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Well, except Joshua and Fury

you should ask the yanks

currently id say very few active brits are known much at all in the usa

I can’t think of anyone. Even tho Fury and AJ will probably always earn well if they box in the US I’m not even sure they are that popular. I think Khan and Hatton were both more popular.

None ever were or are, not really. Other than Naz.

They respected Benn a lot but considered him ‘dirty’.

Right now? Not sure anyone really knows any British boxing names other than Fury. Def not AJ.

oogiebe wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 18:27 Right now? Not sure anyone really knows any British boxing names other than Fury. Def not AJ.

boxing fans in the states know aj, cuz of being wilder's rival, 2 ruiz fights, etc. aj did like almost 20k at msg

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 21:01

oogiebe wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 18:27 Right now? Not sure anyone really knows any British boxing names other than Fury. Def not AJ.

boxing fans in the states know aj, cuz of being wilder's rival, 2 ruiz fights, etc. aj did like almost 20k at msg

Those were mostly brits. My friends couldn't name any brit besides Fury, if even him. Barely remember wilder!

i think 1/3 of them were brits, still a big number of americans

aj isnt mainstream in the usa. but the dudes who talk about fury-wilder, etc, should know him. its not just the total boxing nerds who can also name luke campbell and co.

They’re fascinated by James Bond and the Royles and the way they speak.

They’d of lapped this fella up like nothing;



Each time he leaves us we start losing control.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 21:30 i think 1/3 of them were brits, still a big number of americans

aj isnt mainstream in the usa. but the dudes who talk about fury-wilder, etc, should know him. its not just the total boxing nerds who can also name luke campbell and co.

I know a lot of self proclaimed boxing fans at work and local taverns who couldn't tell you who AJ was, or Fury for that matter nevermind campbell.

EDIT: I heard something like 10k of the Garden were brits.

who do they actually know from today

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 21:57 who do they actually know from today

Lately they are all talking Mike Tyson and Mayweather. All of them know McGreggor and the Paul Brothers! LOL!

Richard 'the ssssshushhhhhh...

Knocked out Klitchko in front of 80,000 at Wembley and no one in America knows him?
He should be reminding everyone about it, every chance he gets

KiwiRider wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 23:34 Knocked out Klitchko in front of 80,000 at Wembley and no one in America knows him?
He should be reminding everyone about it, every chance he gets

90k

80,000 is basically small hall for aj

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 23:48

KiwiRider wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 23:34 Knocked out Klitchko in front of 80,000 at Wembley and no one in America knows him?
He should be reminding everyone about it, every chance he gets

90k

80,000 is basically small hall for aj

That's right, the mayor at the time, Khan(?) did some stuff and they could have 90,000
Froch must have spewed!

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 21:33 They’re fascinated by James Bond and the Royles and the way they speak.

They’d of lapped this fella up like nothing;



Each time he leaves us we start losing control.

Royles my arse!
They didn't lap him up, though, did they?

Khan always done well over in America

handsofstone wrote: ↑12 Jul 2021, 05:24 Khan always done well over in America

One of my pals went to one of his fights in Vegas (think it was the Garcia fight) and they said the place wasn’t even a quarter full.

He’s fought a lot over there and was in some good fights but not sure I’d say he was popular.

To be honest I think the last Brit to be popular over there was Naz and that didn’t last too long.

Most of the Brits is that have sold decent ticket numbers over there have done done by having thousands of Brits flying out.

Tyson Fury may well be more known than AJ over there but even he only sold with Wilder - his other fights sold only sold a couple of thousand tickets.

Corneilius Boza Edwards

Ken Buchanan - he topped Madison Square Garden and Muhammad Ali was chief support on the bill, now that's popular!

mickey1975 wrote: ↑12 Jul 2021, 03:21

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 21:33 They’re fascinated by James Bond and the Royles and the way they speak.

They’d of lapped this fella up like nothing;



Each time he leaves us we start losing control.

Royles my arse!
They didn't lap him up, though, did they?

Didn’t see him.

If they did, they’d of had a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams, mate.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 23:34 Knocked out Klitchko in front of 80,000 at Wembley and no one in America knows him?
He should be reminding everyone about it, every chance he gets

Yup.

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑12 Jul 2021, 07:53

mickey1975 wrote: ↑12 Jul 2021, 03:21

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑11 Jul 2021, 21:33 They’re fascinated by James Bond and the Royles and the way they speak.

They’d of lapped this fella up like nothing;



Each time he leaves us we start losing control.

Royles my arse!
They didn't lap him up, though, did they?

Didn’t see him.

Well, he was on Fox sports 1, 2 or 3 at like 4-5pm on a Sat. Probox commentary.

Benn was on NBC, ESPN twice, ABC twice all back to back at peak time live. Main networks from Watson to Barkley fights. Then back on ABC v Gent, then Showtime for the rest of the WBC defenses.

They knew and saw Benn, a lot.

Mike Tyson sent him good luck from prison and said he couldn’t wait to see him face Eubank.

When you talk sheer bottle, Chris Eubank certainly showed that trait many times.

Brendan Ingle told Ken Jones at the final bell of Thompson fight - ‘When have you EVER seen such guts?’
While Larry Merchant said ‘I take back everything I ever said about him.’