Has anyone here watched a fight ringside or what would be considered close? How was the experience compared to watching it on TV?
Just wondering what to expect since I just bought ringside tickets to the Mikey Garcia fight in November
Hell even amateur fights at ringside are the bomb. In the club I've trained I've acually hugged grown bosnian men that don't look like they want a hug but then when fighters get decked you got no other choice.
In some ways it's obviously better, where you are actually there and can feel the electricity in the air and things of that nature. But in some ways it's harder to evaluate what's going on, as you're looking from a single angle that can be awkward looking up through the ropes, and you can have trouble telling if shots are landing or not depending on where they are in the ring compared to your vantage point.
I have sat ringside many many times right next to the judges on the apron when covering fights in the Southern states for Boxing Times, Flash & occasionally The Ring & KO mags. There is no experience like it You learn to dodge the bllod sweat & snot & hear the fighters cursing each other. One time we had 2 250 plus heavyweights bounce into the ropes & the top rope gave way. Over 500 pounds of humanity was precariously balanced above our heads. Thankfull neither came over & no one was hurt:shock:
I paid an arm and a leg for nearly perfect seats at DLH / Vargas- about $1200per. We were just slightly higher than the fighters, seated at about the 10th row, which was closer than I'd imagined. There is NO replacing that experience. I am not sure that being ringside would have been better. Being exactly where we were was a great perspective on size and shots landed. The conversations with other patrons around us were also memorable. When you can afford to, I'd say do it every time.
not a fan of being on the floor ringside..im 6-1....but the ropes block a lot of your view...I like to be close ...but slightly elevated so I can see all of the action clearly I sat near gary Sheffield, jeff lacy(pre demolition), big daddy kane and Michael bivins at winky/soliman ...learned my lesson....like being more elevated but still close
It has it's downsides. In this club I train at, there's this gay guy who always tries to hug me whenever someone gets decked.