If Wilder turns out to be the real deal. Is he more PPV than Broner/Canelo?

[Deathknight88]

He's a 6'7 heavyweight with a great personality and charming smile. If he becomes the real deal, can he become more marketable than Canelo Broner? Build him up for a Wlad show down. By real deal, I mean top 3 HW, not even top 10. But top 3.

I honestly think it won't matter, because the HW Scene has been left vacated in America for too long. You need at least a good half dozen young American fighters at HW to bring it back.

[Sammy2g3]

I doubt it.

[thuggery]

Nope.......

[Russian Crushin]

No he wont.

[gingerbreadman]

If by some miracle he were to become elite, then yes, of course he would be. The words "heavyweight champion of the world", when allied to a name that people recognise, have an immense, almost mystical power.

Wilder has all the right attributes to be marketable. Amazing KO record - tick. A stereotypically African-American name - tick (and before people scream, it's an undeniable fact that casual fans buy into names such as Deontay as 'legit' and 'badass', that's how marketing works). Olympic medal - tick. Affable personality - tick. Good-looking - tick. All the attributes.

Unfortunately for Wilder, and for the state of boxing, he doesn't have the talent and/or boxing brain to get himself in that position.

[oscar_angels091]

you answered your own question with the last part of your post...no

[Hougigo]

Even if he is the real deal, are there any heavyweights that'd even spark any remote interest in a PPV?
Haye will probably stay gone, the Klits are gone by then..... can't think of any.
By this I mean big names that'll get the public talking

[Hougigo]

Even if he is the real deal, are there any heavyweights that'd even spark any remote interest in a PPV?
Haye will probably stay gone, the Klits are gone by then..... can't think of any.
By this I mean big names that'll get the public talking

[Mr. Fantastic]

People are more concerned these days about a fighter's PPV than what he actually does in the ring. SMH!

[lazzerman]

If Price and/or Fury continue their rise then something could be in the long term pipeline. Many BIG ifs there though...