This Weekend Fights: No Buzz...

I'm excited for it. Co worker and I have talked a lot about it and are both watching 40 days.

LOL, no one watches boxing man. Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Golf, Tennis and MMA are the popular sports in America. THERE ya go boss. Pretty much the long and short of it. The reality is, it's all subjective. If you ask a bunch of Americans or Wilder fans, that spend a measure of time criticizing or being cynical on a forum, about something that has to do with the UK or Joshua, I'm not expecting a very positive response. It's basically an invitation for a variety of backhanded digs and propoganda. If you participate on this forum, or know who Deontay Wilder is, you're friggin following this fight in some way, shape, or form. Now if "Buzz" = money and all things money, I don't know, but again...subjective. You're totally right, nobody really watches boxing though. For those Americans that do, the majority are anti-Anthony Joshua. That camp is trying to grow his notoriety in the US...exposure. Would a different undercard makeup have helped for this fight ? Most likely, but it's the undercard, n people don't generally go for the undercards. Would the original opponent NOT getting popped for 3 banned substances have helped ? Sure. Would an Anthony Joshua fight with Euros on the undercard have more "buzz" in the UK ? Ummm. :bigeyes: LOL. Defeats the whole purpose of what they're trying to do, doesn't it ? Who knows, it probably won't be as successful as they hoped. Rarely is. Buzz for a fight featuring a UK star, an opponent that probably won't do too much, and an undercard that the general public is clueless about, will be about what you'd expect. I think the original question was, "Are you looking forward to it?" Uh. It's boxing right ? I like 4 fights this weekend. Last weekend it was 7. UK, USA, Thailand, Mexico, China, Canada, Latvia, Australia, South Africa, Philippines... I'll be checking the live feeds like every week. Personally, I don't have one friend that I can talk to about the sport of boxing. NFL ?...heck yeah. MLB ?...sure. NBA ?...pretty much. But boxing ? Pffft. Nobody follows boxing...really follows, anyway.

Bold 1: Definitely. What big names can they get? Did Hearn even get Russell? Bold 2: Excuse my ignorance but what's this push to make Joshua a star in the US? I thought he was already the greatest in the UK. I don't follow Joshua or Wilder. I don't get it. Neither is close to amazing, skill wise. Not sure Eddie Hearn's wild imaginations would materialize for Joshua. We know what the push is for don't we? A small percentage of fans in the US is worth more money than a big percentage of the UK. There's a huge population difference. And the future Wilder fight could be a major event that draws fans and casuals in as well as people who wouldn't usually pay attention. But any other fight is going to be 'meh'. Boxing fans will watch, casuals might be aware of it, general public won't know it's happening.

Estrada v Rungvisai? How many watched that in the US? It wouldn't have been constructed a PPV fight would it? And do you think the average casual fan was talking about it in the build up? I'm not saying Americans are that nationalistic, though you'd have to agree that a US fighter would boost ratings? I think we're ignoring that the interest just isn't there generally. I don't blame Wilder for his poor TV numbers last week - I blame lack of interest in boxing. And by the same token, I'm not using it as a stick to beat Joshua with. DAZN doesn't release numbers but the first fight did well on HBO I wouldn't call 900k on showtime a poor ratings going against NBA playoffs in a fight that was over in less then a round

Estrada v Rungvisai? How many watched that in the US? It wouldn't have been constructed a PPV fight would it? And do you think the average casual fan was talking about it in the build up? I'm not saying Americans are that nationalistic, though you'd have to agree that a US fighter would boost ratings? I think we're ignoring that the interest just isn't there generally. I don't blame Wilder for his poor TV numbers last week - I blame lack of interest in boxing. And by the same token, I'm not using it as a stick to beat Joshua with. Bold 1: Definitely. What big names can they get? Did Hearn even get Russell? Bold 2: Excuse my ignorance but what's this push to make Joshua a star in the US? I thought he was already the greatest in the UK. I don't follow Joshua or Wilder. I don't get it. Neither is close to amazing, skill wise. Not sure Eddie Hearn's wild imaginations would materialize for Joshua.

