The old adage, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” still rings true.Įddie Hearn checks on Tony Bellew after he is knocked out by Oleksandr Usyk during a world cruiserweight title fight at Manchester Arena on Nov. It should start with the heavyweights, because it’s the division that makes even the non-hard core fans take notice. We need to see Jarrett Hurd fight Jaime Munguia for supremacy at 154 pounds instead of letting long-ago business disputes render it impossible to make. We need to see Wilder and Joshua square off to determine the world’s best heavyweight instead of arguing over business terms. We need to see Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr., the two best welterweights, fight each other in the ring instead of on social media. This is the challenge promoters across all television platforms must deal with in order to take boxing to the next level. But it’s not fully there yet, because the fights the fans want aren’t regularly made, topped clearly by Wilder-Joshua. “We’re going to try to change that, because the only way you can make it current and trendy and cool is to drive that younger generation and make it a night out.”Ī Hearn-promoted Joshua fight is an incredible sight to see. They’ve made it a cool place to be, and I don’t think boxing has that much in America. We’re going to go to the fights.’ It’s the same mentality that they’ve had for the UFC. I don’t feel like you have that yet in America. “You have to make the kids and the younger generation feel like that’s the place to be. “It’s not rocket science: You have to make it cool again. in that regard, though he hasn’t broken through yet in the U.S.
It’s what boxing desperately needs, and it’s not just blaring music over the loudspeakers. That’s because the Knights spare no expense in game presentation and it’s like going to a party and seeing a hockey game break out. The atmosphere at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for Vegas Golden Knights’ games was recently voted best in the NHL by a more than 2-to-1 margin in a recent poll conducted by players.
Top Rank’s Todd duBoef has been trying to improve the in-arena experience because he recognizes the need to attract a younger demographic. is an older and staid group with little noise in the arena between fights. The stereotypical view of a boxing crowd in the U.S. He’s arguably the sport’s most accessible promoter and he’s making his shows must-see events with music and pyrotechnics and a nightclub feel. Hearn is doing great work on making boxing exciting. On Friday, news broke that Fury is fighting little-known Tom Schwarz on June 15 in Las Vegas in a bout that has virtual no interest among anything other than the hardest of the hardcore fan base. 1 title fight in Los Angeles with Wilder, had been negotiating a rematch with Wilder that was of high interest to the public.īut Fury in February signed with Top Rank and within a few days, Top Rank said an immediate rematch was off the table. Tyson Fury, who bravely and dramatically got up from the canvas in the 12th round of his Dec. DAZN, the streaming service for which Hearn provides content, offered Wilder a lucrative deal worth more than $100 million that would have made back-to-back fights between Wilder and Joshua in the U.S. The fight nearly everyone wants to see, a unification bout between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and IBF-WBA-WBO champion Anthony Joshua has yet to come close to being made. The heavyweight division has become something of a mess for that very reason, even though there is building excitement among the audience with the potential matches. Progress is being made in both areas, though there remains huge issues in getting the best to fight the best in a timely manner. Up until recently, two main problems were plaguing boxing: The atmosphere at the live events was more like a funeral than a party and there were long dead periods with nothing happening, and the best fights weren’t being consistently made. Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn answer questions during a news conference promoting Joshua's June 1 fight vs.
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