Is it true that the Americans didn't watch Calzaghe v. Kessler, even prime-time?

you have to guess that because this was the wrst televised prime time bout in hbo history that is the reason HBO are not going with PPV for the hopkins fight.

not really a surprise, there must be very very few HBO events that have taken place overseas between 2 non americans and none of them a heavyweight.

 

Americans don't care about fighters they don't know. I was at a friends house and had to watch the fight upstairs while everyone else watched "Beerfest"

 

Who's Calzaghe? :rofl

If Joes comes to the States to fight Hopkins, he's better be prepared for an ass-raping at the negotiating table after this

 

Any boxing fan who doesn't know who Joe Calzage is by now is not boxing fan at all. I saw the fight, and the replay.

 

is anyone willing to translate this into english for me?

 

I watched it and enjoyed every minute of it. The average American doesn't follow boxing like I do though.

 

Most of the people over here in America - go off Name Recognition. So - if you're not a big name in America - most won't watch the fight - regardless to how good the fighter is.

Household names like DLH, Mayweather, Jones, Hopkins, Mosley, ect...... - even those that aren't really Boxing Fans will watch the fight - because they heard of the name.

Damn near nobody over here - with the exception of Boxing Fans - knew who Kessler or Calzaghe were. That's the main reason the fight did poorly. However - because the fight was on HBO - more people got to see both. And now with Calzaghe fighting Hopkins - he'll get more USA exposure.

 

I think those on this forum who say that 'the Kessler win was just a simple win for Joe so don't call him a world beater' haven't seen this fight.

They will watch Hopkins-Calzaghe though and there will be nobody on this planet who'll call him 'Calslappy' or 'Average Joe' after he's done ...

 

Boxing is a fringe sport in America now. Even for the biggest fights, most sports fans don't care. So for a fight between two guys that they've never heard of, it makes sense that there wouldn't be much interest. I watched it at a sports bar down the street and the majority of the people in the place were watching college football. Pretty sad.

 

None of my buddies wanted to watch Joe who?-so we went to the pub that evening instead.I caught it the next day on HBO 2.Joe just doesn't have a big fanbase here,me included.:-(

 

I Watched And Thought Kessler Was Going To Win But Calzaghe Proved Me Wrong The Guy Just Keeps Impressing Me.

 

Oscar is going to bend Joe over the Mahogany table and pump him in the rumpa :good

 

didn't you learn anything from those pictures?

oscar quite obviously prefers to have the pipe laid down on him.