Eddie Hearn talks about American vs UK Audiences, Adrian Broner, Ricky Burns and more

he could fight in his hometown but then people will say "he doesnt travel"

 

nobody in the US is traveling 700 miles to A city to watch a boxing show with 1 good match. He would sell more tickets in his hometown but that is not the best biz plan. People in the US dont leave their house for a baseball game down the street. Broner is not a superstar in America yet. You have to earn things here unlike the UK where you hype up people like Ricky Burns.

 

no he is fighting in A city because that's the best biz for GBP

 

Yeah we Brits overhype our fighters, but proud to be British we support them and go to the fights live and create an atmosphere. I was at Haye-Chisora and the atmosphere at Upton Park was amazing, when Haye made his entrance the crowd went mad. American fans don't seem to support their fighters in a similar way? Guys like Mayweather, Roy Jones, Hopkins are such great fighters, but if they were British they would be icons, look at how much support Hatton, Calzaghe and even a solid fighter like Clinton Woods had

Broner-Burns would do a lot more money in the UK, because Ricky Burns has a fanbase unlike Broner

 

Maybe an American fighter should try and get a place of the Froch-Kessler undercard. Andre Ward for instance. He could use the exposure.

 

Broner couldn't sell out his mums front room even if she invited the entire family in reference to the late Bill Shankley 'if broner was fighting at the bottom of their garden Americans would shut the curtains'

 

Spot on. It sounds like an incredibly niche sport over the pond.:-(

So if tv ratings are so low and tickets sales are not setting the world alight then what reason do HBO and Showtime have to pay licensing fees to promoters for their boxing shows?

 

But yet, he's boasting that Rees may have already secured another bout in the U.S. already. In front of these same "few and dispassionate" audiences.

Why are they even interested then?

Stay the fu*k over there!

 

Burns is pretty much unheard of here in the UK due to his promoter and tv deal, yet he has a fanbase, whether its large or small, hardcore or mainstream, he will sell accordingly. Broner is not selling to his fanbase or to a mainstream audience despite getting the superstar treatment.

This is not a competition, WE WANT boxing in the USA to be big again. Christ, do you realise we stay up until 5am to watch fights from you're side of the pond. we love boxing regardless of where its hosted. Get a grip son:good

 

You dont understand America. Just because someone is an American fighter does not mean fans are going to back them like crazy. And why should they? Broner doesnt represent people in New York or Jersey.