Could we expect a strong undercard if Froch Groves II is at Wembley?

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  1. UK Boxing

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    Are they hoping to sell out the 60,000 and then add more tickets or ?
     
  2. Ryan the Lion

    Ryan the Lion King of the Jungle Full Member

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    So if it's a stadium fight it's ok to have a **** undercard?

    The last Froch-Groves fight wasn't a stadium fight and that was on PPV, so i don't understand you're logic? :huh

    IMO PPV is bull**** and we shouldn't have to pay extra for a fight on Sky, but i understand it's going to happen, so if it does we should be getting a good night of boxing with a good undercard.

    Don't you want a good undercard? Or are you one of these people who just watch the main-event? Where are you're standards?
     
  3. boxfanlut

    boxfanlut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes
     
  4. DJA26

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  5. bronze_bandit

    bronze_bandit Active Member Full Member

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    with HBO showing the card across in the states, surely there will be at least one other marquee fight or group of fighters that would tempt tme to show the card.
    ie A couple of other known names ??
     
  6. goeasyefc

    goeasyefc Member Full Member

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    Rumour of Paul smith v rocky fielding. Can't see it myself like.
     
  7. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I want to see the best fight the best. But I also want to know the fighters are getting paid to do so. Apart from a glorious era when Tyson was sent to prison and King worked his arse off to create memorable bill after memorable bill forcing his rivals to compete, boxing is inevitably about one fight on a big bill.

    I went to Bruno/Witherspoon, it was the main event, Lawless' prospects on the undercard, and I think a match between Americans that were used as Witherspoon sparring partners.

    I went to McGuigan/Pedroza; Davey Boy was as seemingly always involved in a thriller, but it was just a domestic fight, and that was it.

    Bruno/Lewis was chucking it down, and I did not bother getting out of cover until the main event, I was not alone.

    Benn/EubankII was nosebleed seats, so again I only bothered with the main event.

    Eubank/WatsonII was also a one fight card, nothing of note on the undercard.

    That is the way Stadium fights work...