From all the streaming services, various networks (BT Sport, Sky, PBC, DAZN...) that only cause confusion, the multitude of belts, the lack of title fights a year, the awful promotions with no heat or rivalry, the almost decade long wait for top contenders to fight...mainstream audiences just don't follow anything beyond a popular HW title.
Seriously, my kids know all about fighters before their time from playing Fight Night Champion and then watching their amazing fights on YouTube for free. They couldn't even tell you who the current HW champion is let alone who Spence and Crawford are.
They probably saw AJ go life and death with Franklin and get his face busted up for 6 rounds by that bum Helenius and had second thoughts
Saudi are in the business of bringing the best fights there with winners fighting winners
This is true. People still think Arabs live in tents in some remote desert.
I think the problem here is that he landed one punch...if it was in fact legal. Very few have sympathy for the simple fact that he didnt win a round....and then took the knee stoppage. If he was able to say he fought his heart out...and took it to his shield...people might listen a little harder. Fact is...nobody believes he should have won that fight except for one lucky controversial punch.
This. Facts.