Has a European Champion Ever Transcended to Stardom in the United States?

[Rantcatrat]

I just wonder whether guys like GGG and Kovalev, were they to continue to win, would really be marketable in the United States.

There will be some who appreciate them, but there will be other fans (and boxing writers and commentators such as Satterfield, Atlas, Farhood, Raskin and Iole) who will never accept them. Golovkin being only half-white will be better accepted than Kovalev.

I would like to understand your basis for this statement. It sounds very silly. I don't think the race of the fighter matters to american fans. There is no doubt a favoritism toward American fighters though on US networks, which makes some sense, because it is, American network TV. Steve Bunce is pro-Brit too.