10-26-2016, 10:49 AM
(10-26-2016, 10:20 AM)Msreef Wrote: The AJ - Price fight will probably be bigger in the UK than what the AJ - Parker fight would have been. Casuals make up most of the market, most of them would know Price, hardly any would know Parker.
Hearn is in a pickle, AJ is going to be facing top opponents next year, he needs to bridge the gap of the top ~30 level fights AJ has been beating, and the top ~10 fighters he'll be facing next year. The Breazeale fight was a wasted opportunity. Jennings would be a good fight, but he's not even in the IBF top 15, so I don't see how that can be for a voluntary defence. David Price is a terrible learning fight, for AJs sake I hope it doesn't get made.
The casuals have also seen Price get chinned on several occasions. They might know him, but they also know he is useless. I think a Parker fight would be a lot bigger. You just have to look at the crowds in the UK to know that boxing is a big deal here, the average fan is pretty knowledgable about at least the top 10's. People know who Parker is and give Hearn and Sky Sports several weeks of 24 hour promotion then it would be a big fight. Hes marketable - undefeated, young, powerful. What can they say to build Price up? He's been knocked out consistently, and he's fought bin men ever since. It's a hard sell. But that doesn't matter now and I'm glad it's not Parker. It will be even bigger if Parker has a belt too.