darkstar81 wrote:
I don't buy that Conor deserves parity on the back of a couple of 1m+ PPV buys and being currently popular, also bear in mind the UFC tends to put on stacked cards. Mayweather is a bigger draw than Mcgregor, despite what Dana White thinks, and that is to a large part due to his longevity.
I'm not disagreeing. I'm saying networks and providers don't buy into sweat equity. McGregor is the IT person right now. He'd get a bigger payday against Floyd than anyone else in boxing with maybe a couple highest level exceptions no matter how hard someone else may have been working over the years. Don't deny the current power McGregor holds, it's pretty substantial.
I'm not downplaying McGregor's pull.. but to your comment, could Mayweather get a bigger payday against Pacquiao/Canelo/Golovkin? Possibly and those fighters deserve that payday more than McGregor. I don't deny this fight would make business sense for promoters/networks/the fighters etc, I just don't think it should happen but if it does Mayweather should get the bigger split.
You left the rest of my statement unbolded but it's probably the most important part: a couple highest level exceptions.
I'd have no qualms with Floyd receiving the lions share in a boxing match just like I would expect Conor to get the lions share in an mma match. PPV is all about now though, which is why Conor can make a strong case. He's probably the strongest ACTIVE PPV draw in the world across any sport.
I noticed Evander is throwing his name in to fight Conor. Mac would get the lions share of that purse for just this reason.
darkstar81 wrote:Did you mean Mayweather would get a bigger payday against Conor than anyone in boxing with a few exceptions? Agreed.
Do you think Floyd will agree to a 60-40 split as he did with Pacquiao?
My original point is that Conor would make more against Floyd then anyone in boxing would make against Floyd with a few exceptions. The same would be true with Floyd; a fight with Conor would earn him more than a fight against anyone in boxing with a few exceptions.
No, and I think the fight has a zero percent chance of happening.
punchoutsb wrote:
That's not how pop culture works and pop culture is what drives PPV sales; not hard work.
I don't buy that Conor deserves parity on the back of a couple of 1m+ PPV buys and being currently popular, also bear in mind the UFC tends to put on stacked cards. Mayweather is a bigger draw than Mcgregor, despite what Dana White thinks, and that is to a large part due to his longevity.
I'm not so sure that Floyd is the bigger PPV star currently. And current is all that counts. You put Conor up against Joe Shmo and I'll bet he sells more PPVs than Floyd did against Berto .
