Boxing Media is desperate for the Lighweight division to become the Glamour division

[Spicoli]

There's always been some of that it's undeniable. Nationalism or favoritism and some a case of simply marketing only what you know and a promoters house. Shoot I remember many years ago when I was collecting bouts and a friend kept telling me about "this great overlooked kid named Arbachakov" and I was like..who. Didn't know him didn't see him on air over here so again, fans frequent what they're exposed to. A couple years later it turned out Yuri could fight! If you think exposure and favoritism is unfair now..go back to when there was no internet or forums at all . Garcia and Haney need some more development for sure. But it's already been said..by man American fans recently ..that their media hype has pushed a little ahead of actual achievement

In fairness all 3 Lt hvys have had top notch exposure and followings. All headlining cards here. The very first name most go to when talking Canelo at 175 is Beterbiev. Kovalev actually had a huge push early on and made tv from the beginning. Same as a Bohachuk as an example. The fans will follow, they'll come when fighters regardless of Country preform in impressive style. He's actually going against Brandon Adams next month. It's a solid match.

[Kirkland Laing]

What do you expect American boxing pundits to be talking /writing about? These guys are competing in a marketplace for eyeballs and clicks. Those eyeballs are primarily American and are interested in American fighters or fighters who are at least based in America, not some eastern European fucker with a ridiculous name or some Australian. So pundits and journalists and whoever are going to go with what their market wants because they're competing in a marketplace. If they can generate some hype by comparing a bunch of American fighters to each other in any kind of way then they're obviously going to do that because it's good for their business/career etc.