"Klitschko is insignificant in this sport..."

Listen man, I'm 6'-1" 195 and I can bang a little and crank out almost 900 watts on a rower. I can't imagine being 6 inches taller and 45-50 lbs heavier. Got to give some credit but I admit that the fights are boring because they don't ****ing bang. They basically fight smart and collect pesos.

 

Vitali and Vlad keep fighting the best heavyweights out there. They are cleaning out the heavyweight division. They are far and above all the others.

Vitali Klitschko Vs. Kirk Johnson was sold out at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA This was during a huge snow storm!!!!!!!

 

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You're a ****ing ******.

 

Vitali is married and has several children who are US citizens by the way, they were born in LA.

Vlad has many girl friends, so many wish they had as many as he.

It is a known fact that those who call other homosexuals are actually latent homosexuals themselves.

 

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You are an complete idiot.atschatschatsch

 

I think the idiot is also rather ******ed and full of very sick Hate.

 

There-in lies the problem! Apart from his brother there is no genuine real challenger.

Curious question, have the Klitcheskos ever defended in Ukraine?

 

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Yes and i believe the american press is so biased because no American Promoter is on board. Journalist write what they had to write not what they realy think. The are paid to write articles.

 

a real heavyweight champ has nothing to do with how many people crowd a stadium wether its in the US or Europe

 

Maybe what the writer meant is that HW is insignificant in the US now.

 

The US television and boxing market is the smallest in the world. Im not just discussing Wlad and Vitali. European belt holders get constant television coverage and boxing is as mainstream a sport as football (soccer).

Here in the US we essentially have ESPN Friday Night Fights and that is it. Most people dont get Versus, and HBO and Showtie are premium cable channels. Essentially you could surmise that the only people that watch boxing regularly on HBO or Showtime are fairly well to do, certainly not blue collar. And certainly not regular casual sports fans


So what is the incentive to fight in the US? To appease a group of idiotic hardcore american fans that believe that WE are somehow the mecca of boxing despite our lack of mainstream coverage and public interest?

A Eurobeltholder can fight in Europe on regular television and have 5,000+ people turn out easily, well over ten thousand even. Guys like Sturm or Abraham or huge sport celebrities in their respective countries. In Britain boxing is shown every month and people turn out in droves for their fighters.

In the US we have had a multitude of low selling PPV,s low fan turnout, and the only cards that have done well the past few years are those with Latino and Filipino fighters.

 

Guys, don't think that all Americans think the way this fella does. There are idiots in every country. In America, we give the idiots computers so bear with us.

 

Sadly, you must be related to the author of the article. Because to you, half of Klitschko related threads on ESB front page equals to "not being discussed much here". atsch

 

Very interesting post.You can find a lot of truth in it!
You are right.In europe there are a lot of casual box fans and sport fans who are interested in boxing but who have no clue who are the lesser known top fighters at each middle weight division.
I guess a big problem for the fight fans over there in the states is that they dont have easy access to world wide boxing on their tv set.Here in europe -if you have a satellite dish,but even without one-you can watch boxing almost daily on tv in case you can receive german tv.
German tv shows all fights and fight shows for free.You dont have to pay in order to watch a big fight.Of course it isnt that much fun listening to a German tv commenator if you cant speak german
Plus there are so many fight events in Germany,the UK,Poland,France,and so on and the distances are not that great as they are in the usa.On top of that all entrance fees are quite low(with the exception of the UK) here in europe-even for truly big fights.
I am going to watch AA vs Oral live this upcomming saturday.I bought a ticket for just 19€. I paid around 40€ for Peter vs Vitaly,and I usually dont pay more than 10€ for a fight event in the Czech Republic.

Many fight shows not far away from your home,easy access to world wide boxing on your tv set,cheap entrance fees.
A good combination for any box aficionado out there.
Sorrowly,the situation in the USA is different.Bad luck for our countless knowledgeable American fellow posters!:verysad