(STACKED!) Great Fight Cards!!

[IamInuit]

From the almost happened files:

February 23, 1981
Hearns vs Benitez-to get 1.5 mil each.
Cooney vs Norton
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs Matthew Saad Muhammad
Gomez vs Ayala

What did happen.

Promoter Harold Smith(not his real name) fled the scene at two minutes to midnight and completely dissapeared killing the card. Feds on pursuit for a Wells Fargo job.

So instead King rode in about 3 years later and on Dec 3 1983 we got

Hearns v Benitez-pay cut 1/4 mil
Gomez v Pintor-pay cut of 125,000

Expected about 40,000 in attendance and got 12,000

I figure that two fight package today would fill that same stadium and Hearns and Benitez would have gotten 10 mil each.

[Silkeyjoe]

I think theres plenty of stacked cards nowadays. I think peoples standards of stacked is ridiculous though.

Bertos card this weekend is stacked for me.

Berto Ortiz - close to 50/50
Rodriguez Willaims Jr - Very good LHW fight
Montiel Lara - neither great fighters but should be good while it lasts
Washington Chambers - 2 of USs better heavies
Also have 5 or 6 other fights (al beit one sided) with decent prospects.

The bigger the main event the harder it is to stack the card because of money.