Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
You young fans and casuals don't know how infuriating it is after 20 years of constantly putting up with - "he needs to prove himself in the States," "not a true champion until you fight in the States," "padded record British bums," "needs to fight an American," "America is the only country you get a fair shake," "Americans can't leave home they'll get robbed," "corrupt UK judges/refs," "he's not a real world champion until he fights in the States"...

And the coup de grace, the one thing all these ignorant blowhards always had as a trump card was - "America is where the money is at!!!" Game set and match. It was true, Britain couldn't compete financially with America, so to expect a fighter to travel for a paycut didn't make sense.

However, the minds of jaded, casual and young fans have been so badly polluted with "America is the bestest," that still to this day, even with the economic situation being turned on its head, Britain being the worlds hot bed for tickets sales and TV figures, Brit stars are expected to pander to American fighters. British fans, not just Americans, believe AJ needs to PROVE himself in America, give Wilder all his money, chase, chase, chase a man that offers NOTHING other than he is American. Utterly pathetic.

Hope this helps.
Bloody hell, I am in 100% agreement, America is not a mainline provider of decent fighters any more, only the media hype to bull them up to the rest of the world. Triple G beats any American intermediate, and there are at least 4 Euro heavyweights who would make a mug out of Wilder. They have learned nothing from the Klitscho years. I'm not saying our heavyweights are great, its just that the yanks are currently piss poor because they can make more money playing American football. No wonder Dillyan White is screaming for a fight with Wilder, easy money, but the others are hanging back to get higher dibs in the money game, so its all politics, the top four or five know Wilder is an easy fight, but are trying to work out how two or three of them can have a worthwhile bite, the fact is that he gets spanked by any one of them and disappears and no more money making opportunities for both sides.