Going to my first live match a and got a question

[armin]

I was already planning on visiting my bud in Saint Louis this weekend and realized that alexander maidana is this weekend so got us a couple tickets. Never been to a live match so rather excited and hope it's a cracking fight. question I got is ticketmaster has event start time as 5 pm, and surely undercard and stuff cant be starting that early, what would be a good time to show up if I want to see the undercard and everything tho?

[Mark TKO]

undercard probably will start not long after 5

I was like you first time I went to a fight and wanted to get in for undercard etc.. Got there and was bored shitless after half an hour (no one else around either).

Left and went to pub and came back three hours or so later - was still too early for main event !

[Dia bando]

I was already planning on visiting my bud in Saint Louis this weekend and realized that alexander maidana is this weekend so got us a couple tickets. Never been to a live match so rather excited and hope it's a cracking fight. question I got is ticketmaster has event start time as 5 pm, and surely undercard and stuff cant be starting that early, what would be a good time to show up if I want to see the undercard and everything tho?

Why not watch the under card go early enjoy the lot not just the main event.

[El Kabong]

They sell beer and liquor at the events I've been to....why not go early watch the undercard fights (where the fighters really go at it!) and get a good buzz on before the Main Event

[Mars_ax]

I was already planning on visiting my bud in Saint Louis this weekend and realized that alexander maidana is this weekend so got us a couple tickets. Never been to a live match so rather excited and hope it's a cracking fight. question I got is ticketmaster has event start time as 5 pm, and surely undercard and stuff cant be starting that early, what would be a good time to show up if I want to see the undercard and everything tho?

The HBO card doesn't start until 9:00 PM CDT in St Louis, first up @ about 9:15 PM would be Broner vs. Eloy Perez. You might show up a little earlier earlier than say, 7:30 or 8:00 PM to catch one or 2 of the non-televised undercard fights, but not before. That would be my suggestion.

P.S. take it easy on the beer or you'll be running back and forth to the restroom.

[greynotsoold]

Many times, on televised cards, they'll have a couple fights early to test out the cameras, etc... to make everything is working. Then they'll show the two televised fights...but don't leave then because there will usually be several walkout fights. And those are often pretty good- saw Jose Luis Castillo for the first time in a walkout bout.

[armin]

Thanks for the advice guys, the beer I better keep it in moderation so I'm not plastered by time main event rolls around.

[elcolibri]

I've seen some interesting undercards live, for the few fights I've seen live that is.

I've also messed up when I wanted to get there trying to calculate when it's live in what timezone blah blah blah... and missed the undercards completely. Didn't miss the main event tho.

[superheavyrhun]

I'd say it is usually around an hour to ninety minutes between gates opening and the first bout of the evening. Depends on the promoter I suppose, maybe check on boxrec beforehand to see how many fights are scheduled.

[captainanddew]

have fun, good card.

Deontay Wilder vs a bum
Bogere-his ring walk will be fun like always.
Maidana Alexander
Perez Broner

[armin]

have fun, good card.

Deontay Wilder vs a bum
Bogere-his ring walk will be fun like always.
Maidana Alexander
Perez Broner

Yeah I'm excited. Wanted to go to alexander-bradley since that wasn't to far but that fell thru , in retrospect a good thing since the fight was junky. So if its four bouts I would think first one won't be till close to 7ish, thanks for the info