Adrien Broner could be the only future PPV star to replace Mayweather and Pacquiao

By Scott Gilfoid: Boxing could be in really sad shape when Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao eventually retire in the near future. There’s really no one to take their place except for the talented Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KO’s), and he’s not enough to carry the entire sport on his back for the next 10 years. There’s got to beat least two other top talents that can attract fans in droves to PPV fights.

The boxing promoters are going to have to do a better job of promoting their talented fighters so that they can build up a fan base for future PPV fighters. It’s not enough to just have a talented fighter. You’ve got to market the fight and teach him how to speak and act with media. It’s almost like acting. The promoters got to train their best fighters how to hype themselves and their fights, because that’s a huge part in a fighter building a huge worldwide audience.

Of the current crop fighters in boxing I only see a tiny handful that has the potential to be big PPV stars in the near future:

Adrien Broner
Andre Dirrell
Anthony Dirrell
Andre Ward
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Keith Thurman
Saul Alvarez

That’s basically it. There isn’t anyone else that has the talent and the personality that can take them to the next level to become a PPV star. The guys that are closest to getting to that level right now is Chavez Jr. and Alvarez due to their fans in the Mexican community. But the Dirrell brothers, Ward and Thurman can definitely get to the top level as well if they fight often enough and learn some self promoting techniques from Mayweather. I don’t see Alvarez or Chavez Jr. ever being really huge PPV stars because they’re so badly flawed. These are a couple of slow plodders to be honest, and both of their careers could tank as soon as they can no longer make weight for their divisions. Chavez Jr. will be nothing at 168, and little 5’9″ Alvarez will struggle badly at 160.

They can’t be shy and expect to become big PPV stars because that doesn’t fly in the U.S. You’ve got to be confident like Mayweather, Thurman and Broner.