Quote Originally Posted by smashup View Post
Wilder in his biggest fight to date against Ortiz only sold 14,500 Tickets.
That's pathetic for a Heavyweight Champion.
What amazes me is that he's pure entertainment with a 100% KO ratio.
Just shows how badly he's been promoted.


There hasn't been an American heavyweight champion before Wilder since Shannon Briggs over a decade ago (oops.... did I neglect to mention Charles Martin?), and Briggs defended exactly zero times.

Before that it was a blur of Rahman, Brewster and Ruiz. The last popular, credible American HW champion let's face it was Evander Holyfield, about 100 years ago.

He's undefeated with that amazing KO ratio.

Floyd is gone and let's face it...... Floyd was more hated than admired.

Wilder fills a huge void in boxing's glamour division in the States.

Yet, he fights out of Alabama and sells 15 thousand tickets.




Conclusion: YES. Wilder's promoters are absolutely the worst promoters in the history of mankind.