Ricky Hatton Sells 50,000 Tickets

I'm gobsmacked by these sales and have had to do some desperate scrambling around to sort myself out with a ticket. 55,000 for a fight like this is remarkable and they think they could have sold 75,000!

Whatever the sport (Football, Rugby, Cricket, Boxing), the British are the best at consistently getting off their arses to support their heroes, particularly when it comes to travelling overseas to see them in action.

Rugby Union has made massive strides in recent years with the creation of the Premiership, revamping of Twickers and the WC win. Rugby League has swapped to summer fixtures with the creation of the Super League and cricket has ambititious plans to get the majority of County venues up to international standards. The time is now ripe for boxing to undergo a similar renaissance.

These sales underline the potential for boxing in Great Britain, if it is handled properly (ticket prices, tv deals, marketing etc) and the punters are given the fights they want, then the sport can become massive again and really start to challenge the status of football.

 

you sure you haven't pulled the czech version of manny?

 

:good

Don't hold your breath though.

 

I'm not sure that even matters! How many of this 50,000 have heard of Lazcano?!

 

Blasphemy!
You should be having a can of Castlemaine XXXX and some barbequed shrimp. Do you want the whole social order to collapse?

 

What's the largest capacity stadium we have in the UK?

I think any superfight involving Calzaghe or Hatton could fill it easy. I don't think Haye could at the moment but that may change once he moves to heavy.

 

I think Wembley would be able to provide the biggest audience, maybe 100000.

 

Only the British are stupid enough to turn out in their droves for this, it's blindly following a guy who has been taking them for a ride for years.
This is a joke fight, anothe one.

 

This is the reason we are the best fans in thw world. What did Pavlik V Taylor get? 9000? American fans are ****, its like a library in US sports stadiums. Fickle fans.

 

Wow impressive its says a lot about British boxing fans! In US, even DLH couldnt do that in his prime. But, had Ricky not fought Mayweather, I doubt he have sold that many tickets fighting Lazcano.

 

It'd be interesting to see how many tickets Pacman could sell in Manila for a big fight.

Also, didn't Chavez sell out the Azteca for a fight about 15 years ago?

 

Not sure it would ever really challenge football. Ever since WWII footy has been the national sport and it shows no signs of decreasing in popularity (quite the opposite). But taking footy out of the equation, yeah if it is handled correctly we could see it take off in the UK and actually get some headline and TV coverage!

Think the national newspapers need to give british boxing more column inches though. I mean, I buy the mirror every day and other than Barry McGuigan's column on a weekend there is no coverage at all!! The local papers in Livepool cover when a local lad fights (whether that be Pro/Amateur) but the national papers need to include articles on British fights to raise the profile a bit!

Bit of a chicken and egg situation though I suppose... they wont cover it until it is popular enough and it wont be popular enough until they cover it...

 

Ricky Hatton could sell out any stadium in the UK, the opponent is merely a minor detail, in terms of ticket sales.

FFS, he used to fill the MEN Arena fighting the likes of Stephen Smith, so fighting a half decent name in Lazcano is bound to create interest.

If he was fighting a 'marquee' name - DLH, FMJ or Pacman, I suspect Eastlands wouldn't be big enough, it would have to go to Wembley.

Frank Bruno once filled Wembley with about 50000 fans, and in the grand scheme of things, Hatton is a much bigger name worldwide, better P4P fighter - therefore one would expect, a bigger turnout.