When Did Big Fights Start Happening On A Saturday?

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  1. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    AND WHY?
    When i was a kid,the big stuff(Leonard,Hagler, Hearns, Duran,etc) and smaller domestic stuff were in midweek.
    Now they are invariably on Saturday.
    Anybody know why and when this change occurred?:?
     
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  2. truewarrior

    truewarrior Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It probably happened on a saturday.
     
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  3. dfxt

    dfxt Member Full Member

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    :happy Aaaah thats rich.
     
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  4. 19king88

    19king88 Member Full Member

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    very funny:lol:
     
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  5. ocelot

    ocelot Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Monday? Really. Wow, different world back then. Better world?? Hmm..
     
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  6. tommy the hat

    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    Good question I wish I had the answer for. I remember Hagler-Leonard, Tyson-Spinks, and Foreman-Cooney were all on Monday night. Foreman-Holyfield, Holmes-Holyfield and Hearns-Barkley II were all held on Friday night.Now it seems the big fights are only on Saturdays.Must have something to do with money and the promoters feel that Saturday will generate more buys and more revenue than a weekday. Just my guess.
     
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  7. 0-1

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    I'd imagine it's to do with the global fight audience also. It's a lot easier to sell a fight that's on at 1AM or 2AM in the morning because of time differences if it's on Saturday night / Sunday morning, than on Monday night / Tuesday morning! Now the audience is more spread between at least the US and Europe, and also further afield in the East too, so the time needs to take account of it being watched in different timezones.
     
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  8. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    :good

    thats exactly it
     
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  9. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Vargas vs Mayorga was on a friday
     
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  10. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    The reason fights were on Fridays and Mondays was that the casinos wanted to create a long weekend for the gamblers. For Saturday night fights people have the option of coming into town Saturday morning, staying one night and leaving Sunday morning to get back to work, Friday fights and esp. Monday nights meant people were more likely to arrive earlier for the weekend or go home later.
     
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  11. mexican legend

    mexican legend MVP! Full Member

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    lol
     
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  12. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i'm sure it has something to do with it being a saturday .. .people are gonna wanna get the booze ...get the pizza..have people over... it makes more money for EVERYBODY to do it on a saturday ..buisnesses are all in it together to get our money ...they know how to work and scheme together
     
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  13. Club Fighter

    Club Fighter Boxing Addict banned

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    I don't know if that qualifies as a "big fight."

    Saturday night = more $$$
     
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  14. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Well it had big publicity cuz of the tras talk,that trash talk was epic,I actually kept some press conferences,they were epic.
     
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  15. Club Fighter

    Club Fighter Boxing Addict banned

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    Usually "big fights" have a belt at stake. This one did not and was supposed to be the "last hurrah," if you will, for Vargas (who I'm told is staging a comeback as we speak) who was one of my favorite fighters during the mid to late nineties.
     
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