Biased ESPN does not include Floyd but Manny in top 100 most famous athletes list.

[MrRolltide91]

If it was active, michael jordan would be on there

[MrRolltide91]

It makes sense in terms of popularity. Manny is a boxing icon known and loved around the world. Mayweather is not exactly an ambassador to the sport, and never fought outside of the U.S.

So rousey and mcgregor are more well known than manny

[Death_Adder]

Wonder how much Arum paid them?

In the METHODOLOGY link they have:

Retired athletes are not included. Therefore, popular stars such as Tony Romo (No. 70 in 2016) and Floyd Mayweather (No. 26 in 2016) are absent. We have also excluded amateur athletes -- Deshaun Watson, Lonzo Ball and Katie Ledecky, for example -- due to lack of salary and endorsements.

[soul_survivor]

Floyd just gets cucked lol

[GhostofDempsey]

So rousey and mcgregor are more well known than manny

Froma mainstream point of view yes. This is ESPN we are talking about. Boxing is a small bubble in the grand scheme of things.

[GGG Gloveking]

So rousey and mcgregor are more well known than manny

A lot of its based on internet searches. People wanted to Google and find out who these people are wanting to fight Floyd

[boxinggod101]

Lol @Arum paying to put Manny and not Floyd there. U really have to be dumb as **** to believe that.

[Teetotaler]

Lol well no ****. Manny is the peoples champ and froid played the villian and didnt exactly have exciting fights. Most of Floyds fans are the dummygraphic

[Xi_]

I guarantee you they're not including active fighters......Pacquiao isnt as popular as floyd.....not even close.

[Dean_Razorback]

maybe because floyd is retired? i don't know, is every athlete on that list active?