Great boxers who had no star power.....

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  1. gbrandon

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    Bernard Hopkins is one of the best fighters I have ever seen, but the guy has zero star power.
     
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  2. borj

    borj the Pacific Storm Full Member

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    what do you mean star power??
     
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  3. gbrandon

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    Star power isi considered popularity, or that you carry a large fan base that is willing to support you when you fight ( Ticket sales, PPV sales, etc)

    De La Hoya
    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Trinidad ( New York)
    Ricky Hatton
    Pac
    Joe C
    etc
     
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  4. LightningJoe

    LightningJoe The Filipino Flash Full Member

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    Actually, Joe Calzaghe was not considered a star at all even in the UK, til he beat Lacy. And even then...Hatton was far a bigger star in the UK. Calzaghe has almost always been a star in Wales though.
     
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  5. gbrandon

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    Agreed, but you said it " until he beat Lacy", well he beat Big L years ago now and he had star power since then, he brought 5,000 fans across the pond to see him beat B-hop, and no American figher can take 5k fans to London to watch him fight:deal, I'm American BTW
     
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  6. VARG

    VARG Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shane Mosley!

    The man always puts on great performances...usually ending in a spectacular KO and the man just can't put asses in the stands :-(
     
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  7. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can Ricardo lopez fall into this category?
     
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  8. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    most black fighters
     
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  9. gbrandon

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    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Bowe
    Lewis
    Holmes
    Whitaker
    etc
     
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  10. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    Mike McCallum
     
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  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Koki Kameda
     
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  12. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Like Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson? Three of the biggest draws in the history of boxing?
     
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  13. treva1977

    treva1977 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i think to fill the seats they need more than one big fight happening.
    for example if hatton v pac,haye v klitscko and taylor v froch were all at the same event on the same nigth ppv would be huge and any arena would be sold out.
    but they are too greedy and would rather split it up as it is worth more seperate to them.
    eg all together 70000 fans in cardiff or other big arena.or separate 25000 each fight =75000 total selling more tickets overall.
    just greed and not looking after fans.
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  14. gbrandon

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    :lol:
     
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  15. tylerrcurtis

    tylerrcurtis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Vernon Forest without a doubt he is so under the radar its nuts
     
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