Why Are You Brits So Concerned With How Many Tickets Saturdays Fights Sells?

That is, and don't call me Shirley.

 

I still think the place will be packed by the time the bell rings.

 

Most of the points that acb has made have been illuminating and fascinating. They make a lot of sense.
I would add that the area of contention as far as a British fan is concerned is that Calzaghe is often criticised for being a stay at home fighter, so when he finally decides to fight in the U.S no tickets are sold, so its clear it makes financial sense to have most of his defenses in the U.K. Far too much emphasis is placed on where a fight is staged. These only matter to some hard core fans. Foolish really when the financial considerations nearly always take precedent when deciding a venue.

 

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A lot of good points made and nice to see a thread going with no bull**** arguments flying back and forth.

I'd have to say though, that it was a monumental **** up to stage this fight in LV. Philadelphia or New York would of made far more sense. Closer for the Brits to travel, therefore more of them night of gone and it's either in or closer to BHOP's hometown, so most likely he brings in more fans. It's undeniable that this would of been a far bigger draw in the U.K, but that's besides the point. This is a good fight for Calzaghe to take, just a pity that it wasn't marketed right.

 

In the UK you can get anywhere quickly so any trip would take less than three hours generally. People are so passionate about their sports here. I was on the internet the minute tickets went on sale for Hatton vs Lazcano, i didn't think about how I would get there or who with, just 6 tickets cause i knew friends would want to come. Share petrol with friends, drive or train, tickets cost upwards of $25. My ticket to see Hatton vs Tszuyu cost $40 with a good view. Overall you're gonna spend maybe $100. If i had an extre $600 i would have gone to Vegas but that's what fans are prepared to do and J.C has got a crazy following, same as Hatton.

acb made the point about fights being enhanced by the crowd, yes it's the two men in the ring that count but if you're being backed up by 6000 screaming fans from your own country then that must give you an extra lift when you're fighting. J.C has said in the past that when he heard the crowd shouting he'd often try harder to rip the guys head clean off. That's what I pay for anyway.

 

Great thread too! Keep it coming.

 

This is very usefull information. Thank you.

If boxing was this accessable to me, I would see more events. I envy you guys in a lot of ways. Its funny because most of the best sporting events in the US are so expensive that real fans can no longer attend, and you end up with a crowd that simply wants to be present so that they can say they were there, but that has no passion either way.

Fans like me- for example, I am a life long Laker fan- can only affort to go to meaningless regular season games and sit in the top section of the arena. You know full well you won't be going to the huge playoff games, so it dampens your spirit a little bit. You get accustomed to being a t.v. fan, and I imagine there are a lot of people in this boat in the US.

 

I find soccer games are so expensive here and i can't follow Arsenal as i can't afford to go when i want to but when i know that these fights will come along maybe four times a year, i can spend that money because i know the occasion is so meaningful and it'll be worth it (unless there's a 2nd round k.o(David Haye)).

The point i see that makes more and more sense is about the poor promoting of this fight. The more we talk about it, the more it's obvious they should have used their brain and staged this somewhere accessible to the real fans; people from Pennsylvania; Philly, new york, U.K. These are the people who would want to see the fight most I think. It's not hard to get to Madison Square Gardens from any of these places.

 

Fair play to you ACB. I thought this thread was going to turn into the same nationalistic bull**** ESB gets hammered with these days, but you make some great points and you have stayed civil all the way through. :good

 

I think the prices of the tickets are a big turn off. 1500 to 350 is a bit steep.

 

This isn't the lowest priced ticket, is it?

 

It's a good thing it's not ppv. I suspect the majority of america will be watching the ufc ppv.

 

If you dug up a prime Ali and put him against a prime Tyson it still wouldn't justify these ticket prices. Ridiculous

 

I guess not any more - I just check some sites and it's down to 105 in the upper