Yea not even close to sold out. Look at Ticketmaster. Plenty of row 2 seats for sale lmao Quit lessening to Eddie. Hez done far better than wilders last fight so far with much higher prize. Go deal with that first.

Estrada-Rungvisai and Hurd-Williams. I'd say most American fans are far from nationalistic when it comes to boxing and will watch all competitive fights. This card is basically showcasing UK talent to a cynical American DAZN audience. I don't think that's what the fans were expecting. Estrada v Rungvisai? How many watched that in the US? It wouldn't have been constructed a PPV fight would it? And do you think the average casual fan was talking about it in the build up? I'm not saying Americans are that nationalistic, though you'd have to agree that a US fighter would boost ratings? I think we're ignoring that the interest just isn't there generally. I don't blame Wilder for his poor TV numbers last week - I blame lack of interest in boxing. And by the same token, I'm not using it as a stick to beat Joshua with.

Joshua Buatsi is on the card, right? I think it's against TBA, but whatever. I definitely want to watch him fight Not sure. The UK fans will know it.

Joshua Buatsi is on the card, right? I think it's against TBA, but whatever. I definitely want to watch him fight

Only fight i am liking in June is Charlo-Harrison. I was just thinking about this and looking up the schedule. Agreed, only one interested in is Charlo-Harrison and the ShoBox card. hell, even up until July 20 not really looking forward to any specific cards outside those.

For sure. It seems like every week there are at least 5 fights that are meaningful or interesting for me. Last week there were 7. 4 this Week --- Joshua/Ruiz Smith/N'Dam Algieri/Coyle Kelly/Robinson Centeno jr/Monroe jr - - not really Now I look, June doesn't look as good as May. For one reason or another, I find interest in up and comers, past contenders, former titlists. I'm not Mr Critical like, "He, Him, and It are all bums and they don't match up to my flavor flave." If they're top 20-30 in weight class, it's prob cool to follow.. And anybody can be upset, at anytime. Only fight i am liking in June is Charlo-Harrison.

^^^ NBA finals game is Sunday, not saturday. NHL is saturday night but the demo who watches boxing AND NHL is probably very small lol. I get your point, not any buzz around me, but its my last fight on the DAZN month so I plan to be back home to catch the main event. If they had this fight on at a bar, I'd go for that. No other fight interests me on the card Fair enough. Only one fight interests me as well.

buzz for teh pbc fan= last minute race baiting and/or threats of murder I honestly have zero idea what this means. Please enlighten me.

It doesn't feel like many Americans are into it. I'm sure it would've been better staged in the UK, with some of their top fighters headlining the card and all. Are you looking forward to it? No. i don't care for mismatches. Never cared for Wilder-Breazeale either. i am happy with what Jim Gray said post fight.

buzz for teh pbc fan= last minute race baiting and/or threats of murder

^^^ NBA finals game is Sunday, not saturday. NHL is saturday night but the demo who watches boxing AND NHL is probably very small lol. I get your point, not any buzz around me, but its my last fight on the DAZN month so I plan to be back home to catch the main event. If they had this fight on at a bar, I'd go for that. No other fight interests me on the card

NBA Finals my dude. Golden State in 6 :boxing: I read many UK fans saying other sports shouldn't be an excuse for PBC fights. I think it's a big factor, like their soccer games is affecting this fight in the UK. DAZN UK would be a better name for this company!

NBA Finals my dude. Golden State in 6 :boxing:

good to know thanks alot for the information. how do you see this fight going? Ruiz gives Joshua problems for a few rounds then aj takes over and stops him on cuts in the 9th. No kds

Undercards never really help sell fights to the casuals. Look at any event. Most of the undercards are a ton of empty seats. People come in and tune in for the main event. If someone was fairly popular in America, they generally wouldn't be on an undercard anyways. Co-main at worst. I kinda agree, but not when the 3 or 4-fight main card has a tight, well matched fighters. The only competitive fight here is the Katie Taylor.