Why is the US still the pay day country?

[EliteSoldier]

ppv sucks, i don't buy ppv fights. Go to a bar or some **** thats showing it. Hell, some bars charge you extra cause there showing it. But I know quite a few places that show the ppv for free, legal or not. They don't give a ****.

[Brother Blues]

The short answer is...despite the fact that boxing is somewhat dying in the USA,it is still the world capital of boxing.Nothing anywhere compares to a 'LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE',from Las Vegas.

Yes the world has caught up to fighters from the USA,yes...most Americans don't care about boxing.There are no nationalistic interests in it for us...we simply have too many other diversions...baseball,basketball,football...Americ an style,tennis,golf...even hockey,which barely rates a blip is ahead of boxing.
Hell...even soccer might rate ahead of boxing,in terms of interest.

But...like it or not,if a fighter is to achieve true universal status,he must make it in America.
Hats off to Ricky Hatton for making the attempt...he will have achieved much more respect,even if he loses,than another fighter from nearby who has never had the stones.