Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan
Not even gonna get into who won, like pretty much everybody I thought Joe won but besides that according to the ratings people in America really didn't care. Lowest ratings ever for an HBO primetime event. Was in an article on secondsout.

Not sure why? Do casual fans really care that much that there not American? Cause for people like us, it was a huge fight. There's name recognition I guess but how many American fighters really have that big of a name among casual fans.
This is exactly why it's ridiculous for Calzaghe/Warren to turn their nose up at $8M to fight B-Hop. They can say all they want about Calzaghe being a bigger in-person draw in his UK fights, but it is Hopkins who will sell the PPVs.