Is Kid Galahad the new Junior Witter?

I was watching Kid Galahad last night and I noticed that the leisure centre where they were fighting wasn't full. I know when Junior Witter was also fighting he couldn't sell tickets and that was a major factor in him never getting the big fights with Ricky Hatton etc Junior was seen as high risk for low reward even when he held his World Title he couldn't sell tickets!!

Will this be the same for Kid Galahad? If he can't sell out a leisure centre when he is the European Champion I really don't see him getting to the stage where he will suddenly be able to sell out arenas! That means the likes of Quigg and Frampton will always have the powers to decide wether they want to fight him or not because they will always be the ones that take the majority of the money to the table!

Kid Galahad has some great skills, is awkward and would have a chance against either so Quigg or Frampton really want to take the risk? Just like Ricky Hatton didn't with Junior Witter because he wasn't a big enough draw?

Thoughts

 

no, because neither frampton nor especially quigg are the draw hatton was. galahad is fun to watch, crowds should grow with time.

 

What happened to fighters wanting to be the best? Wish i was old enough to watch boxing in the 80's when best fought the best and didn't use things like high risk low reward as a excuse

 

I'm not so sure about Frampton, his last fight against Kiko was a big turnout andnow he is a world champion that could grow even further! That means he will have massive bargaining power against most other fighters! Quigg although he doesn't have a massive fanbase has Sky behind him so that means that Kid Galahad would have to accept the fight on their terms too.

I just see Kid Galahad either having to be a world champion or the likes of Sky taking him on and forcing the fight with Quigg.

 

galahad has to accept quigg's terms because less people watch sky than 5? that's illogical. and while frampton has decent support, nobody will eclipse hatton anytime soon.

 

I never said that he would eclipse Hatton but i was just putting over the point that the situation was similar to the Hatton/Witter scenario!!

Galahad would have to accept Quigg's terms not because more people watch him on Sky rather than channel 5 but because Sky has more money than channel 5 and put more money into boxing than channel 5. Maybe I'm wrong about that and would like someone to tell me otherwise with facts.

Just because channel 5 gets high viewing figures that doesn't equate into massive money revenues, more people watch it because it's free to watch and not everybody has Sky but Sky does have massive amounts of cash that only if BT Sports decided to get properly involved in boxing no other platform involved in boxing at the minute can compete.

 

David do u think Galahad beats quigg or frampton he has been hurt a few times but always has done enough for win but quigg and frampton will be biggest punchers he has faced would like to see how Galahad would cope with say Martinez first

 

until they pull in huge numbers (not impossible for frampton) the situations aren't analogous. and we don't know how finances compare, but fat mick claimed they made a substantial offer to quigg. certainly 5 and maxi nutrition see galahad as their star right now until fury returns, as it stands will sky throw serious money behind quigg? he's way down their list of priorities.

 

I think Galahad is a better fighter technically than Witter.

Galahad if promoted right def could become a world champion.

 

Galahad gets the nod over Witter in most departments for me.

With regards to Quigg / Frampton , so long as Kid continues to progress at the rate he is,then he'll be firmly in that mix in the next 2 years (also consider that Frampton & Quigg are developing nicely too though)

As for crowd pulling, he's a lighter weight (notorious for not selling well - exception Hatton) but once the big fights start rolling in,then I'd expect a Brook type crowd for these fights, worth noting that the way things are headed Adam Etches will be progressign at a similar rate, 2 Sheffield fighters fighting for World (albeit paper) titles would sell out - no doubt!

 

His name doesn't help. Khan fans don't know much about boxing so probably don't register his name when they see it.

If he changed it back to Abu Hamza or whatever his real name is he would sell a lot more tickets.

 

Whats Khan got to do with it? please explain

 

Galahad isn't ready for either of those 2 right now, not sure he will ever be either.

He's a dedicated fighter, so you have to give him credit. He's in the gym for all hours day in day out trying to make himself the best he can be.

But for me, no matter how many hours he spends in the gym... he doesn't have the beating of Quigg or Frampton, especially the latter.

 

some of you pick a boxer's level based on which channel he fights on. if galahad fought on sky you'd be jizzing yourselves over him.

 

I was at this show at Ponds Forge and it holds around 2000. Most of the place was packed out but I don't think it helped that the fight was being shown on channel 5.