Ward & Bradley -------------- Floyd & Broner

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  1. sgarcia805

    sgarcia805 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    L Ward & Bradley- Both GREAT Fighters, Ward is top 5 P4P, has almost cleaned out his division, former Gold Medalist. Bradley, very good fighter, was the MAN @140, has a very good resume, & without a doubt one of the top 140-147 pounders.

    Floyd & Broner- Obviouslly Floyd is P4P #1, biggest Boxing Star. Broner, love.him or hate him is super talented, but still has a ways to.go to beat elite fighters like Ward/Timbo have.

    You could argue they are ALL ELITE FIGHTERS, among the best in boxing. Broner is already a HUGE DRaw, & should be on PPV soon, most feel he is a budding Boxing star in the mold of Floyd. Ward/Bradley on the.either.hand, great fighters, but hardly draws. They all have the same fan base, Afro-Americans, Boxing fans.in General.

    My question is, why are fighters like Floyd/Broner big draws, Money Makers, while Ward & Bradley struggle in this aspect????; Floyd/Broner are loud,obnoxious, contreversial, hang out with rap stars, in trouble with the law. While Bradley/Ward are family men, conservitive.types. You would NEVER see Ward/Timbo assault there wives, Bite a Guard, Eat a stripper out on camera, come out rapping lol So is it just the controversy that sells???
     
  2. thawk888

    thawk888 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. TheJuggernaut

    TheJuggernaut Hitchslap Full Member

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    Because people love to watch other people act like monkeys. Its why every idiot on reality tv is famous (jersey shore, all those of love shows, love & hip hop, basketball wives). People arent following them because of their boxing ability, they're following them because the act like chimps with an unlimited supply of bananas and a camera

    :conf
     
  4. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    Floyd is a big draw through a combination of skill and marketing

    Broner is a big draw through is association with Floyd
     
  5. Sweet-D-Willy

    Sweet-D-Willy Tha Realest Full Member

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    oh another thread where we compare african american fighters personalities to one another..

    off #TeamSlicks nuts...
     
  6. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    As for Bradley, he has an ugly style imo and no personality

    None of that = sales

    There's no market for him to exploit

    Don't get me wrong though had he beaten Pacquiao as per the TR plan it would have catapulted him into stardom

    Instead it just made him a scapegoat
     
  7. janeschicken

    janeschicken hard work! deadicayshin! Full Member

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    95 per cent marketing and 5 per cent skills. The vast majority of casual, fly-by-night fan doesn't give a sweet phuck about Floyd's skills and sign up purely to see some controversy/get his face caved in.
     
  8. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    Cmon man your being stupid with your constant Floyd hate it's too much

    Floyds skills and his undefeated resume is part of his marketability, take away that and he wouldnt be half the draw he is

    He's a **** trash talker and most casuals don't find him exciting in the ring
     
  9. Pimp C

    Pimp C AHHH HA

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    Because being good an black isn't good enough.:deal You have to sell yourself and PBF and Broner do a much better job of that than do Bradley and Ward. Another example is Russell Jr. he might be better than Broner but he doesn't sell himself like Broner does and is largely irrelevant because of it.
     
  10. Slickstar

    Slickstar Crisp This Full Member

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    It's simple. People are stupidly hypocritical. People who ride a high horse and shun bad behavior enjoy it deep down. Why else would they devote so much time, energy, and attention to it?

    What people say means little, watch what they do. You can simply do a search for the posts of the two 'haters' in this thread (jugger and janes), and you'll see them spend more time on Floyd than any other boxer.
     
  11. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Ward and Bradley to me are more blue collar-type where they let their fists do the talking. They just,simply gotta have something that would attract non-boxing fans to them. They each have a story to tell and background they just need folks to relate to them. Or dislike them. But mainly a reason to pay $50+ to watch them. Bradley took a huge risk recently, but he gave fans and non fans a reason to watch him next time.
     
  12. Pound4PoundG

    Pound4PoundG Guest

    Ill tell you exactly what it is. Theres a saying its 'Love me or hate me im on your mind' With people like floyd you either love him or hate him theres no middle ground. Either way you buy his ppv because you either want to see him win or lose.
     
  13. HeavyPuncha

    HeavyPuncha Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Agree :good
     
  14. Pound4PoundG

    Pound4PoundG Guest

    That sounds pretty racist to me and its not cool to be racist incase you think were still living in the 50s
     
  15. TheJuggernaut

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    If it sounds racist its because YOU equated the word black with ******