Money is the name of the game.You must be naive to think that a mayor American or American based fighter prefers fighting on American soil for lesser money to fighting for a big paycheck on German soil. Lamon Brewster now fights out of Germany for a German promoter. McCline was begging to get a contract with one of the big German promoters. Pro boxing is not a child' game.To earn as much money in as short a time is the name of this game.
You must be joking,mate! Poland?? You can earn a handful of polish zloty there fighting on small fight cards in front of some hundred fight fans.Most of the Polish fighters have showcased their skills in Germany within the last few years in order to enhance their world wide markebilty.In terms of big money and big fight shows as well as world wide tv support the Polish market cant hold a candle to the German one. Poland,eh! Nah! Poland only has a handful of well known domestic fighters who fight for little money in front of small fight crowds. Germany attracts some of the best fighters out there-most of them stem from the countries of the former soviet union. A Russian amateur star would think twice before turning pro in Poland. Well,the UK can stage big fight shows,and the fan support is there,but in terms of big money as well as world wide tv support even a big fight market like the UK cant compete with Germany's one at present. Germany is a rich country where some tv channels are ready to spend big bucks on boxing broadcasting the fights for free. A lot of German based fighters are household names.Some months ago I asked a new American collegue whether he had ever heard of a certain Kelly Pavlik.He hadnt. Seldom will you come across an average person in Germany who isnt familiar with the big names in today's boxing in Germany. Pro boxing is big in Germany.Makes me happy as I ve been able to attend quite a lot of fight shows in Germany. As for the fight crowds you are right in saying that you can hardly hear them. Germans tend to sit spellbound in front of the ring avoiding any comment or noise,but they are always ready to critisize a fighter. Not the most likeable fight crowd.Thats for sure! However,I prefer a sold out arena to a small but noisy crowd somewhere else. A sold out arena stands for good paychecks.Lets not forget that boxing is a very dangerous sport! Every fighter-whether he is a top dog or an average journeyman -deserves to collect a decent paycheck after a tough pro fight. Since I live off and on in the Czech Republic I am quite familiar with the pro circus there. Sold out arenas there-fantastic and lively fight crowds(much better than in GErmany,England,Belarus,Poland,or Spain)-great atmosphere. A fight fan's dream over there?? Nah! The Czech market is small and Czech tv cant pay a lot of money. Fighters there earn little money. A skilled heavy like Ondrej Pala fights for peanuts at home-a German based journeyman or an American bum would have a good laugh when learning how much money Pala earns fighting at home.Thats why he has to fight abroad on foreign soil for relatively little money squaring off against the hometown boys in their own backyards.If he had an American or German passport he would have collected far more impressive paychecks over the last few years.
He will have a tuff time regardless if the fight was held in his own front room, fraggle is a tuff mofo
I like the more subdued atmosphere at German boxing events; the soccer style chanting in the UK I find quite annoying. If you're interested in somethinkg you want to watch it, right? What I don't like is the bright white rings they use, it hurts my eyes.
Abraham-Miranda I was a big fight as well. The popularity of boxing in Germany is good for the sport. 12 mio free TV viewers for Klitschko-Gomez. Thats impressive. Add all the non-german european viewers you are likely up to 20-25 Mio. BTW the reason why boxing in Germany is prospering is quite simple. Since the former Soviets turned pro and established themselves, the german market is big. The former Soviets prefer middle Europe to the US due to similar culture, people and the territorial closeness to their home. And the TV market is much bigger than in the US. If i am right Germany has 6 different TV Broadcaster who show regularly live boxing (ARD,ZDF,Eurosport,RTL,DSF and Premiere).
He was about to KO A Ohner promoted fighter when Ohner(promoter) himself rang the bell to end the round about half through to save his fighter.It was caught on camera. [YT]JsDNTF-EUG4[/YT]
Ok my **** is now straight, however yours is not! Germany is not the hotbed of boxing. Another reason it wont be is because their main language isnt English.
Its not a reason on its own but it adds to complications, my main reasons are that American tv who are the major influences on where big fights are held wont pay for top fights to be in Germany. All the moneys in America, most of the top promoters are in America and the major belt organisations are based in the Americas. Why negotiate across the other side of the world when a lot of negotiations have to be done within your own country (tv stations, boxers etc) and then have to go abroad and negotiate through inturpretors.