Some are saying this is the biggest fight since Ali/Frazier. No way

[TMLT87]

Its not even bigger than AJ/Wlad if we are talking globally, and AJ/Wlad wasnt half as big as Lennox/Tyson. Its a good fight and its nice to see HW boxing get a tiny bit of love of in the US these days (relative to the days when Rahman/Maskaev was doing 60,000 buys) but it absolutely pales in comparison to the 90s and earlier.

[rudy]

it is the most anticipated fight make no mistake.

[LetOutTheCage]

Nope not even close those people are morons.

[REDEEMER]

What a laughable post. Maybe in England and Germany. That fight wouldn’t have done 100,000 buys in North America.

It wouldn’t have mattered ,don’t you know what global means ? How many PPVs do you think Fury vs Wilder would do over here on U.K time and the other Wilder fan on here doesn’t know what rebroadcast means ? Wow you guys are so uneducated . Ha

[The Big Dunn]

Which imbecilic Brit poster said Wilder/Fury 2was the biggest fight since Ali/Frazier 1? That poster should be permabanned.

[DreamFighter]

pretty much every title fight was bigger than this. Its the bargain basement of title fights.

[Mooshashi]

Biggest heavyweight fight in the social media era.

Ofcourse wilder vs joshua would have been bigger if it’s the one getting made right now.

This right here. Biggest HW fight since the dawn of twitter, instawhatever and facecrap, youtoober, etc.

But in no way shape or form is it bigger than Ali-Frazier I.
And even THAT wasn't the real fight of the century. The true
FOTC was Louis-Schmelling which had international ramifications. Wilder-Fury is just Alabama trailer camp vs and Irish-UK trailer camp.

[MiDKnighT]

it is the most anticipated fight make no mistake.

Tyson Holyfield 2 was probably the biggest fight in my lifetime.

Truth is, once MMA gained popularity there are no boxing matches that reach the anticipation level of the old school days before MMA.

There were many Ali, Tyson, and Holyfield matches that were bigger than Wilder/Fury.

[TMLT87]

Truth is, once MMA gained popularity there are no boxing matches that reach the anticipation level of the old school days before MMA.

I dunno about that, lots of Floyd and Pac fights did big numbers, Canelo/GGG did well etc. I agree that boxing as a whole isnt as big now as it was in the 90s and earlier, but I think the correlation with boxings decline and what MMA has been doing in the meantime tends to be overstated. Its not like MMA fights get much hype usually either, and certainly never on the level that old school boxing did.

[MiDKnighT]

I dunno about that, lots of Floyd and Pac fights did big numbers, Canelo/GGG did well etc. I agree that boxing as a whole isnt as big now as it was in the 90s and earlier, but I think the correlation with boxings decline and what MMA has been doing in the meantime tends to be overstated. Its not like MMA fights get much hype usually either, and certainly never on the level that old school boxing did.

Well my point is that prior to MMA gaining popularity, the heavyweight boxing champion was considered the baddest man on the planet. That's not really the case anymore.

The biggest fights have always been the baddest man on the planet vs the other baddest man on the planet.