Who's the most popular fighter in the UK right now? Khan, Froch or Haye

[crazyboy867]

i dont know how big boxing is in the UK but all 3 fighters are in the prime of their careers.
before it was hamed, calzaghe and hatton making the boxing headlines in the UK so who's the new face of boxing in the UK right now?

[mrgreenfingers]

i dont know how big boxing is in the UK but all 3 fighters are in the prime of their careers.
before it was hamed, calzaghe and hatton making the boxing headlines in the UK so who's the new face of boxing in the UK right now?

id say haye, khan, froch in that order, shame since i believe its the complete oppposite in terms of british p4p rankings...

[blank_frackis]

In terms of coverage, it's Haye by a distance. The BBC P4P of British boxers for instance, actually had Haye at the top, which tells you more about mainstream appeal than boxing ability. Haye has crossed over into mainstream popularity so even people who don't care about boxing know him and follow his fights. He even laughably got nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (the main "sportsperson of the year" award in the UK) even though he only fought Ruiz and Harrison in 2010.

Khan gets a lot of coverage as well though. Froch hardly any - BBC radio commentary of his fights, occasionally brought up in a sports report, but little else.

[FloydTBE]

haye cos hes HW champ

[j.one]

Haye no question, no matter how you feel about Haye almost everybody wants to see him in the second most in demand fight in the sport. Only person that don't want the fight is Wlad RIGHT NOW, I agree with those who feel that there trying to make him fight Vitali first cause of Wlads chin and problems with speedy hands.

[Rick Grimes]

Haye no question, no matter how you feel about Haye almost everybody wants to see him in the second most in demand fight in the sport. Only person that don't want the fight is Wlad RIGHT NOW, I agree with those who feel that there trying to make him fight Vitali first cause of Wlads chin and problems with speedy hands.

We will never see Haye-Wlad. If Haye beat Vitali, Wlad would be even more terrified.

[FloydTBE]

We will never see Haye-Wlad. If Haye beat Vitali, Wlad would be even more terrified.

indeed he would

[Weebler I]

I think Khan is the still highest profile active fighter overall although Haye's profile has burgeoned in the last 12 months and has been making the headlines of late. Sadly the most deserving fighter, Froch, is still relatively unknown.