UK - Mecca of Boxing!

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    random top 50 list i pulled off espn

    seeing how 80% (or more) of the list is from the usa.... i think that speaks for its self...


    the uk may have the most supportive fans...

    but definitely is not the mecca
     
    walk with me, May 25, 2008
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  2. Cobbler

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    Lacrosse is played outside of girl's boarding schools?
     
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  3. steveedster

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    This thread actually has a good point, in the UK now big fights certainly have become mainstream getting the biggest crowds in the world currently . Impressive stats indeed.
     
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  4. walk with me

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    lacrosse is a big mens sport in the northeast.....

    espn was just televising the ncaa mens semi finals before the hatton fight and the finals are sometime soon....

    theres even professional mens lax even though the following isnt to big
     
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  5. steveedster

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    Hmmm the biggest sport in the world is mised off that list but its hard to but a 'mecca' on it. soccer.
     
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  6. Arran

    Arran Boxing Junkie banned

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    Pretty sure its England
     
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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Brazil, surely?
     
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  8. steveedster

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    Think he is talking about gridiron, but yes the association football mecca is currently England as it has the richest and best domestic league in the world in the Premier League. Its where most of the top stars are linked to.
     
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  9. Cobbler

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    Nah, don't think so, they hardly ever use their feet to kick the ball.
     
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  10. Arran

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    Im not going to disrespect that list, but americans have everything, every single thing in thier favour, they expect Euros to fight thier in front of an american crowd, american ref, american judges and then get Sturm V ODLH desicions. The WBC are pro-american to the point of racism, we can go back to the 30,40,50s when the Mob held the title and all champs were Americans...why? Because the title wasnt allowed to leave the US as the mob couldnt make money of a title fight held in country X. Euros are told ''they have to come to the states to prove themselves as they havent had US exposure'' typical of an inwards looking country like the US, you have the internet dont you? you have dvd players? no excuse. The USA is not the mecca of boxing, if you cant get more than 10k for Pavlik V Tasylor then you have no right to even claim that it is!
     
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  11. Arran

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    International football yes, but as a domestic league England is miles ahead of anywhere else, Spain and Italy are its closest rivals.
     
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  12. Claypole

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    You have actually proved the OP correct. All those names, yet the USA still can't put bums on seats. The term "Mecca" describes somewhere as the place to go for something. The amount of people that turn up for British boxing shows indicates that Britain is indeed more of a "Mecca" than the USA.
     
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  13. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Julio César Chávez Vs. Greg Haugen (1993)
    Estadio Azteca 136,274 a record for fight attendance.

    The Mecca of Boxing! is and always will be
    Madison Square Garden

    With Las Vegas as it's baby brother.
     
    Hatesrats, May 25, 2008
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  14. Arran

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    Azteca also holds the football highest attendence, dosent make it the Mecca, if they did it constantly it would have a case, but it dosent, this year the UK in 2 fights has done over 100,000 ticket sales, how many top US matches would it take to break the 100,000 barrier? 5,6,7 maybe 8 fights!
     
    Arran, May 25, 2008
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  15. steveedster

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    Good points, however the current crowds in the UK are very impressive. that is undeniable.

    I believe the next Calzaghe fight will break the all time indoor record if its held at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff. The current record is 63,315, set when Muhammad Ali regained the World Boxing Association heavyweight title from Leon Spinks in 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome. The Millenium Stadium could add 10,000 on to that.
     
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