American Boxing...

that is an excellent point.

look back 20 or 30 years an american amatuer stars or fighters like tyson who were quickly establishing a reputation were aired on american tv right from the very start and americans could follow there careers right the way through.



in the uk for example this is still how high profile young talents are brought through.

i think for example about 37 of calzaghe`s 44 fights were televised.

all of hatton`s.

khan gets 6 million on average and every fight is televised.

haye every fight telelvised i beleive.

it is the reason of course uk prospects get the hype, even if it goes over the top sometimes , because they are in the public eye.

smaller pool of course but with all the channels tv now has easily done both sides of the atlantic.

just edit to say as far as i know UFC is nowhere near as mainstream as in the USA.

the event in london was not mentioned or aired in the uk that night , although it will pop up i am sure on an obscure fight /wrestling channel that we have or eurosport the 8th sport channel

 

It was on a pay per view channel.

 

the UFC event was on sky PPV.?

i had no idea.