Fight in the US,why?!?!?

Not all of them. You can't summarize US people. We're collectively bipolar. I'd even say schizophrenic exhibiting mulitple personalities.

I say put a fight on in Tampa and **** New York. We put more people in the seats to see Robin Reid than Vegas will put in to see Tyson in his heyday.

 

Trust me if you ask Hatton or any other English fighter with a sense of history, they will tell you that Las Vegas is the place where you secure your legacy.

 

:good


Jose Napoles has no legacy?

 

Vegas wasn't as big a player in his day. And Monzon fought all over Europe. Plus he fought in New York.

 

Once. It didn't affect or enhance his legacy really.

 

He's the champ and can pull in the crowds. I doubt the likes of Omar Sheika or Byron Mitchell have the same clout in their country.

 

It won't break the record of JCC when he fought that one bout in Mexico. It was in Azteca Stadium against Greg Haughen and had 132,247 spectators.

No way this one even comes close to that.

And for all you fools across the pond who think its about territory, its not. Its about the level of competition. If you stay in your home country and feast on bums for your entire career, you'll never get any respect a la Sven Ottke.

Its all about your level of competition.

 

good post:good

 

Whats your point? It will not break the attendance record.

 

Hey that's my boy Tony Licata you're dissing their. I used to eat in his family's restaraunt in Tampa all the time. LOL.

But the home-cooking label can't be totally rolled out for Monzon. He was from South America. He traveled to Denmark, France, Monaco and Italy and yeah New York once.

 

Opinion.

Fact: Chavez-Whitaker did 60,000 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

 

Re: Cementing legacies. Remember Jeff Fenech? Poor soul, finally went to Las Vegas, was totally ripped off vs Nelson and was never the same again. :-(