Froch is a great example why resume is so important

[IronDanHamza]

Quick question. Would it be fair for us in turn to say you know nothing about American boxing because your from Europe. Froch has had so much TV time in the past years its rediculous for you to try and put it on exposure. Its him dummy. Thats not hate thats plain to see even from south east Asia. Stop acting like its some deep British secret to making a boxer popular. Thats the same arrogant attitude that got Froch where he is in the popularity contest. The biggest thing that we all missed is the popular opinion. Noone will be shocked if he loses. He doesnt have any invincible traits. Hell we can only give him so muuch credit but its not going to be good enough for you until we say he's p4p King apparently.

Oh really?

Care to explain how?

[studentofthegam]

On a channel nobody knows about

Nobody knows about Showtime dummy? He had a big segment on 360. Ive seen lots of Froch's fights. These other guys are pushed because they are more marketable not because theyre blackballing Froch. I think he has a lil personality but it is dry and only targets a certain audience. Khan rubs shoulders with famous people and loves the camera. Haye road the Klitsko frenzy in. Hatton is everybody's drinking buddy. Froch the tough guy in the ring and the tea sipping royalty out of the ring. Media doesnt know what to really make of him.

[gingeralbino]

Nobody knows about Showtime dummy? He had a big segment on 360. Ive seen lots of Froch's fights. These other guys are pushed because they are more marketable not because theyre blackballing Froch. I think he has a lil personality but it is dry and only targets a certain audience. Khan rubs shoulders with famous people and loves the camera. Haye road the Klitsko frenzy in. Hatton is everybody's drinking buddy. Froch the tough guy in the ring and the tea sipping royalty out of the ring. Media doesnt know what to really make of him.

we have showtime in the UK? ffs ive been missing out, how can i subscribe? can i get HBO too?

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Nobody knows about Showtime dummy? He had a big segment on 360.

This is the UK, you ultramaroon, we're talking about the potential domestic fanbase, we don't get Showtime. Froch's fights since '09 have been shown on a crappy little PPV sports/porno channel (which wasn't even made available through all providers) with almost zero promotional push.


So dumb.

Khan rubs shoulders with famous people and loves the camera.

^^ This right here tells me you have no idea about what Khan's appeal is or ever was to the UK public.

Goodness, the dumbness is staggering.

[Walt Liquor]

froch's old lady is so annoying it brings her from a 9 to a 4.5.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

we have showtime in the uk? Ffs ive been missing out, how can i subscribe? Can i get hbo too?

LMAO, IKR.

[gingeralbino]

froch's old lady is so annoying it brings her from a 9 to a 4.5.

for sure, but i can think of a way to shut her up which would bring her up to a 10 :-)

[studentofthegam]

We're not talking about the boxing per se, we're talking about the culture here.

Both the US and the UK have to manufacture boxing stars, but the US and UK markets are nuanced. You 2 guys clearly don't understand the nuances of the UK market; not all Americans are as obtuse, or pretend to know as much about the culture here, as Pullcounter and studentofthegam.




"So much TV time"? Really?

Do expound. Tell me about all this TV time and huge UK backing he's received. In fact, tell all the UK based posters here, because we haven't seen it.

Oh really?

Care to explain how?

Ill put it this way. I've seen more live Froch than I remeber seeing Ricky Hatton pre Mayweather. And Ricky was a star before I layed eyes oon him. And more than Khan and Haye combined. So you all tell me what the difference is really. Somebody somewhere wanted him to be a star.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

You gotta admire the yanks persistence, they still insist they're right despite being repeatedly proven wrong

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Ill put it this way. I've seen more live Froch than I remeber seeing Ricky Hatton pre Mayweather. And Ricky was a star before I layed eyes oon him. And more than Khan and Haye combined. So you all tell me what the difference is really. Somebody somewhere wanted him to be a star.

Ricky was a star because of the exposure he was given in the UK. Something which Froch hasnt been given.

Good lord, its not ***in rocket science is it?