Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
So let's just say Haye fighting Wladimir for the HW championship and ENgland in the world cup final. What would be bigger in the UK?

I'm seriously asking this question, because some posters have mentioned that Haye is the biggest sports star over there and I know soccer/football is a very popular sport there as well.
It wouldn't even be debatable. Haye-fever lasts for a couple of days, maybe a week either side of the fight.

Our country cannot actually function without constant news on football. Even when there's no actual football being played, the sports pages are full of transfer stories & contracts extensions.

Any England game in the World Cup, even if they go out in the first round at the expense of the US, Algeria & Slovenia, will all be bigger than a Haye fight.

Then again, it's not like Wlad or Vitali are anywhere near the biggest stars in either Germany or the Ukraine. Again, in both those countries the footballers vastly overshadow them.
I don't know, they are well popular. If you put them against the German national team then yes but against just the Bayern Munich's and Leverkusen's of the the world Wlad and Vitali get 10 million viewers in Germany per fight alone. I don't know how many viewers the domestic games get in Germany but 10 million is some going and if they get that for every Bayern game i'd be impressed.

They are very different sports as far as news as there is so much more to talk and write about in football. And there are a hell of a lot more pro's in the sport too. It is not really something you can compare.