Valuev's Marketability in North America

[Hitman932]

I had Ruiz ahead by a round, but again, I'm not asking with regard to his ability or based on what happened tonight.

I'm asking about King's motives, and if anyone thinks Valuev can sell tickets and PPV's to casual and new fans in North America based on his freakish size, and with consideration to the general disinterest in Heavweight boxing in North American sports at present.

honestly, people will be initialy curious about valuev, they will watch one fight, see how boring it is, and that will be the end of valuev in america....

maybe if this guy was a vicious monster people would like it but seriously who wants to see a 7-1 330 pound man controlling the division without ever knocking anyone out and holding onto his belt via consistently bogus decisions.

please god somebody also tell me what andrew golota has done to deserve another title shot...

[cold]

I think that if Valuev can actually win by KO (unlikely in 12 rnds), UD or even these MD over some of the top heavyweight names (Byrd, Klitschko, Toney etc..) and expose them as not even as good as Valuev is than he will get recognition.

Unification of the Heavyweight Titles in one Man is what we need a for the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Can Valuev do this ?

Well if Golata is win #44 so be it and on from there.

[DiegoFuego]

He's a bigger sex symbol than De La Hoya and Jones combined. Of course he'll make it.

[Hitman932]

I think that if Valuev can actually win by KO (unlikely in 12 rnds), UD or even these MD over some of the top heavyweight names (Byrd, Klitschko, Toney etc..) and expose them as not even as good as Valuev is than he will get recognition.

Unification of the Heavyweight Titles in one Man is what we need a for the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Can Valuev do this ?

Well if Golata is win #44 so be it and on from there.

if nicolai valuev ever beats wladamir klitschko ill cut off my **** and balls and sell them all to science and take the money i get and give it to the salvation army.

how can you say valueve can score a KO then back it up by saying "unlikely in 12 rounds" championship fights dont get any shorter or longer than that.

[Hitman932]

He's a bigger sex symbol than De La Hoya and Jones combined. Of course he'll make it.

if valuev is going to come to america he needs to do something about all that back hair.... good grief what an animal

[cold]

Well there was a time when champion fights went 15-20+ rounds and Valuev would have Knocked Out Ruiz within that number of rounds.

Reality of it is that he did not KO Ruiz and fights are 12 rounds.

I agree that it would be shocking if Valuev beat Klitschko but I think it is possible if you watched Corrie Sanders, Lamon Brewster, and Ross Purity dispatch him with relative ease.

[LondonRingRules]

if valuev is going to come to america he needs to do something about all that back hair.... good grief what an animal

Hmmm, didn't know we had girlymen in a boxing forum worried about how men look instead of how they fight. Brad Pitt must be the best fighter and your bedroom poster theme, eh?

[AREALFIGHTER]

If Valuev were knocking guys out, like he should, then he'd have a little more marketability then he has now. You'd think that a guy who's over 7 feet tall and over 300 lbs and with a huge reach advantage, would knock more of his opponents out.

its all about punch technique he slaps a little just like McCline

[!!Captain]

Politics of the decision aside,

What do you think the response will be to a marketing campaign with Valuev introduced to an American audience?

If King were to put Valuev in with someone like Golota in Vegas and bill it to the casual fans who may not be familar with him as a "Giant" now on the Heavyweght scene, does it boost the populary and interest in the Heavyweight division?

I had wondered about Kings interest in the outcome of this fight thinking he maybe felt Valuev's freakish size might = a cash cow.

If Toney beats Rahman like he should, imagine all the David and Goliath non sense he could muster in that match up.

I read that King got options on Valuev's next two fights. I strongly believe that King wanted to lose Ruiz because his marketability was approaching 0 in the US and knew that Ruiz will not win on points and most likely could not KO Valuev. All in all, I think that we will see Valuev in the US pretty soon.
That said, it would be really weird to see Valuev unify the belts. I believe that Wlad or Brewster would KO him, Toney would UD him, he could possibly win over Rahman and Byrd.

Bozo, did you see the fight?

[Bozo_no no]

Bozo, did you see the fight?

Yes, I had it 115-114 Ruiz.