IF he knocks out Steverne and is crowned as WBC champion the American fans will begin to see him as a major sports figure. The reason that I say...
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/ClassAction-Lawsuit-Filed-Against-UFC-by-Cung-Le-Jon-Fitch-Nate-Quarry-78853
Amen!.....make it an all time mega event and even do something above the sport of boxing and give a percentage of the profits to fighting world hunger
1. Klitschko 2. Wilder 3. Fury 4. Povetkin 5. Stiverne 6. Glazkov 7. Jennings 8. Ortiz 9. Browne 10.Ruiz
This was a good thread. I would update it now: To market to an international audience I would include stars from the U.S., Brazil, Australia,...
The top ten fighters are the top ten heavyweights....they beat all others.
It would have been one of the fights of the century
Boone versus Ibar would have sold out any arena in the Seattle area and resulted in their biggest paydays ever.
Yes .... both Tyson and Hughie on the list .... this group could upend the recent boxing norm and the little guys in the barnyard could once again...
Just think if just these undefeated guys all started fighting each other and as a result were making noise in the sports pages, web sites, forums...
There was another heavyweight during the Kirkman era from the Seattle area named Ibar Arrington. There was a lot of noise about matching the two...
A natural match against Jerry Quarry never materialized either......(maybe good for Boone). More on Kirkman .. http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=709
Boone Kirkman filled the Seattle Center Coliseum to capacity a number of times in the late 60's-early 70's. He was a genuine local sports hero....
Why not a Holyfield vs Jones fight?... (I do realize that Evander announced his retirement)
I agree.... by the way Hector Camacho was the king of doing exactly that.
