Comments Thread For: Hearn: I Feel For Wilder - He's a One-Man Band Commercially

[Vinnykin]

I understand what you're saying, but there are basically no contemporary examples to support that argument. We have maybe 10 guys in the last 30 years who are what you'd call a household name in the US from boxing. Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Manny, Floyd, Oscar, RJJ, Bernard, and the Klitchkos (and the last three weren't box office guys here) and Floyd wasn't very popular when he had a promoter either. *Mosley might be close to that group as well.

Boxing needs more real professionals. It's flooded with random characters that are outdated and not very well connected in my view. Fighters do need a team, but they need the right people. Boxing in large part doesn't have those people.

Same story in the U.K, only maybe 10 guys in the last 30 years. Bruno, Eubank, Mcguigan, Haye, Lewis, Khan (maybe) Joshua....I'm struggling here.

What has helped is that Sky (who show football) have managed to promote their fighters during half time and on their news channel, it really helps build a fight and profile. Boxing has been given a boost which, in-turn, has enticed sponsors back into the game, and we're seeing the fruits of that now with BT and Channel 5 now showing boxing events and dong good numbers....it's a snowball effect.

Now I know America is a much more diverse and splintered market, but the same thing was said about boxing in the U.K 5 years ago....until Sky and Joshua elevated the game....Rome wasn't built in a day.

What America needs is to bring the glitz back to boxing, and someone in the vain of Joshua (could even be him) to really bring back attention to the sport.

I'm not going to say it will ever be on the level of popularity as in the U.K, but there must be a way to get the general public interested again, and the same snowball effect will happen.

[BattlingNelson]

Surely Wilder wouldn't be such an unknown commodity if promoted by Top Rank or GBP.

[OmarRueben]

Wilder Big Black Dumb and ignored and unknown by White America

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[RyanjLarose]

well he should get one that actually cares about him and his career. its mind bobblin how he has no promoter.

the term is mind boggling bro lol this the second time i seen you say that

[RyanjLarose]

hes probably not hte best guest for a talk show. he beats women, beats mentally challenged people, beats up collegues in front of their families, and says things like mind bobblin. maybe a certain segment would find that appealing

lolol my bad

[Butch.McRae]

Same story in the U.K, only maybe 10 guys in the last 30 years. Bruno, Eubank, Mcguigan, Haye, Lewis, Khan (maybe) Joshua....I'm struggling here.

What has helped is that Sky (who show football) have managed to promote their fighters during half time and on their news channel, it really helps build a fight and profile. Boxing has been given a boost which, in-turn, has enticed sponsors back into the game, and we're seeing the fruits of that now with BT and Channel 5 now showing boxing events and dong good numbers....it's a snowball effect.

Now I know America is a much more diverse and splintered market, but the same thing was said about boxing in the U.K 5 years ago....until Sky and Joshua elevated the game....Rome wasn't built in a day.

What America needs is to bring the glitz back to boxing, and someone in the vain of Joshua (could even be him) to really bring back attention to the sport.

I'm not going to say it will ever be on the level of popularity as in the U.K, but there must be a way to get the general public interested again, and the same snowball effect will happen.

I've heard about the "Sky effect" over there. Didn't realize it was putting ads on during football (err soccer lol). That's genius by that network. I'm sure viewership numbers are incredible.

Boxing will never get an ad spot during american football here lol

[BoxingTech718]

White Boxing Fans in America those that fill the arenas and pay the salaries ignore the dim wit dumb plantation field hand slave tattooed goofy Wilder. America could care less about goofy Wilder.

This is a bannable comment. Direct fighter bashing and racism.

[Steven Mccowan]

Wilder Got almost 900k on viewers, on Showtime non-the-less, for a fight no one was interested in. Not many American fighters can do that. He's obviously a star here in the US already. Hearn needs to stop with the BS and just admit Joshua needs a few more fights before fighting Wilder. The appeal and fan demand is already there. This fight could be as big or bigger than the Klitchko fight if the fight summer, 2018.

there are 324,272,037 ppl in the U.S. 900,000 ppl watching you doesnt make someone a "star" lol

[Steven Mccowan]

This is a bannable comment. Direct fighter bashing and racism.

yeah its dumb comment. But also "direct fighter bashing" is also pretty funny lmao.

[chepboxingking]

there are 324,272,037 ppl in the U.S. 900,000 ppl watching you doesnt make someone a "star" lol

Only a small fraction of those 324,272,037 people have Showtime, which is a paid subscription channel. in comparison, Joshua-Kitchko only pulled 670k Viewers on Showtime. 900k For a Showtime card is HUGE. They have a third of the subscribers HBO has.