Would 20,000 British fans turn up to see John Murray?

Yeah, he can. The whole Manchester Ricky Hatton Boxing Casual Fan Culture thing is pretty big and lucrative. If they could tap into that, position Murray as the new fan favourite, and stage it in Manchester, they could get some serious numbers.

Notice the difference between could and would, can and will though.

 

I'd turn up just to see Katsidis batter him.

 

Sorry, I can't talk right now, I'm being chased by a giant teddy bear.

 

i think a good fight for murray first would be mitchell, it would give his team a good idea of what they were up against, as i consider mitchell a step up for him. katsidas is a popular fighter, a very crowd pleasing style, 20k is a lot to a fight but i think they could put a decent dent in that number, if it was hyped properly.

 

If Murray fought Marco Antonio Barrera they would get 20,000, but I reckon 19,000 would be there to watch MAB, I don't get the impression that Murray is a massive ticket seller...:think

The entrance that MAB got v Khan was awesome, so much British respect for the Mexican Legend...:deal

 

i was at the mitchell fight, and a large part of the crowd were football fans they were there for the ocasion not the fight, but warren woulden,t be to bothered about that, 20k is a lot of people ,murray would have to win in ecxiting fashion over a couple of good names, then he would be ready for the katsidas fight next year.

 

ud be relying on katsidis pulling most of that crowd in. the undercard wud be weak aswell

 

Thats the thing, you could ask the original question a different way: "Would 17,000 fans turn up to see Katsidis?"

No IMHO.

 

no chance. id probly go :hey. gutted katsidis beat mitchell but loved his interview after the fight.

 

I doubt 20k people even know John Murray is a boxer.

 

If mistaken for Andy Murray.

 

I'd def pay to see Andy Murray in a boxing ring with Katsidis.