Wilder claims he’s the reason why the heavyweight division is back

[Noelanthony]

I'm merely correcting your post. You said his last fight in Alabama did 3000. His last 2 fights in Alabama were against Arreola and Washington and on average they had 12000 in attendance. He made $1.4 mil against Arreola and 900k against Washington.

Then his media campaign commenced and he started mentioning other boxers, one in particular. So compare his purse now in contrast to the 900k he used to earn. He owes AJ a lot because his pay masters had to up his salary because he was getting milked. Anyway he is supposed to get paid for that I’m happy for him but now he should shut up with the ****** quotes and just fight

[Scopedog]

I do think he's a part of it. It's been a long time since there was a really terrifying puncher like Wilder in the division, you might even have to go back to Tyson.

Obviously that's just a small part of it though. If you have to boil down the heavyweight resurgence to any one thing it'd probably be due to the simple fact that there are exciting and competitive matchups once again. It's no longer just two really good fighters who won't fight one another and then a bunch of no-hopers like in the Klitschko era, we've got more elite level fighters, live contenders and upset results than we've had in ages.