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

[EL_GRINGO]

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

But wont come to US...?

In Nigeria and well joshua is nigerian and will easily sell anything out there

[EL_GRINGO]

Ok, so hes proud enough of being African to fight some safari driver in the jungle, but isn't proud enough of being a world boxing champ to fight another champ in US?

Why should he in all honesty,wilder brings less fans, less money and less belts to the table,`guess Joshua is what they call the A side

[Sparked_26]

What is the time difference between Nigeria and the UK?

That 5 a.m. start to watch a fight take place in Vegas is no fun.

[Disturbed]

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.

Football, er, soccer is bigger in USA than boxing?? Thats surprising. As an European, I have seen football (soccer) love everywhere, especially in my time in Spain, but I always thought that it was absolutely nothing in US.

Bit off-topic though, but many people facepalmed and laughed their asses of when Dana White of UFC said once that UFC will be bigger than soccer globally...

[Disturbed]

What is the time difference between Nigeria and the UK?

That 5 a.m. start to watch a fight take place in Vegas is no fun.

5AM fight times suck. Its always 4-5 AM when the fights start here in northern europe. Always. But most of the time I just stay awake and watch the interesting fights nevertheless

[GGG Gloveking]

Why does he have to fight in the US?

He doesn't "have to" fight in the U.S., but to say "AJ don't want to leave 90k seats" then say "oh, AJ wants to fight in Africa" seems a little contradictory. Either we're thinking about "A side bidniss" or we're fighting for pride.

[LetOutTheCage]

He doesn't "have to" fight in the U.S., but to say "AJ don't want to leave 90k seats" then say "oh, AJ wants to fight in Africa" seems a little contradictory. Either we're thinking about "A side bidniss" or we're fighting for pride.

How is it contradictory? Joshua who has African origins is interested in having a fight in Africa purely for sentimental reason. He has no ties with the US and it would be purely based on financial reasons if he were to fight in the US. As things stand he is better off fighting in the UK were he is a superstar

[Nightfall]

Not scared but ducking

[KING5TWENTY]

T-Mobile arena is a state of the art modern arena that fits 21k in Vegas. There is no better olace to fight in the world unless you are ducking Wilder. MSG is the most histroic arena on the planet and fits 21k also. The football stadiums here fit 100k baseball 55k so theres no excuse.

[KING5TWENTY]

But he brings more to the table then any other fighter so it makes no sense. The US is not luke other countries the US is neutrao territory and always had been given our culture in boxing where we embrace other countries and have everyone come here. Thats boxing