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Who do you expect out of the celebrity bunch has their tickets already?
I'm certain Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Jack Nicholson and Mark Whalberg have their tickets already...
Who else do you suppose will be ringside for the fight who was able to shell out the money in time for seats?
All the usual suspects will be there and I'm sure new faces. I think big boxing events are a big thing for celebrities because they remember all the biggest names in show business showing up to the big fights in the past, like Ali/Frazier 1, ect, so it's a status symbol to be seen at these big extravaganzas. I'm sure it will rival your standard award show for the number of A-listers there.
It goes to my point though that this fight is no longer about the common fan. This fight meant something to real boxing fans from 2008-2012 (before the JMM KO). Now it's a bunch of hoopla, they're conning everyone into believing that it's the fight of the century like it would have been 4/5 years ago, when in fact now it's two greats nearing the end of their careers trying to get that one last mega payday. I'm not paying a cent to either of those bums.
Sylvester stallon and denzel Washington will probably be there. Do these a listers actually pay for there tickets ?
Boxing was never about the common man. Or it never started out with the common man in mind. It was always for toffs and the elites, gathered in the backroom of some pub, dressed in their finest, that came AND PAID MONEY to see the "fights".Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
If anything, boxing is getting back to it's roots with regard to the high-class and upper-class people attending in their finest. It was always a black tie affair.
I never was one for the jeans and t-shirt crowd at boxing events, especially in the front rows. It made the sport feel cheap and seedy.
Arum said NO ONE will get a free or complimentary ticket. And for the anticipation of this fight, no one, except for family members, and I mean immediate family members, parents, spouse or children, should get free tickets. It's just too damn expensive and people want seats too badly!Quote:
Originally Posted by g3org3
Except Ronda Rousey. Apparently a 14 second destruction of an opponent in a different sport, earns you the prize of a free ticket so creepy old Uncle Bob can yammer in your ear all night about the wonders he could do for your career. Hope he talks his way into an armbar.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamajaArum said NO ONE will get a free or complimentary ticket. And for the anticipation of this fight, no one, except for family members, and I mean immediate family members, parents, spouse or children, should get free tickets. It's just too damn expensive and people want seats too badly!Quote:
Originally Posted by g3org3
lolol... I think Rousey should stay in mma, but can see her dabbling a little with boxing in the off-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by J_UndisputedExcept Ronda Rousey. Apparently a 14 second destruction of an opponent in a different sport, earns you the prize of a free ticket so creepy old Uncle Bob can yammer in your ear all night about the wonders he could do for your career. Hope he talks his way into an armbar.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamajaArum said NO ONE will get a free or complimentary ticket. And for the anticipation of this fight, no one, except for family members, and I mean immediate family members, parents, spouse or children, should get free tickets. It's just too damn expensive and people want seats too badly!Quote:
Originally Posted by g3org3
She has done more for mma than Jon Jones has, imo...