson, Floyd, Ali, Canelo, Chavez, and ODLH also draw big numbers.
     
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    Tyson against Bonecrusher, arguably his most boring fight, has 25 million

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    I can only say WHY?
    There are so many great fights out there. My personal favorite is Matthew Franklin v Richie Kates.
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Getting a high click rate (on YouTube or anywhere else) has a lot to do with the headline and thumbnail. There are YouTubers who are very adept at nailing this and enticing people who really aren’t boxing fans but know who, say, Mike Tyson is and dressing up one of his lesser fights (or highlights from one) as some kind of must-see.

    I’ve come across videos of fights with some fairly mundane stoppages labeled ‘most-see KO’ or ‘spectacular knockout’ or some such and just chuckle and shrug and move on.
     
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    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    No offence but what of it? Why not? What you’re saying is totally irrelevant, it’s just a question there are other threads to discuss fights you like? Curious result IMO considering the above why on earth would Valuev draw 7.8 Million views lol I suppose because of how big he is?