Dana White speaks about Floyd vs UFC on Sept 19

Was Cotto Vs Clottey a PPV?

 

He's right on the 'money'. Floyd will never, ever be the "cash cow" of boxing like Oscar was.

 

But it's not like he's exactly going out on a huge limb with the claim that Floyd won't ever be Oscar in terms of economic power. It's well documented that Oscar had a number of characteristics contributing to his stardom that neither Floyd nor any other current boxer does. The most difficult to duplicate would be his great exposure during the Olympics and early bouts being shown on American network television.

 

No one right now will be either.


EDIT - Although I think Tyson was a bigger draw than Oscar.

 

No-one else is claiming to except Floyd though.

Tyson never did Oscar's PPV numbers.

 

Floyd can claim all he wants, we all know the truth, to the average joe blow they don't.

Compare the numbers. The mega fight of decade vs Tito only 1.4. Floyd did 2.4 with Oscar. Just had to argue. (im not saying hes bigger than DLH).


As for Tyson.

Tyson had slightly less PPVs bought with 6 fewer events.

1. Oscar De La Hoya - $610.6 million on 12.6 million buys (18 events)


2. Mike Tyson - $545 million on 12.4 million buys (12 events

 

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Good stats on Tyson/Oscar numbers - I stand corrected! :good

Oscar-Tito was one fight. Oscar was the draw v Floyd. Floyd will never touch his numbers.

 

I love MMA and I love boxing and I would be very interested to see the numbers for both events afterwards. I think Dana White was telling it how it is though. Cant knock him for that man

 

Floyd is an awkward draw.


He won't draw super strong against relatively no one like DLH did.

But if you give him someone big he with them will do huge.

Oscar-Floyd huge. 2.4 Shattered the old record. Floyd was a huge part of that promotion.

Pac nor Floyd will achieve that against other people

But if you put those two together, they I bet can break 2 million buys.

 

Agreed.

 

i can't stand mma....one of the reasons i love boxing is the history.....and mma is garbage.....boxing is the gentleman's game...

 

But, I'm still impressed by how one big fight, even when boxing is in such a dismal condition, can still get people interested. The problem is that the promoters never build on that.