As a upcoming prospect now, unable to sell much tickets, should one be signing with a promoter like Goodwin who requires you to sell an average of 60 tickets to BREAK EVEN. Which is madness, many fighters have their fights cancelled due to the lack of tickets that they sell. This money of course goes out to pay the opponent (Journeyman cost roughly £1200) and other boxing costs. However, as a UK fighter what stops me from fighting abroad like in countries with cheaper opponents such as Hungary, Latvia in Europe and Egypt, Tanzania and Ghana in Africa etc. How much do the journeyman cost over there ? Anyone have a clue. The pro game seems to be literally nothing more but a business and I want to have a clue as to what im entering as I have been an amateur for a while
This does not belong on the Classic forum. I’d suggest the Boxing Training forum. And what you need is a manager.
In music they call it "Pay to play." To get a club gig, bands would have to buy X number of tickets from the club. That way the club owner was still making money booking an unknown band. If the band had enough fans and friends they could sell the tickets and still make a profit. if they didn't they were out that money, but hey, at least they got the gig. Problem is, it doesn't give the club any incentive to promote the shows; they've already made their money just by booking the band. I'd not heard of this happening in boxing, but I'm not at all surprised. It's a different world now, with the internet and social media. A savvy fighter could build a social media presence and make it work for him / her. But by the time they've done the work and got a big guaranteed audience / fanbase, promoters are willing to put them on cards without making them buy tickets because, well, they've got a big guaranteed audience. Good luck with your career, MMayhemM.
