Do you know who Deontay Wilder is?

More people gonna know him sat nite when he khtfo tyson

How does Vegas equate to PPV buys? I get it brings in money for the city with the casinos and they put on CCTV broadcasts in theaters but compared to a stadium that can hold almost 100k, I don’t see it. That’s just from the fight night gate side too. When it comes to PPV buys, who cares all that much where the fight happens? If the fighters are known and the fight is properly marketed, people should be buying it regardless of venue. These fights ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. If the prices were lowered, people would spend the money to buy them. Get the prices down to 35-40 and they’ll sell 4 times as many plus build the boxer’s profile. THEN build up a mega fight and charge the normal rate. Would they sell more? I'll be buying the fight and haven't even looked to see what it costs. Your average bloke who doesn't follow boxing won't even know Wilder Fury is on, let alone buy it.

I think this will make much more PPV's in UK than in US. People in US don't give a F*** about boxing anymore. That's because boxing isn't the only mainstream combat sport around anymore. That an HW really lost its luster compared to its Zenith in the 90's.

and the other 20% told me to **** off. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Imma be real, i first found out about him because of the Charlie Z video LOL. I haven't really been interested in the HW since Vitali retired .

How does Vegas equate to PPV buys? I get it brings in money for the city with the casinos and they put on CCTV broadcasts in theaters but compared to a stadium that can hold almost 100k, I don’t see it. That’s just from the fight night gate side too. When it comes to PPV buys, who cares all that much where the fight happens? If the fighters are known and the fight is properly marketed, people should be buying it regardless of venue. These fights ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. If the prices were lowered, people would spend the money to buy them. Get the prices down to 35-40 and they’ll sell 4 times as many plus build the boxer’s profile. THEN build up a mega fight and charge the normal rate. Simply put the casinos in Vegas put up more money to host big fights than live gates can provide. PPV sales will be what they are.

So aside from being a racist scumbag you're an idiot too? Earnings wise, Vegas is still top dog. How does Vegas equate to PPV buys? I get it brings in money for the city with the casinos and they put on CCTV broadcasts in theaters but compared to a stadium that can hold almost 100k, I don’t see it. That’s just from the fight night gate side too. When it comes to PPV buys, who cares all that much where the fight happens? If the fighters are known and the fight is properly marketed, people should be buying it regardless of venue. These fights ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. If the prices were lowered, people would spend the money to buy them. Get the prices down to 35-40 and they’ll sell 4 times as many plus build the boxer’s profile. THEN build up a mega fight and charge the normal rate.

I asked the same of AJ here in Cali and nobody knew who AJ was, they thought I was talking about AJ Styles the WWE wrestler.

Weird, when I stood on my Brooklyn stoop and asked walkers but if they knew who Wilder was, 80% of them ignored me and kept walking, and the other 20% told me to **** off. Interesting section of NY you live in. Lmao. ***** I love New York

Or how about you stop being an AJ/Matchroom/Sky nuthugger for once in your life and appreciate both networks? IMO BT Sport for the Fury-Wilder fight has appealed to boxing fans, Sky Sports appeals more to football casuals who have a passing interest in the sport. Both are a good thing. I never understood Network/promoter groupies. I (begrudgingly) subscribe to each platform over here, and I hate that they don't fight each other. When HBO folded I was happy that it was going to just be Showtime and ESPN. Now with DAZN we still have 3 platforms, but even more groupies.

I get you but that wasn't the point. If Wilder did that in the UK with Fury, he wouldn't hear that many no's. Fury is very well known here and known by non boxing fans... not for the best of reasons I should add. I kid I would bet wilder is more popular in England than here. boxing is alive and well on Europe, especially England where your promoter is helping expand the US's. I'm grateful, why there's people not on board i don't get, but and thats beside the point.i apologize that America doesn't help Maintain and promote boxing on a global scale. I don't understand, America just doesn't like boxing like it use to.

I think this will make much more PPV's in UK than in US. People in US don't give a F*** about boxing anymore.

And people say the joshua fight has to happen stateside. If it happens stateside joshua ends up with his lowest earnings for years So aside from being a racist scumbag you're an idiot too? Earnings wise, Vegas is still top dog.

I watched a video earlier with Fury asking this question and out of 21 people, only two people knew who he was. I remember Hearn asking the same question a few months ago when he was in America so I wanted to test it out. I live in Brooklyn, New York (Bedstuy) and I sat on my stoop and asked about 8 people who walked by who Wilder was. Only 1 of them knew him. I'm a huge fan of Wilder and I want him to win Saturday but that is not good. Yeah, Wilder is the guy team Joshua doesn't want to fight.

and then after fury walked off they say " who the he'll was that guy?" I get you but that wasn't the point. If Wilder did that in the UK with Fury, he wouldn't hear that many no's. Fury is very well known here and known by non boxing fans... not for the best of reasons I should add.

And people say the joshua fight has to happen stateside. If it happens stateside joshua ends up with his lowest earnings for years This honestly might be true

I think as others have mentioned it is just the state of boxing as a whole here. I think all the bad decisions, the costs, the lousy fights have just made people lose interest. Especially in comparison to the other sports. I did ask a few random people at a work conference in Manhattan if they would be watching the fight. Majority of them didn't even know it was happening. So maybe the advertising has been **** around the build up.

and then after fury walked off they say " who the he'll was that guy?"... boxing isn't that popular here which sucks. wish guys could get more exposure here. could you imagine if the US was able to do numbers like European nations? But sadly we can't do our part. fights on network tv only a couple million. continue keeping boxing alive and well there Europe. I appreciate you

Does the average man outside of England know anything about heavyweight boxing nowadays? The interest in England (where I migrated from) is on another level. Here in Australia no-one I know could name a current heavyweight beyond possibly AJ. It's a dead sport. But my Facebook feed will be full of boxing talk from my English mates. Not sure how the non English heavyweights think they have any commercial sway at the moment.

I walked around my super caucasian neighborhood yesterday and had 6 people ask me if I knew who Deontay Wilder was. It was weird.