Comments Thread For: Wilder: If Joshua Wants To Be Global, Has To Fight Me in America

[Chrismart]

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[Larry the boss]

I disagree..Wilder needs to do whatever it takes to get that fight period

[Kigali]

I disagree..Wilder needs to do whatever it takes to get that fight period

Vegas IS the boxing Capitol of the World.

He can't make AJ fight...all he can do is what he is doing...keep calling him out.

[champion4ever]

When there is fighting in America, the whole world watches and takes notice and that's a fact. The U.S. Is not called the Mecca of boxing for nothing.

Boxers from all around the world on average earn more money boxing in America than on every continent of the globe due to its large television distribution and viewership.

[Verus]

I think Joshua's UK fan base is bigger than Wilder's US fan base so Wilder should cross the pond and make more money.

Wilder doesn't have a U.S. fan base or any other fan base for that matter.

[jonnyc420]

Nobody knows who Joshua is in America.

Vegas is the capitol of the boxing World.

AJ being the A-side doesn't change that.

They sure do, AJ way more of a global star than Wilder. Fight will happen where AJ wants it to. Wilder and idiots like you need to understand that.

[Clegg]

If we got wilder-ortiz and aj-wlad 2 in the USA then aj-wilder could've been a huge Vegas fight but even if it happens early 2018 it should be pretty damn big wherever it takes place. I feel like it would be bigger in a UK stadium, but heavyweight is the marquee division and maybe it does really impressive numbers stateside just because a well promoted event between 2 KO kings, crowning a true undisputed HW champ will capture casual attention so much more than just another aj defence or just another wilder defence would do. The main thing is that it happens, they have tried to have solid buildup fights and it hasn't quite worked out so let's get to it, Ortiz is a drugs cheat, Parker is not a draw or impressive, Fury is 28 stone. Boxing is a business sometimes marination makes sense but in this case their upcoming fights won't add to their popularity and there are no potentially interesting interim bouts left to consider

[Kigali]

They sure do, AJ way more of a global star than Wilder. Fight will happen where AJ wants it to. Wilder and idiots like you need to understand that.

Sure....that's no dipsute.

That still doesn't take away the FACT that Vegas is the World's boxing Capitol.


Seems like AJ doesn't want the fight anyway.

[champion4ever]

If we got wilder-ortiz and aj-wlad 2 in the USA then aj-wilder could've been a huge Vegas fight but even if it happens early 2018 it should be pretty damn big wherever it takes place. I feel like it would be bigger in a UK stadium, but heavyweight is the marquee division and maybe it does really impressive numbers stateside just because a well promoted event between 2 KO kings, crowning a true undisputed HW champ will capture casual attention so much more than just another aj defence or just another wilder defence would do. The main thing is that it happens, they have tried to have solid buildup fights and it hasn't quite worked out so let's get to it, Ortiz is a drugs cheat, Parker is not a draw or impressive, Fury is 28 stone. Boxing is a business sometimes marination makes sense but in this case their upcoming fights won't add to their popularity and there are no potentially interesting interim bouts left to consider

While you make some excellent points, the fight won't sell globally or internationally without Las Vegas and the American televison dollar. The U.S. Has a much larger television viewership distribution than the U.K. The whole world can't fit inside of Wembley stadium, therefore they are not going break any monetary records at the live gate. The promoters are going to have to utilize other revenue streams such as American PPV, online live streaming and closed circuit tv in order to make this a promotional commercial success.

[Kigali]

Wilder doesn't have a U.S. fan base or any other fan base for that matter.

He will after he destroys the British Mummy.