More anticipated by the public? Leonard vs Hearns or Mayweather vs Pacquaio?

Boxing meant more to the general public and had a much higher profile than it does today.

 

Hearns/Leonard. Boxing was more popular in America back then and boxers got a lot of exposure on free TV, ABC, NBC and CBS.

 

Leonard-Hearns in America

Mayweather-Pac world wide.

 

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Leonard / Hearns - no question.

Everyone knew who they were back then. Ask 10 random people who the big matchup in WW is nowadays, and the majority won't even be able to name one of them, let alone both.

 

Pac and Mayweather are household names pretty much. Like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, maybe slightly less but not much.

 

im goin with this answer....

 

I dont know about that man...not in the households I know.

I think Money vs Pac will go alongside the biggest fights in history in terms of hype and revenue...maybe not quite on their level in terms of historical significance but I think you could mention them in the same sentence without a doubt.

 

These two going at is going to be huge..You can compare this to the biggest hyped, marketed fight in history and that itself is an acclompishment of its own

 

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Thomas Hearns Vs. Ray Leonard I

 

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I watched the Hagler - Hearns - Leonard generation with my mum and dad when I was 10-11 yrs old. I don't see too many families settling down in front of free-to-air TV nowadays watching boxing. Boxing was huge back in the 80's.