Fight in the US,why?!?!?

no different from calzaghe fighting in manchester, incase you don't know the welsh and english don't really get on.

 

Because Americans need every possible advantage in every sport. We generally give it to them because if we didn't they'd stomp their feet and cry. And we know how embarrassing that can be. :good

 

This thread belongs in the garbage.

 

I think it's great what Calzaghe does (ok, it'd be nice if he fought around Europe more often). I'm sure he really gives a **** that neither Brad nor Todd from Keokuk, Iowa know who he is. :yep

 

Las Vegas= Mecca of Boxing

Hatton and Lennox Lewis understand the prestige of fighting in
Vegas. I have the upmost respect for Hatton for knowing that for you to solidify your legacy in boxing, Vegas is the place to do it. For some reason the guy from Wales did not get that memo:huh

 

I agree you do not have to fight in the US to prove yourself.

However, the money and recent boxing history has mostly taken place in Vegas/NYC etc. In order to secure TV money and the big fights it usually has to be done in the States.

There is an argument to say Hatton and Calzaghe do not need to fight in the States as they can sell out huge arenas here and generate huge receipts here. However as the above poster noted, to many boxers it is the pinnacle of their career to fight in Vegas, and for eg, to someone like Hatton this is a big draw.

I do think HAtton will have a couple more fights back here in Blighty though, and sell out 40,000+ stadia. Who knows 80,000+ at Wembley if he can pull the true underdog story and beat Mayweather in Vegas first.

 

Without generally wanting to stoke the UK v US argument (which is tiresome), to be fair countries like the UK, Mexico, Phillipines, Cuba etc have a good ratio of boxers to population when compared to the US I would imagine.

 

It can often make financial success to fight in the US.
It's also possibly easier to make big fights happen if you have american exposure.
Having said that there is sometimes a knee jerk reaction if a champ dosen't fight in the US against fighters known over there then he's automatically a protected fighter. Who you fight is far more important than where.

 

:roll:

calzaghe
hatton
haye
woods
witter
arthur
maccarinelli

 

Yeah, bet he was really jealous of Lloyd Honeyghan. Winning one of the upsets of the decade- in the afternoon where punters were at tables eating meals. Damn, Joe's missing out there. :yep