Joshua's popularity seems to have gone up a lot.

Oh come on, I like Wilder a lot but he hasn't fought anyone. And yes Klitchko has lost a step but he's still legit. Yes, but he's trying to fight bodies and they aren't responding.

How did Joshua step up??? Fighting 41 y/o coming off a LOSS and year layoff ain't stepping up.:bottle: Let's see AJ step to Wilder. Oh come on, I like Wilder a lot but he hasn't fought anyone. And yes Klitchko has lost a step but he's still legit.

He's going to put Joshua on his back...or face. Don't be upset.. You'll become a fan of him when he beats chicken legs.

:boxing::boxing: He has yet to breathe Wilder's name. This all comes from when Hearn said Wilder wasnt get promoted correctly, and one of the PBC lot fired back at him, had a bit of a row. Wilder aint getting a free ride off Joshuas back

Good. More fans, more tears when Wilder decimates him.

this guy is the bruce lee of nutthugging.:lol1::lol1::lol1: i just stated the obvious. You're just butt hurt that no1 cares about your boy friend wilder. You live on this site lol defending him even though no1 cares about him. Uk is running the show and it hurts you inside lol

While he’s massive in the UK.. He’s still very much only a UK star. Canelo is a Mexican star but because Mexico has a population that dwarfs UK, right now Canelo is known by more people and that’s because even if everyone in the UK knows AJ.. the UKs population is the same as just one state in America.. Its tiny in the grand scheme of things. He’s big in Europe and Dubai and is slowly branching out to the US, he’s appearing on ads there now. Because he’s a heavyweight that speaks the part, looks the part and KO everybody.. its only time before he becomes worldwide superstar. He went from 800k twitter followers to 1.1 million just after the fight with Vlad.. He’s surpassed Canelo in terms of followers in just one day.

Well in the US it's pretty much on its last legs. Not sure what you mean. By nearly every conceivable metric boxing is at its best place in the States in 20 years

I like using Google Trends to come up with a view of a fighter's popularity. Take a look: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2015-04-10%202017-05-10&q=%2Fm%2F065z6wp,%2Fm%2F0h7p34w,%2Fm%2F07rsdm,%2Fm%2F05wnz0 trends.embed.renderExploreWidget("TIMESERIES", {"comparisonItem":,"category":0,"property":""}, {"exploreQuery":"date=2015-04-10%202017-05-10&q=%2Fm%2F065z6wp,%2Fm%2F0h7p34w,%2Fm%2F07rsdm,%2Fm%2F05wnz0","guestPath":"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/"});

Stepping up will do that. If Wilder steps up I suspect the same would happen.

Fickle fat Yanks probably.

Yeah true, but a lot of money was put into sports in the run up to the Olympics that Im not sure would have been there if not for the Olympics The increased funding for the boxing scene came in 2004 following Khan's success. 2012 was not an indicator of anything. It's irrelevant to the point being made here.

Team GB had one Olympic entrant in 2004, a 17 year old kid who would go on to draw millions on national TV, headline in the US and draw celebrities to the sport like never before (not since Naz and Eubank anyway). That led to Team GBs continued success in 2008 where the team was better than the one in 2012. The London Olympics were successful but they did not kick start the UK amateur revolution and increase the visibility of the pro sport, it was 2004-05, Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton. Without those 2, I British boxing reaches the heights we have seen now. Yeah true, but a lot of money was put into sports in the run up to the Olympics that Im not sure would have been there if not for the Olympics

I think Hearn is one of the best at what he does, but he was also very lucky, a few things come together at the same time and he was in the right place to take advantage

The 2012 Olympics were a pretty big boost for all sports in the UK Team GB had one Olympic entrant in 2004, a 17 year old kid who would go on to draw millions on national TV, headline in the US and draw celebrities to the sport like never before (not since Naz and Eubank anyway). That led to Team GBs continued success in 2008 where the team was better than the one in 2012. The London Olympics were successful but they did not kick start the UK amateur revolution and increase the visibility of the pro sport, it was 2004-05, Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton. Without those 2, I British boxing reaches the heights we have seen now.

Yeah and to think just 13 years ago it was pretty quiet. The amateur circuit was dry, with Khan being the only Brit entrant in the Olympics but his win and subsequent popularity really changed things. People tend t oforget how important he was to the sceen in those early years. The 2012 Olympics were a pretty big boost for all sports in the UK

Yeh there more boxing clubs and young kids taking it up than I've ever known, its great to see.. Yeah and to think just 13 years ago it was pretty quiet. The amateur circuit was dry, with Khan being the only Brit entrant in the Olympics but his win and subsequent popularity really changed things. People tend t oforget how important he was to the sceen in those early years.

It's the general narrative in the US. "It's over, boxing's dead, blah blah blah" Well in the US it's pretty much on its last legs.

Who said boxing was dying in the UK? Yeh there more boxing clubs and young kids taking it up than I've ever known, its great to see..

Once he suffers his first loss watch those follower numbers plummet. That is the nature of boxing today. A fighter goes from hero to zero in one fight and vice-versa. We live in a disposable society.