Is Germany the home of boxing?

maybe he'd be hated enough to be totally boycotted )))

 

Is Indonesia home to Muslims despite having the largest population of that religion?

 

It's not the home of boxing. For me that has to be Vegas or MSG. If you haven't topped a bill in either of those then you can't really call yourself 'big' IMHO.

 

it's the home of bratwurst and lederhosen.

 

Calzaghe, Hatton and Bruno have all filled pretty big stadiums.

 

I agree that boxing is mainly a Saturday evening 'event', not so much a sport anyone is interested in beyond what's shown on tv. Nobody cares about the sport in general, about global title holders or the quality of opponents. Also, boxing exclusively is a spectator sport in Germany.

 

First off, I doubt that there are 60,000 true boxing fans in all of Germany. So the audience was filled with people who weren't there as a fan crowd, but as spectators. Especially considering that Boxing is this weird media/glamour affair in Germany. When the stadium is filled with football fans of Schalke, nobody complains about lack of atmosphere, although I will concede that nothing beats the atmosphere in an English football stadium.
Secondly, most people had bought the tickets expecting to see Haye, who was hyped for a good half year. Chagaev is a nobody. He may fight out of Germany, but he's not a household name. I know a handful of people, real boxing fans, who had bought tickets and were really disappointed to see the opponent swap, some seriously considered selling the tickets on ebay.
Lastly, it's very impolite to basically insult a whole nation.

 

You hit the head on the nail.
Make Pac-Mayweather in Germany and half (me truly believe even more) of the audience from yesterday wouldnt even know who these two are.

 

There may have been 60,000 but you couldn't actually hear the ****ers.

 

Can you just imagine if it had been 60,000 of us? That roof would have got blown the **** off!

 

Germany is the home of big promoters...the home of boxing is UK

 

I like the way they host their events, really professional and awesome.

 

yes they do a nice show in germany, but i would have to say las vegas is the boxing capitol of the world

 

I would say Germany is the home of HW-boxing right now. Of course not of boxing itself, but the upper weight classes and esp. HW-boxing Germany is the frontrunner.

60,000+, indoor record in Europe for a boxing match, maybe World record (Ali-Spinks???). Thats impressive.

Athmosphere is worse than in Britain, but the main reason is, there are hardly germans fighting in the ring. Brits are more patriotic than germans. The Klitschkos are no germans and no german see them as GErmans, but as some good guys and good sportsmen they cheer for, but not get overexcited.

Watch for example Marco Schulze fights in East Germany. There is an athmosphere atleast like in a british football stadium.