Wlad vs Haye....biggest fight ever held in europe?

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  1. withoutwire

    withoutwire Well-Known Member Full Member

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    can't think of any off the top of my head that were bigger
     
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  2. BatTheMan

    BatTheMan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It probably is the biggest yeah. Calzaghe vs Kessler will be second after this.
     
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  3. dave-slave

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    in terms of people going?

    Wlad/chambers and Wlad/Chagaev were 50,000 plus
     
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  4. withoutwire

    withoutwire Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, just in terms of media coverage/anticipation
     
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  5. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    ali cooper
     
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  6. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Haye vs Wlad may be bigger

    The hype was big AFTER the Ali Cooper fight only because ole Coop knocked Ali down with that left hook
     
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  7. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    How big was Hatton/Tszyu?
     
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  8. miketysonko

    miketysonko Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is the biggest
     
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  9. slugger3000

    slugger3000 You Mad Bro? Full Member

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    I think so!
     
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  10. 02bash

    02bash Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Benn v eubank??
     
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  11. sillyjoow

    sillyjoow Active Member Full Member

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    Maybe, Benn - Eubank, Old Trafford? But heavyweight fights are always just a bigger occasion for some reason even though the better fights to watch are at the lower weights.
     
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  12. BatTheMan

    BatTheMan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No. It was a big domestic fight in Britain but frankly it made little mainstream attention globally. I also think that on that level Cooper-Erskine and other HW fights where significantly bigger.
     
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  13. Tricks77

    Tricks77 Sergio By God Martinez Full Member

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    Bruno-Lewis was huge in the UK. Granted, the stadium could only hold 26K spectators for the event, but it was PPV both in Europe and in the US.
     
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  14. TG1

    TG1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Benn vs. Eubank II was MASSIVE. Build up was crazy!

    Ali's trips over to the continent as well as Hatton vs.Tszyu and Calzaghe vs. Lacy were up there also.

    No denying that Haye bashing Klitschko's head in will be up there also:) lol
     
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  15. atberry

    atberry Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Eubank-Rocchigiani was big with Eubank all over the German newspapers with jodhpurs and cane and on Premiere in Germany a pay channel, as well as 13mill viewers in UK and broadcast live on every continent.
     
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