Why has it taken so long for Golovkin to get popular?

[New England]

He had promotional issues with Universum and wasn't allowed to fight in the US.

this.


unless the klitschko brothers are paying you bank, i'm not a huge fan of world class guys hooking up with european promotors.


the mecca of boxing is a ppv on american TV, and in las vegas. it's the only place in the world where people will pay 70 usd to watch you fight, or pay the crazy prices for ringside seats.


you might never get there, but shooting for the skies over here is better than laboring in obscurity in europe.