Glen Johnson Has Fought A Greater % Of His Fights In The State of Florida.....

For some reason some people seem to think that any non-Us fighter should fight in the US purely because it is the US. Regardless of whether it makes economical or practical sense for them to do so.

 

(A) Look at the fights that matter, not their early career fights when they were building up. Johnson has fought 18 12-round fights. Only three have been in Florida, and one of them was in Tampa. He's fought twice as many 12-round fights in Europe as he has in Florida.

(B) Calzaghe has fought 24 12-rounders in his career. All but 3 have been in the UK, 10 of them have been in Cardiff, and only five of them have been in his opponent's backyard.

(C) London and Manchester, where Calzaghe has fought nearly half his fights, are actually closer to Cardiff than Tampa is to Miami, for instance.

 

you picked the wrong fighter in glen johnson to make your comparison with.

if you had picked
jones/toney/tarver/dawson/pavlik/taylor/

as your comparison not only would your point be made but it would highlight the double standards.

but picking glen johnson was the wrong fighter as he is and has been willing to fight anyone and everyone and anywhere .

 

A fighter from the US does'nt get any hassle for fighting 95% in the states , it is accepted. A UK fighter that does the same in the UK, gets slagged off at any opportunity. Thats just the hypocritical way it is ! , it not going to change any time soon.

The bigger PPV audience is in the US , hence why many big fights are there.

Whats the answer to 99 out of 100 questions ,.... money.

 

A good point well made Cobbler.

 

Uk fights very rarly start at 4/5 am in the morning as the US ones do. I agree it would help sales in the US if they did start fights at 4/5am on par with the US.

But then back in the UK , our audience is effected as only hardcore fans will stay up or travel so late. Hence why our fights televised in the US start at between 12am - 2am. Its more to do with the time difference then anything else and peak audience ratings.

 

yeah thats the point 1am or 2am is the latest a Uk fight starts to appease the US. Not 4/5am.

Hatton mayweather was in the US , and of course started at 4am , huge fight though , not many would attract 1m buys in the UK.

Its more economics than boxing when it comes to times and locations.