Quote Originally Posted by dumdane
Quote Originally Posted by Darth_Simasu
I don't see why the Calzaghe Vs Kessler fight couldn't be in the U.S - it'd be great for both fighters to showcase their talents infront of American boxing fans & surely Calzaghe would love to say he bowed out headlining at the Garden or Caesers Palace??

Atleast then you'd have a nutral ground and no squabbling over hometown decisions. I suppose you've got the issue of fans not being able to travel and possibly not being able to sell the fight in the U.S but I think it would get a bigger crowd than Hatton Vs Collazo which was around 7,000 I think.

I'm speaking to American boxing fans here but would they turn out to watch two foreign champions or would they only make the effort for U.S, mexican fighters?
It's a fight that could fill a stadium in Denmark and probably in the UK as well. So no need to go to the US to get an audience. Also if the fight happened in the US it would be early morning in Europe. Thus completely killing off the european ppv-marked. Better to just show it delayed in the US. With both fighters having their core following in Europe it would be stupid to risk losing it. Added US sales simply wouldn't make up for the loses in europe.
Yeah...but look at the last Calzaghefight and the upcoming one. The last one was at 2am because of American TV coverage and it seems likely to me that we will be seeing the Bika fight at American time as well just so that HBO viewers can have it at a convenient time....sod all the British fans who hve to stay up late. I think as it is between two europeans for domination of the SMW division, it would just make no sense at all to have the fight in the states. You'd be pissing off both sets of fans, who have to shell out the moolah to travel, and especially the states which is so far away and even more expensive. But equally, it would be a neutral destination....