Klitchko Fans Need To Come To Terms With Reality

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maybe wladimir should fight the big show on wwe

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Who cares if people in America want to watch them though?
Wlads last fight had a 61,000 live attendance and was watched in Germany by 13 million people.
His fight with Chambers will draw 50,000 live attendance and will get around 13 million viewers again.
Vitalis fight with Lennox Lewis was watched by a live audience of 5 million people DESPITE it being 5am in Germany.
They make huge amounts of cash,have massive viewing figures from Ukraine/Russia and Germany combined and get bigger live gates than ANY American fighter around.
The fact that Vitali can fight a guy no one has heard of (Kevin Johnson) In a foreign country (Switzerland) and sell out 17,000 tickets before they go on general sale is incredible no matter what anyone says.

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enough said...
It is a shame really 'cause in enjoy their fights....

[Steelhammer2011]

The Klitschko's don't need America. The real reason why they don't hit it off with your everyday Yank on the street is because;

A. They're not American.

B. They're not black.

True Story.

Chunk speaks the truth!

Green K sent.

[Steelhammer2011]

The dumbass thread starter is still upset and bitter about his mexican/american hero Arreola getting destroyed by Vitali.

[βetamax]

It probably has more to do with HBO detesting doing tape-delay fights, and the Klitschko's refusing to do their fights at 4am or whatever in order to facilitate a live feed for American TV. They do enough with the gate and the German TV where they dont really need HBO at all. Must be nice........

That's a good point. Before I was thinking maybe it was more about numbers, and perhaps that is the case, but even if he does descent numbers the fact that the fight is taking place in Germany probably throws things for a loop for the reasons you mentioned since they don't really have control over the broadcast. If the fight was taking place in the US I think there's a MUCH greater chance that it would have been shown. Of course TV coverage is something that's negotiated from the beginning and there's no way they would he fight in the US without HBO being on board from the start but I guess in this case there's enough money in Germany where he doesn't really need to concern himself with HBO, it's more of an afterthought.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Look, as boxing fans, we should be upset that Klit/Chambers isn't going to be televised in America. But we all know the reason why it isn't: People don't want to watch the Klitchkos fight.

Its as simple as that. It has nothing to do with nationality. If that were the case, then why did Cotto/Pacquiao, 2 NON Americans who speak more BROKEN English than the Klitchkos, do over a million PPV buys? How has Pacquiao been a consistent PPV fighter?

It really doesn't even have to do with Boxing. Take Fedor Emelianenko. The guy is Russian. Americans cant tell Ukrainians and Russians apart so Nationality is not the issue, but the difference between Emelianenko and the Klitchkos is that Fedor delivers entertainment where as the Klitchkos don't. Pacquiao and Cotto deliver entertainment as the Klitchkos don't. Thus, networks are not interested in broadcasting their fights because the casual fans aren't interested in watching them. Here you have 2 fighters who are over 6'6 ft tall, massive and they fight like their opponents are made of herpes.

Now, this is where you reply with that same ol' cliche response..



Chad Dawson is a top 3 favorite fighter for me. I love watching dude fight. Very technical, patient, methodical. I appreciate the finesse and intellegence he brings to the ring. But the majority of the casual community doesnt. He couldn't draw flies to ****. A lot of hardcore fans feel the same way about the Klits as I feel about Dawson. But What you or I think or appreciate or find entertaining doesn't matter. Why? Because we are hardcore fans. We are to boxing to what hardcore hip hop fans are to underground Hip Hop. We keep it relevant, but we don't keep it prominent.

So can we stop with this, "if the Klitchko's were American, they would be super stars" bull****? Because they wouldn't.

Godamn 2501. This is an ATG post.

[Steelhammer2011]

Godamn 2501. This is an ATG post.

You're a xenophobic racist moron.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Vitali is screwed by association.

I bust out laughing when I read that....hahahaahaha

[Pirao]

I am a big fan of Wlad and Dawson actually and can see what you are saying here.....they have very little mainstream appeal but it has little to do with their styles, Floyd isn't action packed but is one of the biggest draws in boxing today.

The best thing Wlad could do to make himself more marketable is video tape himself earning the name Dr. Steelahmmer with Hayden and post it online as much as that would hurt Loccy.

The same with Bad Chad, they need to do and say outlandish things to garner maninstream attention look what it does for Hopkins who is notorious for being in snoozers.

And that is sad, shows the kind of society we have right now.

[ny123]

Chunk speaks the truth!

Green K sent.

you honestly dont think the lack of action in wlads last few fights arent the real reason american fans arent excited about watching wlad fight. come on man give me a ****ing break if wlad had been destroying his opponents with an exciting all action style it wouldnt make a difference where he was from. he is a good hw and his safety first style suits him but lets not act like if he was just of a different ethnic backround he would be loved by the fans thats a load of ****