Comments Thread For: Hurd-Lara Drew Higher Ratings for Showtime Than Joshua-Parker

[7not8]

So do numbers lie or not? I'm confused🤔

[Motorcity Cobra]

I think those Joshua fights make some money because the opponents are getting huge checks and he's touching $20m and Hearn ain't exactly struggling to pay his rent.

There's money being generated somewhere.

How much are his opponents getting?

[mvooom]

This is getting ridiculous. GGG can 't sell yet he claims he's the A side. AJ can't sell yet he claims he's the A side. Next they will tell us water is dry.

And I don't care that he can charge 90k fans $1 for a fight in his hometown. The masses aren't moved by these people.

If you think Joshua can't sell, you are joking. He is hugely popular but I believe the timing of his fights is what screws it for Joshua - timezones. Joshua might be even more popular than Wilder in the US.

How many people outside of real boxing fans know who Parker is? Loads of casuals never heard of him till the Joshua fight. Infact Joshua brought the limelight back to heavyweights, at least for me and I'm a Wilder fan.

As for GGG, when did he ever say he was the aside? Against other middleweights not named Canelo, he has to be.

[Patsfan bri]

Why when he is a UK Fighter and is doing well in his home market.Put Lara in the UK, and you'll see his ratings....Joshua v Wilder is happening in the UK as AJ, Hearn, Finkel have all said.So let's see Wilder's Sky Numbers against Ortiz and Stiverne, i bet they are the same 200/300k views.You are still living in the past, Joshua does not need America.American Boxing is dead.

Really American boxing is dead ? Other than AJ who else do you have that’s a star ? Also let me remind you this tank Davis vs Liam Walsh who won? Spence vs Brook who won and where was it fought ? Now I will break down why AJ should fight in America , it’s called being an international star and proving to the world who you are if you want to be the best .

[GlassJoey]

I don’t get why people are saying AJ looked ‘terrible’ in his last fights. He almost won every round in both fights against decent opposition. Lennox Lewis had some absolute stinkers in his career and he’s an all time great.

The numbers are also not surprising. If wilder fought Parker in Vegas, no many in U.K. would watch it even with a prime time replay

[mvooom]

People will argue that it's afternoon viewership but the previous champ did TWICE this number in the same timeslot when he fought an underdog named Tyson Fury who was not a major champ and was unknown in the US at the time.

I don't have anything against the guy but this idea that Americans are warming to AJ seems flat. Americans hated Wlad and yet he pulled bigger numbers.

C'mon. You comparing someone who has been fighting since the time of Lewis to Joshua who just started yesterday?

Early the last decade, heavyweights were still flourishing. It was simply a handover to the Klitschkos.

Americans may not be warming up to Joshua yet but with time they will, it's still quite early. He has more fights to go. Floyd became a superstar at his what, 38th fight or so - the De la Hoya fight.

[Pennsauken1]

That’s because the 80,000 in the cheap soccer seats were drunk and didn’t realize it was a snoozer they were watching, most terrible unification fight I ever witnessed

[Pennsauken1]

I don’t get why people are saying AJ looked ‘terrible’ in his last fights. He almost won every round in both fights against decent opposition. Lennox Lewis had some absolute stinkers in his career and he’s an all time great.

The numbers are also not surprising. If wilder fought Parker in Vegas, no many in U.K. would watch it even with a prime time replay

Hey Glass Joe, STOP IT!!! Parker and Takum are the least most recognizable heavyweights out there, never heard of any of them 2, I give you props for your name representing your fraud heroe Glass AJ, NICE NAME!!!

[Curt Henning]

Put Hurd-Lara on in the afternoon and see what numbers it'd do.

lara/hurd went off at like midnight lol...most people are either out drinking or asleep

[7not8]

I don’t get why people are saying AJ looked ‘terrible’ in his last fights. He almost won every round in both fights against decent opposition. Lennox Lewis had some absolute stinkers in his career and he’s an all time great.

The numbers are also not surprising. If wilder fought Parker in Vegas, no many in U.K. would watch it even with a prime time replay

I would have agreed with you but the reason why you don't see why he looked terrible is because you have to take a step back from the elephant to get an idea of the whole picture.

Now AJ is a big dude (similar to an elephant) so, if u take his coc out of ur mouth and take a few steps back then you'll see what everyone else sees.