Positives and negatives for Floyd fighting GGG

positive: challenging himself in fighting a legit opponent.
negative: due to weight discrepancy, floyd being the a-side will drain and control ggg rehydration and floyd will just be fleet footed avoiding engagement and outbox the slower ggg hence no action but just showcase of dancing skills and then collect money from the bank afterwards so it's just a con. they will say he schooled him and make him tbe which further damages the sport with another non-action record fight of the century.lol

 

Frankly, Floyd already is already considered amongst the greats. Maybe you don't want to recognize it, but he is. A win against Golovkin though at 160, puts Floyd at an even higher stratosphere. You can say that you would personally give credit to Floyd if he fought him at 154, but I've heard that song and dance before. I can't say what any individual would think, but I have a pretty good idea what the general opinion would be if Mayweather beat Golovkin at 154. I just don't think that's a worthwhile proposition for Mayweather. Fighting him at 160 though is a different story.

 

There are a few things wrong with your post.

First, you are British - while that is not wrong in of itself your sample demographic is not slightly representative of the US PPV market that mostly determines Floyds opponents. It is also pretty obvious why you might think Hatton is a huge deal, and why the coworkers in your area... surprise... know who Khan , Brook, and the people they have fought, talked about fighting, and the rivals in their division are.

Second - to the thread and forum in general:

I still see a lot of people talk about "casual" and "casuals don't know who X is"

I hate to break this to people, but "casuals" who are not ethnically bound (see Canelo/Cotto PPV boosts) do not exist in the United States, not in any significant PPV buying numbers, not like they did until the 90's.

It is pretty apparent at this point that boxing as a whole has a fairly static viewership and PPV pool. The closest thing to a casual fan that buys PPV (caveat: Floyd, and smaller degree Manny - will get to that in a bit) is the MMA "fight fan" who buys MMA PPV and might buy a boxing PPV in the rare instance it catches their interest.

With the exception of Floyd Mayweather, and Manny (fighters of the last generation at this point) there are no household names. Period. (With possible exception of Wlad, being HW champ but he doesn't do US PPV)

Boxing used to have a "crossover fanbase" of mainstream appeal. Where there was a clear line you could cross to become a household name and actual superstar. We saw what happened when the 2 remaining household names in the sport fought, and also had a huge marketing campaign.

We have also seen what happens when you have an ethnic boost to PPV.

But any other PPV fight just brings the boxing and fight fans. Even Manny versus a generic opponent. The fight does 3-500k, period, and Floyd does a bit but not a lot more.

So unless there is a case (there isn't) that Floyd fighting "X-insert name here, GGG in this thread) would somehow have less appeal to the actual fight fans than Maidana, or Khan, or Guererro, or whatnot... saying "X-insert name here" is not a "big enough draw" is complete and total BS.

Unless the opponent is another genuine household name, or has a large ethnic contingent (unless you are fighting Floyd, Manny, Canelo or to a smaller degree Cotto - pretty much moot here because Canelo and Cotto are off the table for various business reasons - and Floyd isn't going to fight himself Fight Club style, though id probably pay to see it) there exists zero argument to be made that GGG is not a big enough name.

If you fight on HBO 3-4 times a year, and get tons of fight press, you are as known to any US fan as much as anyone else aside from Floyd or Manny. Sales of the fight will be entirely determined by how hyped up actual fight fans get for the fight (willingness to spend $$ on the fight) , and, to a much lesser degree, how well the fight can be "sold" in previews, TV ads, and sports show media spots to the same group of casuals that actually bought Floyd-Manny.

People who don't think that getting KO's more often than anyone on Boxings flagship network, getting talked about constantly by said network, and getting heaps of fight press year round don't make you as known as any current-gen fighter have left their senses and business sensibilities back in the 90's. Seriously, how is it even possible in this day and age to get higher general sports awareness outside of KOing Floyd himself? It isn't.

Get with the times peoples. Floyds next prospective fight is Khan. If you think anyone in the US outside of actual fight fans have any idea or care who Amir Khan is, I have a paypal address you can send me money - and I will give you double back. Promise. :roll:

(note: no, I actually don't - oddly enough I do feel compelled to state clearly that I don't have a paypal you can send money too, and wouldn't send you any back if you did. Just saying.)

 

Positive: He'll make even more money

Negative: Dead men can't spend money