Kevin Mitchell public work out 06.02.10

the wages football players get compared to fighters is a disgrace and i agree with you the BBC should get behind boxing with frank warren who promotes the some of britains top talent,this would allow some great domestic match ups to be made and produce good veiwing for the public.COME ON THE BBC GIVE THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY WANT!!!!!!!

 

Stick it on the radio kev.

 

How about saying that Kevin's opening a new Ikea there - I seem to remember Londoners going mental when one was open before and piling up there and fighting in their droves although they probably said they were going to the 'Chris Rea' or something.

 

The money football players generate for their clubs is so large that they genuinely do deserve there fair share of it IMO - regardless of how big the wages are.

Won't be able to make Saturday which is a shame as i'd have liked to have come

 

i take your point dan,what i meant was the training and sacrifices a boxer makes greatly outweigh a football players and i think because of that the diffrence in wages is to great.after all you can hide to an extent in a football team and blame others for a defeat you cant in boxing.:bbb**** it boxing rules ha ha

 

Unless you are an Hatton...****ing air con, Mayweather, Graham, bent refs allowing dirty tactics, bent home town refs in Stoke....

 

Yep totally agree mate. If I had it my way boxers would be paid more I was just saying (Using United as an example)

We play at Old Trafford 19 times per season (without Cup matches). Each ticket is at least £35 and it holds 77,000 which is full capacity every game sometimes twice a week. That means United get around £2.7m in just ticket sales per Premier League match and sometimes that amount twice in a week. Plus advertising deals, merchandising, the boxes and whatever we generate in ticket sales for Cup Matches, Friendlies and TV rights then the players are right to gain a small fortune considering thats who the fans go to see.

The only way boxers would get anywhere near that at a lower level is if 'ticket sellers' were put on the same bill together every other week and/or were huge TV personalities. The TV personality angle isn't going to work as terrestrial TV in this country does not take notice of the sport at a lower level and by the time a fighter has got to the 'Ricky Hatton' level in the Mainstream media they're already in massive contracts with SKY thus alienating themselves and the sport from the general Sports Fan who doesn't want to pay £15 when they already pay £10 for the sports package ONTOP of what they pay for Sky in the first place.

 

The amount of money involved in football worldwide, or in the uk, makes boxing look like pocket change. So of course footballers are going to be much more highly paid - as a proportion of the revenue they generate they are still not even making THAT much money.

If you want boxers to make more dough, you need to create more public interest & PPV buys. The problem is as well is with how boxing is set-up - salaries depend on PPV etc. but that's a whole different story.

Just read Dan's post ^^^, what he said.

 

I'll try and make it, any chance of a spar?

 

cant see many folk turning up to that in all fairness...mitchell is so over rated, i would shut my blinds if the **** was training in my garden.

 

I wouldn't agree with that. Footballers have to stay in shape all year round, they have to follow the strict diets, train every day just like a boxer does. Plus you have the media probing you 24/7.

Not saying that justifies the wage difference but I just disagreed with your point.

 

what a typical world champion may earn some footballer earns in a week,football players dont train a fraction as hard as boxers,go to a pro gym ryan and you will see my point for yourself