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Originally posted by RedZmaja View PostHW is the most prestigious divisions in boxing. It always was and always will be, despite some Americans pretending that it doesn't matter anymore during the Klitschko reign.
HW division is the only division in boxing where being the top guy and undisputed champ brings you automatic prestige and attention from the mainstream. No other division is like that. Find me someone who is not a boxing fan who cares about who the champ of say middleweight or welterweight division is. Unless that particular boxer is some big mainstream name no one cares. Yet many sports fans care enough to check who the HW champ is. Everybody knew who Klitschko was and now everybody knows who Joshua is and if Wilder somehow beats Joshua then everybody will know who he is as well. It's not because of their personality but simply because of them being HW champs.
HW division has the continuity with the legendary champs of old going all the way back to Dempsey, Louis and Marciano to Ali and Tyson, the most known boxers ever. The HW undisputed champ is inevitably going to be compared to these greats and mentioned together with them.
If they told you you will be a great boxer in your next life, you just need to choose your division... The vast majoritiy of people would want to be heavyweights. Even guys like Floyd would probably prefer to be born as heavyweights.
fighter generally regarded as the greatest ever Sugar Ray Robinson fought a significant portion of his career at WW, the biggest ever fight, financially, (May-Pac) took place at welter. Numerous ATG fighters have fought at Welterweight including SRR, SRL, Hearns, Armstrong, Griffith, Floyd, Pac etc. But hey that's just my personal preference. And additionally you talk as if the the HW champ is always the the most renowned fighter in the sport, which is completely untrue. Take the late 70's to early 80's for example Larry Holmes was a dominant undisputed champion, but he was nowhere near as popular as Sugar Ray Leonard. And all throughout the last 10-15 years guys like ODLH, Floyd and Pacquiao were all way bigger names than any of the heavyweight's.
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People have a this exaggerated perception that AJ is a way bigger global superstar than he actually is. He only done 659k live viewers fighting Klitschko on Showtime and it wasn't even PPV. Canelo-GGG did 1.3m PPV buys at $80 a pop. AJ is huge in the U.K. but that's about it. Get real people.
http://www.boxingscene.com/joshua-kl...owtime--116176
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Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT View PostWhat does tennis have to do with this? 😂😂 That comparison makes no sense. We'll just agree to disagree bro. This is getting stupid now.
Two people box, whoever wins is better at boxing. To suggest that the winner of Joshua-Wilder wouldn't have earned the distinction as champion of boxing is ludicrous.
Chess as a women's champion, a junior champion, etc but the champion of chess is the champion of the unlimited division.
Boxing deciding who the the best boxer under a certain weight doesn't change that the champion of boxing at any weight is the champion of boxing.
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Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT View PostPeople have a this exaggerated perception that AJ is a way bigger global superstar than he actually is. He only done 659k live viewers fighting Klitschko on Showtime and it wasn't even PPV. Canelo-GGG did 1.3m PPV buys at $80 a pop. AJ is huge in the U.K. but that's about it. Get real people.
http://www.boxingscene.com/joshua-kl...owtime--116176
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Originally posted by FLEX U.K View PostWhat a ridiculous comparison, AJ v Wlad would have aired in U.S in the middle of the afternoon and GGG - Canelo would have been prime time - obviously that would have a major impact on the figures. 659k households watched that fight in the middle of the afternoon, that's pretty decent if you ask me.Any idea how many t.v networks around the world showed AJ v Wlad?. A.J is the most Globally recognised active boxing star in the world today bar none!
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Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT View PostWith fights GGG-Canelo 2, AJ-Wilder and a 4 belt cruiserweight unification looking possible for 2018. What single fight would fight fans like too see happen next year?
My personal preference would be Naoya Inoue moving up to 118 lb's to challenge WBC champ Luis Nery.
Lomachenko vs. Mikey Garcia
Lomachenko vs. Berchelt
Any combination of Spence/Thurman/Garcia/Porter/Crawford
Crawford vs. Broner
Mikey Garcia vs. Jorge Linares
Carl Frampton vs. Abner Mares
Sor Rungvisai vs. Estrada
Wilder vs. Joshua
David Benevidez vs. Gilberto Rameriez
Danny Jacobs vs. Jermall Charlo
Sergei Kovalev vs. Adonis Stevenson
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Originally posted by FLEX U.K View PostWhat a ridiculous comparison, AJ v Wlad would have aired in U.S in the middle of the afternoon and GGG - Canelo would have been prime time - obviously that would have a major impact on the figures. 659k households watched that fight in the middle of the afternoon, that's pretty decent if you ask me.Any idea how many t.v networks around the world showed AJ v Wlad?. A.J is the most Globally recognised active boxing star in the world today bar none!Originally posted by WBC WBA IBF View PostThere is no agreeing to disagree. This got stupid the second you suggested that the person who would lose is better than the person that would win.
Two people box, whoever wins is better at boxing. To suggest that the winner of Joshua-Wilder wouldn't have earned the distinction as champion of boxing is ludicrous.
Chess as a women's champion, a junior champion, etc but the champion of chess is the champion of the unlimited division.
Boxing deciding who the the best boxer under a certain weight doesn't change that the champion of boxing at any weight is the champion of boxing.
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