So where will the Ruiz-Joshua rematch finally take place?

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They're purpose building a 12 - 16 thousand outdoor arena for this one andclassing it as an "event" with live acts like David Guerra djing over the weekend.
70% of Saudi Arabia's 45 million population is aged under 24 so you can see exactly who they're aiming this "event" at.
With all this money being thrown at this Sky Sports should have made it free to air which could have brought in viewing figures of 4-5 million easily (probably more).
Hearn saying the crowd will be "Vibrant" and people are "Naive towards Saudi Arabia" is utter bullshit!
The recent Amir Khan fight had fuck all atmosphere throughout the entire event.
Will be an interesting spectacle with amazing production levels but fights in the places like Saudi Arabia will never draw UK fans to fly over.

[Fenster]

Where's all this "no atmosphere" stuff coming from? Who was cheering and clapping all through the Khan fight then? And what about the Groves-Smith WBSS final?

Did they use photoshop and fake clapping for the TV? ()

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Where's all this "no atmosphere" stuff coming from? Who was cheering and clapping all through the Khan fight then? And what about the Groves-Smith WBSS final?

Did they use photoshop and fake clapping for the TV? ()

You honestly trying to claim either of those two nights had an atmosphere anywhere near what you'd get in the UK?

The Khan fight was like a morgue and the Groves fight wasn't much better.

[Fenster]

Where's all this "no atmosphere" stuff coming from? Who was cheering and clapping all through the Khan fight then? And what about the Groves-Smith WBSS final?

Did they use photoshop and fake clapping for the TV? ()

You honestly trying to claim either of those two nights had an atmosphere anywhere near what you'd get in the UK?

The Khan fight was like a morgue and the Groves fight wasn't much better.

Obviously the atmosphere wouldn't never compete with a UK fight, just saying it looked and sounded like any normal place from TV, that's all. I agree it's a nightmare place for UK fans.

Hearn almost threw up telling Kugan "of course it's no booze"

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Where's all this "no atmosphere" stuff coming from? Who was cheering and clapping all through the Khan fight then? And what about the Groves-Smith WBSS final?

Did they use photoshop and fake clapping for the TV? ()

You honestly trying to claim either of those two nights had an atmosphere anywhere near what you'd get in the UK?

The Khan fight was like a morgue and the Groves fight wasn't much better.

Obviously the atmosphere wouldn't never compete with a UK fight, just saying it looked and sounded like any normal place from TV, that's all. I agree it's a nightmare place for UK fans.

The worrying thing is that fighters are ALL gonna want a piece of this extra money that Arab & Emirates places can throw at events pretty much unrivalled, the money they can front up makes Vegas look like Oxfam.
The days of Our top fighters fighting at Wembley or Cardiff could be numbered.
Why would they fight on home soil when they can earn shitloads more in places like Saudi Arabia?

You can't blame the fighters for wanting maximum $£$£ especially given their lives are on the line with every fight.

It's gonna be interesting to see how this all pans out over the next few years, Hearn was saying that other Emirates countries put in bigger bids to host this fight, Dubai, Qatar etc.

[TitoFan]

They're purpose building a 12 - 16 thousand outdoor arena for this one andclassing it as an "event" with live acts like David Guerra djing over the weekend.
70% of Saudi Arabia's 45 million population is aged under 24 so you can see exactly who they're aiming this "event" at.
With all this money being thrown at this Sky Sports should have made it free to air which could have brought in viewing figures of 4-5 million easily (probably more).
Hearn saying the crowd will be "Vibrant" and people are "Naive towards Saudi Arabia" is utter bullshit!
The recent Amir Khan fight had fuck all atmosphere throughout the entire event.
Will be an interesting spectacle with amazing production levels but fights in the places like Saudi Arabia will never draw UK fans to fly over.

I'm actually surprised they didn't just have it in Dubai. Regardless, all the excesses in that part of the world... the tallest skyscrapers... big-ass indoor skiing resorts... It seems logical the Saudis would throw all kinds of money at this event. But you're right. You can't "buy" atmosphere, and whatever there is will probably be partly "canned". Thoughts of recorded chants of "Dee-fense!.... Dee-fense!" in half-empty playing venues come to mind. Hearn will say just about anything that suits his fancy. It's his job to sell the un-sellable. Me? I really don't care, as the time of the event is fully doable in this part of the world.

Looking forward to it.