Comments Thread For: Hearn: Tough To Bring Anthony Joshua To Small Overseas Venue

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Anthony Joshua avoided a broken nose but was left to reflect upon the stains of battle after a 10th-round stoppage of Carlos Takam in Cardiff to retain his WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles. Joshua is the handsome and handsomely remunerated poster boy of boxing's glamour division but Saturday's fight at a sold-out Principality Stadium in Cardiff offered a stark demonstration of the punishing brutality at play when the sport's big men collide.
[Click Here To Read More]

[Califire209]

4000 capacity stadium? They full of excuses lately,, how Wilder is not a draw, how Joshua struggled because of 12 day notice opponent, how they don't want to come to the U.S. because of small venues.. excuses are for arseholes

[miked85]

Wilder is a world champ he shouldn’t have to travel to England for Whyte, but to unify he should and Has said he’s willing, so as long as he takes care of his business Saturday, they should just do a spring showdown in the UK AJ & Wilder, no one cares about dillian

Eddie needs to stop spreading falsehoods, Deontay Wilder already acquiesced that AJ is the bigger name and draw and he would fly to England for him, what’s the problem

[Pennsauken1]

Hearn already making it known to keep steroid, pumped up, pre-madonna, muscle head, protected champ to stay in his country to fight tomatoe cans and cab drivers

[SchoolTheseCats]

Quack Quack Quack

[Pennsauken1]

Hearn is becoming the new Oscar Delahoya

[GGG Gloveking]

Didn't Eddie say something about AJ fighting in Africa?

But wont come to US...?

[RedPath]

Hearn is clearly trolling, but he does raise an interesting point. The biggest fights in the US seem to max out in 15-20k capacity venues - MGM Grand, Thomas & Mack, MSG, Boardwalk, etc. You guys have the best stadia on the planet, hands down. Why aren't there more stadium fights in the US?

[OgTripleOg]

Hearn is clearly trolling, but he does raise an interesting point. The biggest fights in the US seem to max out in 15-20k capacity venues - MGM Grand, Thomas & Mack, MSG, Boardwalk, etc. You guys have the best stadia on the planet, hands down. Why aren't there more stadium fights in the US?

Boxing isn't as popular as it once was in the US. We have NBA NFL MLB NHL and Soccer that has a way bigger fan base than boxing.

[rdb85]

Hearn is clearly trolling, but he does raise an interesting point. The biggest fights in the US seem to max out in 15-20k capacity venues - MGM Grand, Thomas & Mack, MSG, Boardwalk, etc. You guys have the best stadia on the planet, hands down. Why aren't there more stadium fights in the US?

Even though there's more boxing fans in the US (I'd guess) the distance to travel city to city is much more, I'm in manchester but I could be in london or cardiff injust over 3hrs so its easier to get a popular fighter 50k in attendance for a fight without it being an overnight trip with hotels and flights. Also we are very tribal in UK especially for our own town/city fighters (might be the same in some US cities) so its easy to get 10k for even a national level fighter like a Warrington. Then you have the welsh/scottish/irish guys who will come out for anyone from there own country who has had success because as a small country they want to support their own.