Is Wilder-Ortiz biggest Heavyweight title fight since Lewis-Klitschko?

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Is Wilder-Ortiz Biggest Heavyweight Title fight since Lewis-Klitschko?

Poll closed Jul 29, 2018.

  1. Yes

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    4.7%

  2. No

    81 vote(s)
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  1. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    I think so, and if not which fights do you recall that were bigger?
     
    drenlou, Mar 1, 2018
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    Kapparino EDDIE HEARN PROTECTION UNIT Full Member

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    Harrison vs Haye
     
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  3. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Klitschko/Joshua, Klitschko/Haye.. Hell, pretty much anything involving Joshua. They were having trouble selling seats for this one. That says it all.
     
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  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Get out of here. Lol

    Seriously, I think its possible that Klitschko-haye/Fury might have been on the same level.
     
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  5. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Media and fans on the west coast are pretty hyped up about it, but its two undefeated power punches facing off in a division that's been heating back up over the last few years. I think that says it all.
     
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  6. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    It's a good fight and a pretty big one. But definitely not the biggest. You'd have a solid argument if you were asking if this was the biggest title fight in the states since Lewis/Klitschko.
     
    UnleashtheFURY, Mar 1, 2018
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    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Klitschko Jennings.
     
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    Klitschko - Haye
    Klitschko - Fury
    Klitschko - Joshua
    Klitschko - Pulev
    Klitschko -Ibragimov
    Valuev - Haye

    All bigger.
     
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  9. MrTombourineMan

    MrTombourineMan Торрейра хорошо. Full Member

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    It's two guys that need a marquee win to legitimise their claim to say that the title they'll be holding at the end of the fight actually makes them the best in the world. It's a good fight, nothing more.

    It isn't two titans clashing for the undisputed title, it isn't an old vs young passing of the torch event, it isn't even a unification. So no, I do not think it is the biggest HW title fight of the last 15 years and neither does anybody else going by the number of unsold tickets.
     
    MrTombourineMan, Mar 1, 2018
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  10. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    It's probably between this and that for the biggest HW fight in the US since Lewis/Klitschko.
     
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  11. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Nah, I tend to stick with my guns and I read an article at the scene written by one of their editors stating it was the biggest fight since Lewis-Klitschko. I think theirs a lot of factors that point to it in at least the same sentence with Lewis-vitali.

    But you're right, Joshua seems to be the global superstar in the division and you're still a **** bag! Lol
     
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    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    The numbers will tell the story. We'll see this weekend.
     
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    Parker vs AJ will be bigger. AJ vs Klitschko was bigger, though hype wise it does feel a bit more on a level with Klitschko vs Fury to me - with a similar hint of "Could this have a wildly unexpected result for some fans" to it.
     
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    even Haye- Chisora was bigger
     
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  15. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Ibragimov and pulev were garbage fights. Sultan wasn't any good.
     
    drenlou, Mar 1, 2018
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