U.S. Flops vs U.K. Success

[daggum]

Idk. I'm not 100% convinced Joshua even cares about being big world wide necessarily to try to be big in the US. Some of the stuff Hearn & Joshua say suggest thats not something they are for sure about completely yet despite some blueprint plans being discussed. One would think he would cuz....MONEY of course, but who knows.

If he does make a move to the US I could see him having 1 or 2 fights a year here of 3 fights a year & a 50/50 split when he goes to 2 fights a year potentially. The money is gonna be much sweeter in the US so it might overall lean more the US's way.

The thing that'll be a problem is how do you handle the time differences? I'd say you gotta convert to US time cuz the money is much bigger if you are selling PPV's here thus he'd have to be selling his PPV's in the UK at 5am or w/e the f#ck. But that seems sh^tty to the fans there so idk if that happens either lol.

But then again if he sticks to UK friendly PPV times than who the eff is buying a afternoon PPV in the US? Idek if thats ever been a thing.

Interesting dilemma to watch develop thats for sure & I'm curious the moves they make myself.

you fight twice. once live for the uk audience and then once live for the us 5 hours later. problem solved

[Bjl12]

Dont compare with Lewis or that Era, completely different times in regards to PPV,Boxing etc.Again the promotion will rely on the words 'unbeaten heavyweights'.Their are no REAL numbers to go on that this will be at least a 500K PPV Event.The Numbers show Wilder got 1.2 Million against Ortiz on Showtime.Joshua got 600k for Klitschko in the Afternoon on Showtime and brings UK PPV.From that base around 2 Million American fans which you are working with CURRENTLY, how many will buy a $100 PPV. So it makes complete sense by Hearn and Haymon to Marinate and make the iron more hot as a saying, then strike once you feel it cannot get bigger

I actually think Russian HW fans would be interested in the HW fight. Only problem with Russians is they don't pay for things...just hack/stream!

To be fair I - American - also hack/stream most PPV events XD

Yeah, nevermind, we're basically the same, but...AMERICA!!!!

[Eff Pandas]

you fight twice. once live for the uk audience and then once live for the us 5 hours later. problem solved

LOL with some of those guys he could probably do that.

Andy Ruiz at 11pm UK time....Christian Hammer at 11pm East Coast US time.

[Jsmooth9876]

This, this and this 100%. Once Wilder V Joshua is over, there's genuinely nothing left in terms of superfight except Tyson Fury and who knows how long he'll take?

Motor City Cobra is my man, real cool dude but I don't believe Wilder or Joshua are ducking each other and I say that as a Brit. It's not ducking, it's posturing.

Posturing in order to maximise the financial viability of the fight as you said. You know for a FACT Hearn is looking at this from the May Pac perspective. He saw that fight delayed for 5 or so years and look how much it sold. Joshua v Wilder is a Mayweather Pacquiao repeat. Imagine how much it'll make in 3 years down the line whilst both are still unbeaten.

Boxing doesn't give a **** about hardcore fans. I don't believe either is ducking each other to reiterate but I do believe this fight is going to be dragged on for years. Why? Because it worked for May Pac so why not again? People are gonna pay regardless whether it's now or in 10 years or whenever.

Here's the issue. Neither of these guys are May or Pac. One of them loses and it's going to be " he's a bum", "glass jaw", " never beat anyone". You know the drill. This fight needs to happen in a years time, just not next IMO. Do I wanna see it, of course, but thinking logically and this being boxing, I'd say those odds are extremely low of it happening.

[*TonyMontana*]

Gonna win the World Cup, mate.

The world is AJ and we're Wilder. They're shook.

Maybe the women's team will win haha

I hate football I'm just rubbing it in haha

Hope you/we do well this time

Actually I don't the sooner we get knocked out the sooner football is off and the flags get taken down due to embarrassment haha

I remember 2010 haha