Is Floyd Now a Bigger Draw Than Oscar Was?

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the standard. Oscar was only the beginning, Broner will dominate PPV for the next decade.

Too Slick. Too Black. :smoke

 

I grew up watching Roy, and was pissed that Roy was #2 P4P under Oscar for a stretch.. Prime Oscar was a huge name, everyone knew of him and liked him..

Mayweather is also a huge name, and P4P the best fighter, people know him, some love him, many hate him. I guess it is smart business wise for Floyd. Sometimes I wonder if he is really the ***** he portrays at times.

 

Switch positions:
What numbers would Oscar do if he was the younger fighter, being given a shot by Floyd, who was about to leave the sport?

And...

What if Oscar had the level of modern advertising that Floyd had?

It was BECAUSE of Oscar that Floyd is making the figures he is today. Floyd at this point has definitely surpassed Oscar.

Floyd was making $8m against Samba Mitchell. That's quite a big figure.


Oscar De La Hoya

1. Rafael Ruelas (5/95) 330,000 buys = $9.9 million
2. Genaro Hernandez (9/95) 220,000 buys = $6.6 million
3. Miguel Angel Gonzalez (1/97) 345,000 buys = $12.1 million
4. Pernell Whitaker (4/97) 720,000 buys = $28.8 million
5. Hector Camacho (9/97) 560,000 buys = $22.4 million
6. Wilfredo Rivera (12/97) 240,000 buys = $9.6 million
7. Julio Cesar Chavez II ( 9/90) 525,000 buys = $23.6 million
8. Ike Quartey ( 2/99) 570,000 buys =$25.7 million
9. Felix Trinidad (9/99) 1.4 million buys = $71.4 million
10. Shane Mosley (6/00) 590,000 buys = $29.5 million
11. Javier Castillejo (6/01) 400,000 buys = $16.0 million
12. Fernando Vargas (9/02) 935,000 buys = $47.8 million
13. Yory Boy Campas (5/03) 350,000 buys = $17.5 million
14. Shane Mosley II (9/03) 950,000 buys = $48.4 million
15. Felix Sturm (6/04) 380,000 buys = $19.0 million
16. Bernard Hopkins (9/04) 1 million buys = $56.0 million
17. Ricardo Mayorga (5/06) 935,000 buys = $46.3 million

Total PPV buys: 10,430,000
Average PPV buys: 614,706
Total Revenue: $490.6 million
Average Revenue: $28.9 million


Floyd Mayweather Jr.

1. Arturo Gatti (6/05) 369,000 buys = $16.6 million
2. Zab Judah (4/06) 378,000 buys = $17.0 million
3. Carlos Baldomir (11/06) 325,000 buys = $16.2 million

Total PPV buys: 1,072,000
Average PPV buys: 357,333
Total Revenue: $49.8 million
Average Revenue: $16.6 million


Purse split:

Oscar De La Hoya: $52 million

Floyd Mayweather Jr.: $25 million

Equivalent of 67-33 split in favor of Oscar De La Hoya.

 

Floyd is a huge draw but he is only 1 of 2 today.

By draw I assume it's a combination of
'Rating power, casual fan recongizition and mainstream media attention
Oscar still had a massive amount of mainstream attention even during the 90's.. Remember Floyd is the big dog villain of this era.
but there was a much bigger dog villain from the last era name Mike Tyson.
How would Floyd's little gimmicks play out next to the true rage and mental turmoil that was Tyson?



So the bottom line is this:

In terms of mainstream attention and casual fans+rating power Floyd is now at LEAST EQUAL to Oscar if not slightly bigger.. BUT there should be an asterisk because Floyd have no competition outside of Pacquaio when Oscar had at least a half dozen other stars to compete with.

Not to mention Floyd and Pacquio are actually one entity.. It's true. They literally live off each other. sucking each other's teats tricking the general public together.



i am 100% certain every other night Pacquaio and Floyd both get down on their knees and thank Allah for having each other. For without one.. the other's wealth gets cut in half if not more.

Oscar didn't have his Pacquaio or his Floyd