“If he was from Bulgaria, no one would ever heard of him, you know. He would still boxing in Bulgaria national team fighting for peanuts. No one would care of him,” Hrgovic said to DAZN Boxing. “And now he’s from Great Britain. He already made millions probably and big fights headlining O2 in London.”
There is plenty of truth behind Hrgovic’s argument.
Britain possesses the media apparatus to turn a talented young heavyweight into an attraction quickly. Queensberry can place Itauma on major cards, DAZN provides a large international audience, and domestic outlets supply constant coverage. A prospect facing the same caliber of opposition without that machinery in Bulgaria would...
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