What is the appeal of "Prizefighter" ?

[bzkfn]

It seems to have been a big hit in the UK, but hasn't really caught on in the U.S. I remember years ago a big heavyweight tournament called "Superfighter" was proposed, marketed, ultimately never came about.

How much bank do you lot put into the winners of the Prizefighter tournaments ?

I've only caught replays of a few and heavyweight Mike Perez was the most impressive.

Well I put stock in the British ones as I generally consider the winner has got to be in line for a crack at the British Title. It also helps brawlers and journeyman make a decent wage packet in one night. They give you £3K even if you lose in the first 10 seconds. The winner makes £32K and they now throw in 2K with every KO win. It can help propell you domestically. The problem for the US is they don't really put much stock in their national title, probably because the country is much larger and produces many more stars as a result. Over here, the British title has a bit of prestige to it.

[Vendettos]

I've watched every prizefighter possible. The appeal is the fast paced 3 round 'knock the other guy out' approach that it takes to win.

Granted that there has been some with almost no punchers, that can make it boring.

The rewards are good, 32k for winner and 2k per knockout.

+ look at Audley, won it and gets a shot at Wilder, if he wins he could get a world title shot.

And if you're a young prospect it's risky in the sense that it's easy to lose in prizefighter but it is also a way of getting 3 wins in 9 rounds on your record.