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  1. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    I already have my tickets for April 4th but the fight is not getting much press. Two American black guys who aren't even that popular in the US are not gonna sell more tickets than Lucian Bute no matter how uncompetitive Bute's opponent is.
     
    PH|LLA, Mar 5, 2009
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  2. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Question:Why don't they open the Bell Centre completely for every (big) fight?
    I mean they are printing more tickets for Bradley vs Holt than for Bute vs Zuniga?
    Bute vs Andrade had more people itself?
     
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  3. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    People know Zuniga is a puncher and in any case, he's more of a threat than Joppy was...and they sold more than 10k with Joppy.

    I said before I didn't think Choko would sell more than 10k, but also said that 10k would be a very good result, even with Andrade on the card.

    I hope Choko didn't really plan to sell out to be able to make this work financially.
     
    Decebal, Mar 5, 2009
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  4. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    No...Bute v. Andrade sold over 16k, but still under the 21k limit. The rematch might draw in closer to 18k, though.
     
    Decebal, Mar 5, 2009
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  5. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    But is the Zuniga fight having a full Bell Centre open for tickets?It has right?:think
     
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  6. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    What would be the point? It's not selling more than 13k anyway. You get a better atmosphere if you don't open up completely and are left with big empty spaces. People come for the atmoshpere...you get a better view of the fight on TV than from the cheap seats...
     
    Decebal, Mar 5, 2009
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  7. Maxime

    Maxime Sweet Science Full Member

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    Guys, the entire Bell Center is open when there is more 10 000 people. What I mean by that is they open the entire ground level and "close" the seats that are higher up.

    Bute-Andrade filled the entire ground level plus section 200 and some of 300.
     
    Maxime, Mar 5, 2009
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  8. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :good

    (Bad news for Demers...Zertuche is out.

    http://www.rds.ca/boxe/chroniques/270579.html)
     
    Decebal, Mar 5, 2009
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  9. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  10. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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  11. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    a much better good news the the bad one :bbb
     
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  12. laffie

    laffie Montreal Full Member

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  13. left_hook

    left_hook New Member Full Member

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    bump
     
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  14. Maxime

    Maxime Sweet Science Full Member

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    Zertuche failed the pre-fight medical check.
     
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  15. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    I just saw Ross on in this corner and it turns out that GYM was his promoter before the contender.
     
    PH|LLA, Mar 6, 2009
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