Everyone I Talk to Asks Me "Who's Wilder?"

[iamboxing]

Let's be honest, outside of the US...he's unknown, and even his popularity in the US is debatable. Colleagues who actually watch boxing now and again look puzzled when I say he's the WBC champion.

I actually like Wilder and believe he's a great KO artist and good to watch, but wtf...he needs to market himself better. The heavyweight champion is a special status in boxing and he should be using it as a platform to vocalise his opinions, views and talk a BIG fight...like Ali, Tyson...I wish he'd at least say something provocative to attract more attention.

[SN!PER]

[World Champion?]

Let's be honest, outside of the US...he's unknown, and even his popularity in the US is debatable. Colleagues who actually watch boxing now and again look puzzled when I say he's the WBC champion.

I actually like Wilder and believe he's a great KO artist and good to watch, but wtf...he needs to market himself better. The heavyweight champion is a special status in boxing and he should be using it as a platform to vocalise his opinions, views and talk a BIG fight...like Ali, Tyson...I wish he'd at least say something provocative to attract more attention.

When he has a big fight and wins it then I'm sure he'll become recognisable.

[GGG Gloveking]

LMFAO! Shannon is one funny MF! "You'll just be a black man walking down the street naked..."

Let's Go Champ!

[jreckoning]

I was thinking about that the other day. Tyson knocked out a slew of bums and he was very famous before he fought anybody that good.

Different times, these.

[Willy Wanker]

Great, now we're getting Wilder vs. Briggs at the end of the year.

[Mr McDowell]

Everyone I Talk to Asks Me "Who's GGG?"

[Beercules]

Gold

[Marchegiano]

De La Hoya vs Mayweather attracted less than 1% of the American audience. Which means using localization to judge popularity is silly.

I'm not alluding to or arguing that Wilder is famous, just that you can't really tell how famous a boxer is based on who around you recognizes the name. With 1% market penetration on one of the biggest fights ever you could easily live in a place that's never heard of Oscar, but clearly Oscar is and was famous.

[-PBP-]

In all fairness that is likely true for any American fighter not named Floyd.