Is AJ the most popular heavyweight of all time?

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Is AJ the most popular heavyweight of all time?

  1. Yes

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    12.2%

  2. No

    65 vote(s)
    87.8%
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  1. KingFury64

    KingFury64 Active Member banned Full Member

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    Massive crowds every fight.
     
    KingFury64, Jul 23, 2018
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  2. funkykoval

    funkykoval Active Member Full Member

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    he is certainly the most overrated

    I am sick and tired of his management excuses why they need to avoid Wilder

    Klitchkos had at least brotherhood excuse

    Joshua has nothing. fear is his only excuse
     
    funkykoval, Jul 23, 2018
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  3. Shako93

    Shako93 New Member Full Member

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    Impossibru, I was told you couldn't be black and famous without be a bad boy like Floyd Joy Sinclair.
     
    Shako93, Jul 23, 2018
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  4. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Yes, he's also the most popular athlete in Alabama.
     
    lewis gassed, Jul 23, 2018
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  5. Bensub

    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Am no AJ fan but anyone that posts AJ is scared or making excuses needs to get off their medication or whatever they are smoking. Look at his record?? Who has he ducked?? In 22 fights he would have fought, Whyte, Klit, parker, breazele and povetkin.
     
    Bensub, Jul 23, 2018
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  6. minemax

    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We just can't compare boxers now with those who boxed in times when a TV was a rarity.
     
    minemax, Jul 23, 2018
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  7. chico g

    chico g Let's watch some Sesame Street...lmao Full Member

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    Popular among the weightlifters, bodybuilders, posers, and football hooligans. But the devastating bronze bomber appeals to all demographics . There must be over a million members of the bomb squad, all over the world. Thank you Deontay, for making me believe in myself again. Your the true peoples champion. Lol.
     
    chico g, Jul 23, 2018
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  8. Infern0121

    Infern0121 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    No but he is very popular.

    He's media friendly, a good story of a lowlife whos turned it around, and his resume after just 22 fights is fantastic.

    He deserves his popularity.
     
    Infern0121, Jul 23, 2018
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  9. BoxingABC1

    BoxingABC1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no, i highly doubt he could draw crowds the world over like Ali did
     
    BoxingABC1, Jul 23, 2018
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  10. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    When you have the balls to smash ATG Charlie Z then well, need I see more?
     
    Sugar 88, Jul 23, 2018
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    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    especially the people who think AJ and Wilder are the same person. middleaged housewives and such.
     
    HerolGee, Jul 23, 2018
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  12. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    One word answer- ALI
     
    Ted Stickles, Jul 23, 2018
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    No one outside of the UK knows who this clown is. So...no.
     
    Southpawswitch, Jul 23, 2018
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  14. AJfan

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    Most of the world has never heard of him. Connor McGregor is 100% more popular as a boxer and that's a proven fact.
     
    AJfan, Jul 23, 2018
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  15. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    biggest boxing fanbase is mexico but they have no heavies

    boxing in the uk was huge in the 80s way bigger than it is now / but bruno and lewis did not have anything like AJ abitlity to put bums on seats.

    never happened in my lifetime and while he remains undefeated it seems if joshua will sell out huge stadiums every fight

    america if tyson were allowed would have had a rival / but america has the problem of taking all there big fights to the middle of a desert in the middle of nowhere instead of outdoor stadiums .

    also PPV has killed boxing in americas fanbase to just 1 in 300 who follow boxing regulary.

    usa was the home of boxing but the lack of white fighters/ superstars like hearns/leaonard/hagler/tysons meant that someone like wilder needs a usa rival more than a uk one.

    joshuas tv numbers for his uk defenses in america are pathetic with no one watching at all 300 to 600k or what an afternoon knitting programme on channel 1/2/3/4/5 etc etc would get.

    yes joshua is the biggest ticket seller in the history of uk boxing but usa the biggest most important market has no intrest in him / and seemingly if it is not mexican / not much intrest at all now mayweather has retired.

    if wilder was going to break it / he would have done it by now.
     
    sean, Jul 23, 2018
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