Comments Thread For: Boxing runs on a star economy - but can't define what makes a star

[madhive]

Boxing is dead in America. If you don't have commercials or never been on prime American TV (talk show, morning show, etc) and you are American. You are not a sports star. That means Gervonte, Crawford and the rest of PBC aren't stars. America has no boxing stars. Idk why Hearn didn't bring AJ to America. He would had been very famous in Hollywood.

Crawford had a sit down interview with Gayle King on CBS mornings. I don't how much more primetime you can get than that. It's nationally broadcasted.

[Poeticman7]

“Love him or hate him”….he’s just not that relevant in the grand scheme to waste either emotion on him. He is an above average heavyweight in nothing more than perhaps a decent era of the division. His popularity was in that he came along at a time when Britain was in dire need of a boxing star. When he’s gone he will be easily forgotten and never mentioned again

Dude. They still talk about Frank Bruno.
Trust me, Joshua isn't getting easily forgotten.

[Oldskoolg]

Dude. They still talk about Frank Bruno.
Trust me, Joshua isn't getting easily forgotten.

The difference is Bruno mixed it up with some of the best fighters in the second best era ever in boxing and took on the likes of Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and others. Do we not understand that?

[Willow The Wisp]

The difference is Bruno mixed it up with some of the best fighters in the second best era ever in boxing and took on the likes of Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and others. Do we not understand that?

Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and David Beckham are the three professional athletes from the United Kingdom who are widely known in the United States.
I'm very sure A.J., in spite of whatever shortcomings that prevented him from becoming the best of his era, will be long remembered. A movie about his life is likely on the way.

[TMLT87]

The difference is Bruno mixed it up with some of the best fighters in the second best era ever in boxing and took on the likes of Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and others. Do we not understand that?

Are we really giving him credit for basically EXISTING in a stronger era?

Worldwide is one thing, but if you think AJ will be forgotten domestically you're crazy. He was literally the biggest draw in British boxing history.

[Oldskoolg]

Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and David Beckham are the three professional athletes from the United Kingdom who are widely known in the United States.
I'm very sure A.J., in spite of whatever shortcomings that prevented him from becoming the best of his era, will be long remembered. A movie about his life is likely on the way.

Enjoy.