Warren "I have 3/4 biggest ticket sellers in Britain"

He is such a ****ing moron haha

 

Frampton yes.

Warrington perhaps. He's now a world title holder. If he beats Frampton you can bet his following will increase so much more.

He's not too far wrong. Bellew didn't sell out Goodison for Makabu. Sure it was on a Sunday Bank Holiday and against a little known opponent but arguably Warrington has a bigger following. Crolla has a sizeable following but is it larger than Warrington? Not sure about that. Brook is not a ticket seller, and that's why his cards are propped up by Dave Allen and other guys. They are always stacked cards. Amir Khan did a decent crowd in Birmingham but previously he has never been a major ticket seller.

Remove Joshua and he's not too far wrong. It remains to be seen whether Whyte is a major ticket seller. He packed out the O2 with Parker but that was off the back of Parker's AJ exposure and again with a stacked undercard with Chisora involved.

It's not a dumb argument at all. Even Fury did a solid crowd against a mug opponent in Seferi. Just because it came from Warren people having a pop.

 

Not that outlandish. Obviously, Joshua being number 1.

Wouldn't disagree with Frampton and Warrington being 2 and 3 - its that local fanatical fan-base that no-one else has. Groves and Bellew can get bigger numbers for those one-off events. Frampton and Warrington get strong gates for fights against opponents no-one has any interest in.

And based on the numbers Fury got against the Kebab shop worker you could argue he is up there. Though, the casuals will soon switch off now they've realised his entertainment doesn't translate to inside the ring.

 

Frampton and Warrington are certainly up there amongst the biggest ticket sellers.
Not sure how many crolla does nowadays but he certainly did do as many as the above 2 at one time.
I bet ritson will be doing big nos now and can see him been no 2/3 after the Warrington Frampton clash.
Fury has never been a big ticket seller Ime

 

Frampton does good numbers. Warrington, solid but he’s only sold big tickets once
Bellew done 18k + for Goodison and can claim to have helped sell out the o2 twice.

Tyson fury couldn’t sell water in the desert. See the excel show against Chisora and the hammer show at the o2 if you don’t believe. That’s without the Klitschko rematch.

The key thing is Warrington was doing solid numbers in the Leeds arena before Frank and the Elland Road show was just a pure football fan base. Frampton, again he was doing solid numbers before Frank.

Which fighters has Frank developed and turned in to a decent ticket seller in the past decade?

 

Whyte vs Browne sold well

 

crollas not a big ticket seller all his fights at the MEN arena the majority of the top tier isn't even opened.

 

Surley Bellew and Whyte are bigger draws than Frampton, Fury and Warrington.

 

How they've got there is irrelevant I think. He has them now. That was his point.

Warren has done tremendously well to be fair to him. When sky cut off all boxing promotion companies outside of matchroom, it left an almost impossible environment for promoters because no other networks wanted anything to do with boxing. Frank hung in there with box nation, which was a brilliant channel for the hardcore fan for several years. He then got the deal with BT and he's competing at the top of the sport with a good young stable.

He's heavily flawed but so are all promoters including Eddie. Warren is unlikely to accomplish regular Wembley sell outs like matchroom, nor make a go of it in the states like Eddie. But credit where it's due, he's had an awesome comeback considering where he was a few years ago and can still be a big success in years to come. Nobody else would've done that.

 

Re Fury he definitely wasn't a big ticket seller. However, the absence seems to have ignited interest in his career and if he keeps fighting top guys and winning, the tickets will sell no problem. The reason the MEN wasn't selling out quickly for Klitschko rematch was the shocking prices. With reasonably priced tickets and solid opponents, Fury will surely be one of the biggest ticket sellers in the UK.

 

Some fair points made in the thread. If Ritson keeps winning (and especially winning well), I'm certain he'll be a big ticket seller.

 

Re the last question, that's not the point though. It's a pure fact-based issue and I think the facts show that Warrington (now he is a world title holder) and Frampton are two of the top four pure ticket sellers in the UK. Just watching the press conference now and Frampton mentioned that he took 5,000 fans to Vegas. Not sure how true that is but if it is the case, that says it all.

 

2/4 yes. Not 3 of the 4. So it’s not quite facts based.

 

It remains to be seen with Fury. You're right in pointing out that previously he was never a big ticket seller but as someone pointed out before, the Klitschko rematch tickets were insanely overpriced by Hennessy. It was a baseless price increase. After all his issues and after becoming world champion, Fury's profile skyrocketed and if he's in a big fight at home now he's selling out arenas easily. As I mentioned, his crowd for the Seferi fight which was a farcical opponent sold very well.