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Ever heard of Devon Alexander?Comment
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"Flame" me if you like, but most Americans view boxing similar to how Bob Arum has been rumored to view it; a place where our social rejects fight like trained dogs for our amusement. The shock value enjoys Jerry Springer-esque surges in popularity and earbiter remains the biggest name.
It just seems more like a traditional sport in Europe where their two biggest fighters are PhD holders, chess enthusiasts, philanthropists. The audience patiently applauds at a nice combination or parry-counter. It's tennis.
On a much milder level you could once see the same thing in MMA where the UFC has always had its once blatant/now subtle "cagefighting" gimmick and in Japan it was more like a martial arts-themed opera.Comment
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Because yanks are too fat to fill up stadiumsComment
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Look at the people in the stands for Cotto fights. It's not white/black Americans, it's Puerto Ricans. Look at the stands for the Pac/Marg fight, it's not white/black Americans, it's Mexicans and Pinoys.
White and blacks in America don't support boxing. Damn shame too.Comment
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The sport is marketed poorly in the US.
They need better commentator/analysts, for one thing. Negative morons with an agenda like Teddy Atlas and fruity-sounding commentators like Steve Farhood and Nick Charles do NOT create an interest in boxing.
And HBO's Ross Greenburg has been making a lot of poor matchups for HBO because of his own ****** biases and prejudices. Williams-Martinez was an exception - as a rule, he puts on fights like Berto-Hernandez.Comment
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What people don't realize about Americans is that when it comes to boxing we don't root for fighters on a nationwide level.
Much like with football, basketball and baseball American's interest in specific fighters is geographic and not very far reaching.
The average American who loves basketball and the Detroit Pistons isn't going to fly to Los Angelas to watch the Lakers vs the Kings just because he thinks the players are great, he's gonna stay at home and watch his Pistons.
Yeah Germans can sell out a huge arena... because of the Klitschkos. I wonder how many tickets the Germans would buy if the fight was Andre Ward vs. Allan GreenComment
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Good point. Since America is so big, we view America as being the WORLD. We aren't very patriotic in that sense. Of course, some of that has to do with the large assortment of cultures that make up America as a whole, but on the large front, we are very regional.
I'll use myself as an example. I am a big Chicago Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, and Cubs fan. I am very into my city and its sporting dominance. I despise Green Bay, Detroit, St. Louis, etc. This is the way that most American sports fan are. I am different in the sense that I am able to separate regional sports from international sports as I am a big boxing and US national soccer team fan. But most Americans are not like this.
Damn shame too.Comment
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poor promotion for american boxers...Comment
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