only 7,000 tickets sold for Calzaghe/Jones

Horrendous economy in NYC. Even in a good economy, I'm not paying $150 a ticket to sit in the bleachers and watch the video screen, the same thing I could watch on ppv from my couch. $35 a ticket, I'd get some buddies together and go watch the fight, but $100+ for nosebleed? Please.

 

Correct. This fight should have been in the UK.

 

HBO probably lined his pockets to keep it in the States.

 

The tickets are about 4 times more expensive than the tickets were for Calzaghe-Kessler and Calzaghe-Manfredo. If they were charging reasonable ticket prices, they'd sell the place out easy.

 

According to Steve Kim you are correct


[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]hat's funny is that both of these events would most likely thrive in England/Europe, but were inexplicably placed in the United States. Calzaghe, after his disappointing showing in Las Vegas this past April against Bernard Hopkins (where money was actually rebated back to the host venue), should be facing Jones in Wales. The word is because of the insistence of HBO, it wound up in the Big Apple in exchange for '24/7' being produced. If there is a fight of the two that should've been in New York it was Hatton-Malignaggi, and the Garden seemed to be the logical fit. But because of Golden Boy Promotions’ corporate tie-ins with AEG (which owns venues all across the world, but not MSG), the fight ends up in the desert. It's worth mentioning that when the two co-headlined a doubleheader in Manchester, England back in May, a crowd of over 55,000 showed up at the City of Manchester Stadium in Hatton's hometown.[/FONT]

 

Surely Americans are familiar with Roy Jones Jr?

 

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Sad truth is Hbo doesn't always make the best financial moves w/ thier boxing budget.