He's a local fighter. He couldn't send ten thousand fans from a nation of 300 million to Wales to watch him fight yet Calzaghe can get thousands from three million Welsh people. If Welsh and UK fans had the equivalent market tv/attendance money breakdown and population as the US Joe would do vastly bigger TV numbers. That's because he's an entertaining fighter, unlike Bernard.
Manny Pac, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera all did great numbers in the US. They are not US fighters. Why? Cuz people gave a damn about them. Nobody gives a damn about Calzaghe except the Welsh. He proved it in his fights with Kessler and Bika. The Kessler fight was the lowest rating fighte ever. The Bika fight one of the lowest.
Yes Kel, I am American. I guess my sense of what's funny is eroding![]()
I guess your telling VD his stupidity made your teeth itchy was much funnier![]()
I promise to watch more episodes of Benny Hill to increase my humor I.Q.![]()
Last edited by Kel; 04-18-2008 at 02:18 AM.
They did great numbers cuz of the Hispanic community buying their fights. If you're going to judge Calzaghe by how well he does on America TV then you have to judhe Hopkins on how well he'd do on UK TV. By any fair method of judging their respective popularity Calzaghe wins easily, like he will on Saturday night.
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