How does wilder's loss affect Boxing in America?

[Blue54]

I think this loss will really hurt its popularity here now.
Wilder was the most popular boxer in U.S had Fury loss Boxing would still be popular in U.K but its already a struggling sport here the U.S. Wilder was actually getting people who dont care for the sport talking again.

I just want here your thoughts on the situation.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Nobody really gives a **** ass about Wilder or that **** Heavyweight division. Oscar, Roy, Floyd, Manny, etc... made the lower weight classes more popular. I'm more interested in 175lbs-130lbs than a weight class where fat bums are in the top 10. The U.S. hasn't had a top Heavyweight star since Mike Tyson and faired fine. Welterweight is where the better fighters are. Let me know when a UK boxer becomes #1 there and then I will tell you boxing is dead.

[The Big Dunn]

The sport has always done better in the US when there is a dominant American HWT. I agree with you it will have an impact but not a big one if Floyd comes back as is rumored. Wilder was beginning to cross over into mainstream just a bit. This event was much bigger than I thought it would be. I will be interested in seeing the PPV numbers because it felt like a lot of Americans were on board for this.

[Get em up]

Wilder still has the opportunity to be a draw in America as long as he means up and fights Fury again even if he loses. People wanna see spectacular knockouts which Wilder can give and the casuals dont care if his opponent is the champ or a #50 rank opponent. I do agree with a poster above where they said the welterweight division is on fire in America and true boxing fans will watch all weight classes and be happy with the sport prospering no matter where the title holder is from.

[Outwest Exp 355]

I’m not sure really. The public always gets up for the big fights. Canelo has completely disappeared since he went to DAZN. So I guess we will have to see.

[removed]

Wilder was never that popular from what I've seen? It's only thanks to Fury that started getting big paydays.
America seems to have adopted Fury as one of their own anyway.

[TMLT87]

It had only just started gaining any kind of traction since like 2018 anyway. Before that it had been dead as **** for like 15 years. I do think Americans will stick around a little longer regardless of Wilders loss because Fury has done a good job ingratiating himself to the US audience. A lot of people will want to see Fury/AJ now plus how Wilder and Ruiz come back from their losses, maybe they could even fight each other.

[juggernaut666]

Wilders loss doesn’t effect anything . It’s not a BLACK thing.Sonny Conto and maybe Trey Morrison two WHITE fighters at heavyweight are the ones to look for but there’s many talented guys coming like Darmani Rock a BLACK guy . Lol

[a.rihn]

Without veering too far afield, I wonder how streaming services will affect/ are affecting PPV being shown at sports bars and public places. I don't know how it all works, but if the bar has cable already, it is fairly easy for them to order a PPV fight being shown on cable. But is DAZN able to be shown that way?

With regard to Wilder, I agree with the above comments - he was just starting to get some broader traction with the public, but it's hard to say that the US really embraced him or anything like that. Maybe without an American HW champ, different fighters can reach for the spotlight a bit more, maybe the field can open up a bit? Hard to say.

[Madison Boxing]

They don't really have many elite fighters now if any. A lot of the fighters who they say are (like they did for wilder) havent really beaten anyone, look at crawford for example. If you go on resume they basically have no p4p level fighters these days. Usually they fight a load of b or c level fighters, get hyped through the roof with a manufactured 35-0 record or something and then lose when they finally fight an elite opponent (or have to rob the opponent to win).