Just for regence the Groves vs Eubanks threads pre - fight in both UK and general forums: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/groves-vs-eubank-snr.601939/page-2 https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/chris-eubank-sr-vs-george-groves-at-smw.602145/ More people favoured Eubank in those threads.
Hmm, not quote proof when any fight other than his Wilder matches sold awfully Folk hero? Who defines that??? All you've posted is your opinion
The Press. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4wbwad/tyson-fury-boxings-new-folk-hero https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/13353044/anthony-joshua-tyson-fury-wembley-sell-out/ https://www.scrapdigest.com/watch-tyson-fury-leads-fans-singing-american-pie-in-epic-scenes/43110/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tyson-fury-becomes-britains-most-unlikely-hero-gw7b60xgg the list goes on... Oh...and the fact he has gone abroad and won all the heavyweight belts against all the odds. Forgot that bit. Twice.
You have posted threads relating to Groves v Eubank Snr. We are / were talking about Groves v Eubank Jnr.
Try this one and more people actually favoured Groves, but lets not ruin your narrative https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...official-pick-em.597607/page-11#post-19007228
My bad. More posters on general forum favoured Eubank JR and the British forum was close but more favoured Groves. https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/george-groves-vs-chris-eubank-jr-final-predictions.601964/
Ah yes Reputable outlets like Vice surely prove that And he hardly got a hero's welcome after beating Vlad Look im a big Fury fan but put the breaks on for a minute
In my opinion Whyte is far more known than the others listed. He has done some reasonable PPV numbers himself due to the Sky/Matchroom push. So I do think he adds a commercial value and that Fury vs Anyone doesn’t do 90K+. I do think Fury is definitely the star, and is a fully fledged household name who is the main selling point and he would do decent numbers against pretty much anyone given his star has never shone brighter. I just think it is very easy for those who dislike Whyte to completely write off his part in this. He is part of the reason the purse bid was so high. Warren knows that he is known to the public and is clearly upset that Whyte hasn’t lived to the preconceived billing and had a more active part in the build up and it would have made the fight bigger. If Whyte was such a nobody then no one would bat an eyelid at his lack of engagement in the build up.
Who does everyone want to win? They're both proven drug cheats but at least Whyte has never lied about giving money to charity. Think I'd go for Fury out cold just for his dad's reaction.
Fury all day Whyte will probably retire and i wont have to listen to him contradict himself every other week