Comments Thread For: Wilder: Joshua is Not Worldwide, Nobody Knows His Name in U.S.

[thack]

O.K. that's even more reasons for A.J. to stay based in England and earning near $30 million per fight.

Only hardcore fans know who Wilder is in the U.K. and at home in the USA he earns peanuts ...I can see why he's not happy!

[lfc19titles]

You fight for 1m Sterling per fight

Aj fights for 15m per fight

Keep ducking and making excuses, the world hears you pride yourself out and no amount of cow boys ranting will change that on here

[N/A]

Eddie Hearn asked random people in NYC who Deontay Wilder is and nobody knew it.

How does that change a single thing I said?

[Andrij]

Wilder has defended his world championship on free network TV multiple times, garnering millions of viewers.

Wilder stars in a very popular cable TV reality show.

Wilder is clearly far more well known in this country than AJ is. Just as AJ is far more well known in his country.

The idea that nobody knows Wilder in the US is pretty silly considering his history as a strong ratings draw. Wilder's knockout of Stiverne went viral and helped make him far more well known as well.

Even the Cruiserweights Usyk and Gassiev will earn more in their next fight than Wilder usually does as WBC World Heavyweight Champ in the US LOL.

[Chrismart]

Reverse psychology doe.

[HarvardBlue]

Eddie Hearn asked random people in NYC who Deontay Wilder is and nobody knew it.

You could've asked those people if they knew any boxer and you would get the same response. Boxing is not that big in the states. The only boxers you would get a little recognition from people on the streets is Mayweather and maybe Pacquiao.

[johnnycontrolet]

After his fight against Klitschko more people in the US know AJ than Wilder. Wilder‘s US TV ratings even on terrestrial TV are ridiculous.

[Andrij]

After his fight against Klitschko more people in the US know AJ than Wilder. Wilder‘s US TV ratings even on terrestrial TV are ridiculous.

Less than 1 Mio in such a big country like the U.S. is indeed laughable. When the Klitschkos were active then 10 Mio people in Germany tuned in although both are not German.

[2fast2strong]

You could've asked those people if they knew any boxer and you would get the same response. Boxing is not that big in the states. The only boxers you would get a little recognition from people on the streets is Mayweather and maybe Pacquiao.

This exactly, and yeah not even Pac man now really.

Even the UFC is pretty much dead in the water here in the states and that was getting way more main stream coverage then boxing

[Warrior Scholar]

Wilder has lots of great tools, but mentally he lacks. I feel that the person responsible for teaching him the concept of respect didn't understand it themselves. He's got it coming to him. Anyone who spends time bragging about wanting to send far outmatched, lesser fighters to the hospital, that person has some problems that other warrior teachings will help solve, should he face such said warrior. Those are words of a tortured soul who will likely never find real peace or love.