Who can bring Heavyweight division back to the mainstream?

[Baltimore]

Being American will increase its global appeal.

I can't believe what some yanks write around here!

No, being popular in America will increase his global appeal.

[Elroy1]

No, being popular in America will increase his global appeal.

Funny how getting the HW flag stripped from America coincided with the globalisation of boxing then wasn't it.

I think your being egocentric!

[The Hammer]

Only the sports media can bring it back.

They chose to ignore Wladimir Klitschko.

[Foreign Soil]

I don't think it'll ever be. Mexicans don't care about the HWs and they single handedly made Pacquiao and Mayweather into stars. Even if Wilder were to KO everyone, it still wouldn't be as big as it used to be. The mainstream is too busy paying attention to twitter feeds. Lennox wasn't a big name... the HW scene was already dying while he was still around.

[LacedUp]

Only the sports media can bring it back.

They chose to ignore Wladimir Klitschko.

They have an agenda there.

[Elroy1]

They have an agenda there.

As soon as an American's hold the titles again, it will suddenly be considered a great era by their media.

Until then America will continue to retreat into a mythological past and deny it's fighters the proper respect.

Hence tentative comments like I will jump on board IF they do well. Which they are safe making. It'll either be "I told you so" or "must have been bum all along"

Fact.

[oscar_angels091]

3 words. LETS GO CHAMP!

[JACK1190]

Wilder ain't bringing **** back, as soon as he gets clipped he's going down like a sack of 5hit!

The only ones I see bringing it back is Joshua or Fury if they can beat Wlad.

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Look at whatever demographic watches boxing in a given country and you need the champion to match that demographic to maximize their popularity.

HW boxing is raking in the money in central/eastern Europe.

If you want it big in US cities again you need Wilder or whatever.

It's dead-simple, really. People tend to turn away from a division when every prayer they have is knocked unconscious.

[daggum]

Only the sports media can bring it back.

They chose to ignore Wladimir Klitschko.

wlad fought plenty of times in the usa and they were all horrible fights that people hated and did horrible ratings. maybe if wlad boxed well and didn't clinch nonstop or fight like a b-itch they would like him. lennox was pretty popular in the usa so there's no we hate foreigners excuse. just box and don't stink out the joint nonstop and people will be interested. wlad couldn't do that so he went home where the german crowd will clap for his boring azz for holding nonstop.