Would you consider Pacquiao a true household name in the US now?

Of course he is, come on with this thread.

 

nope. its a shame he wont get there. his english is average and he belongs to the minority group. without floyd, hatton and oscar in his name, he will be just 300K to 500K PPV buy.

 

Not in my book he isn't. I ask people on the streets and everywhere I go all the time, and nobody has heard of him. Maybe it is just because boxing isn't so popular in Washington State.

 

Well they were losers if they didnt know who Pacquiao was, after all the mexican greats he beat. Beating DLH did make him even a bigger star though. Pac-PBF does 3 mil buys easy. biggest fight ever, money wise and most seen that is

 

So Hatton got all those 1.8 mil buys???? GET OUT OF HERE

 

I do my best to do so. It's strange, I even asked a good friend of mine who is a Phillapino body builder and ex MMA competitor if he knew who Pacman was, and he had no clue.

 

he just had his 1st taste of koooooolaide not to long ago.hes not that known in the usa.if he is its for the wrong reasons.hes not crossover, like by a few americans loved by the all the britts.

 

No, for the simple reason that boxing is no longer a mainstream sport in the U.S. It is an outsider sport that doesn't receive much mainstream media coverage. And, because we all have to pay for premium cable channels, and fifty bucks for PPV cards on top of that, it is becoming an elitist sport as well. Normal people who aren't maniacal boxing fans already won't pay that much money, and many of the ones who are die hard fans can't afford $100 a month in PPV cards anyway.

Pay per views are ****ing bull****, anyway. We don't have to pay $50 to watch the superbowl, Yankees-Red Sox, etc. Yet we're expected to pay it every time there is a half decent matchup, even when there is absolutely no guarantee that the fight will live up to expectations?

Pacquiao isn't any less exciting than some of the great fighters from past generations that you mentioned. But unfortunately, the situation is such that he'll never receive anything close to the level of popularity that Tyson, Leonard, etc. were able to attain. There IS no boxer that is a household name in the U.S. And that's likely the way it will be for quite a while.

 

Unfortunately not YET(or maybe ever).

I'm still hearing responses like "yeah, I heard that FIlipino guy won"!

BUt at least he is starting to get some type of mainstream recognition!

 

thats includes UK buddy

without hatton, pac will be doing 300K to 500K in the US ala morales and JMM