Which current fighters can fill stadiums?

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  1. colinthfc

    colinthfc Guest

    Regardless of the opposition whichcan guarantee to fill a stadium?

    Ricky Hatton coming back from his first ever defeat packed the City of Manchester stadium with a crowd of 55,000 for a non title fight.

    Oscar De La Hoya packed a football stadium against Steve Forbes

    Joe Calzaghe v Peter Manfredo Jnr packed the Millenium stadium.

    What other fighter could do this?

    I assume Pacman, not sure about Bhop or PBF

    Pavlik definately, and Klitschko's on Germany

    Chad Dawson apparantly cannot draw flies

    Could Kessler pack a Danish stadium?

    Mundine in OZ?

    I think David Haye will do in the future, if he wins a belt at heavy, no other current Brits at the mo
     
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  2. jisi

    jisi Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wladimir Klitschko :happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy
     
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  3. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    Maybe pbf if the fight took place in Michigan, I'm sure Cotto could in P.R. as well as Tito still, and JJC Jr. in Mexicao maybe.
     
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  4. lzolnier

    lzolnier Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Adamek comes easily to mind. He was a good reason for sell-outs in Chicago and twice in a row gave the Prudential Center its biggest boxing crowds ever - all while boxing on foreign soil. This is the main reason B-hop wants him. Oddly enough, Golota can still conceivably sell em out.
     
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  5. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both Vladimir and Vitali Klitschko
    David Haye
    Chagaev in Uzbekistan
    Adamek-Wlodarczyk in Poland
    Bute-Andrade rematch in Canada
    Maybe Kessler in Denmark
    Maybe Pavlik in Youngstown
    Sturm-Abraham in Germany
    Maybe Duddy in Ireland
    Maybe Cotto-Mosley II
    Margarito in Tijuana (because of the controversy)
    Hatton
    Pacquiao
    Maybe Juan Manuel Marquez in Mexico
    Amir Khan, if he can beat MAB
    John in Indonesia
    Vazquez-Marquez IV in Mexico
    Arce-Montiel in Mexico
    Both Daiki and Koki Kameda
     
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  6. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    amir khan can fill a stadium
     
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  7. Kaki

    Kaki Guest

    Any Polish fighter in Newark, NJ or Chicago.

    Miguel Cotto in New York.
     
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  8. dbouziane

    dbouziane ............. Full Member

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    agreed...especially cotto and tito in P.R.
     
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  9. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I guess there is nothing wrong with being English and proud, but do you have to be so obvious.
     
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  10. fitzgeraldz

    fitzgeraldz And the new Full Member

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    PBF can fill the big house @ the university of michigan ... 100k ... and don't think there wouldn't be 100k
     
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  11. Richel Hersisia

    Richel Hersisia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think a lot of fighters can sell out stadiums in their own city....

    Sad thing is that most of the time there is more money to be made in Vegas...

    Pac - Hatton could do 100 k easily in there home countries... Hell maybe even in San Francisco and LA... But 16000 in vegas, brings more money to the table...
     
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  12. WiDDoW_MaKeR

    WiDDoW_MaKeR ESB Hall of Fame Member Full Member

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    I am sure that many could with a good dance partner and reasonable ticket prices.
     
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  13. somerset

    somerset Active Member Full Member

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    Sven Ottke :tired
     
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  14. Triplesod

    Triplesod Drunk& pissed up on booze Full Member

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    I don't even think Floyd could fill a 50-70,000 in Michigan. His fans are generally purists and there aren't enough of them to fill a stadium. He doesn't get a following because he just isn't likeable (quite the opposite) and although, as a lesson in the sublime and to watch one of the most skilful boxers of all time, he is fantastic to watch, he is generally pretty boring and lacking in a lot of the action and aggression that the majority of boxing fans want to see.

    Or maybe I'm completely wrong. What do you all think?
     
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  15. Triplesod

    Triplesod Drunk& pissed up on booze Full Member

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    Hehe. I actually thought that it was quite a transparent agenda on show in the OP but let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Of course, if he is English (and don't forget Joe is Welsh. Would work better if you said "British") he is of course going to know more about Eng/Brit fighters and the kind of support and audience they pull.

    So, let's just give him the benefit of the doubt that he did ask this because he is British but with an innocent hope of simply learning more about the support of other fighters outside of the UK.
     
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