Question for British Boxing fans.

[NUCLEAR BULL]

no chance it would be anywhere near as big as benn v eubank, when those to fought over 10 million people watched it live which was what the england football team was getting during the world cup that year so that was massive figures for a local fight............no one gives a toss about calzaghe, even after the pac-man loss people where saying atleast hatton had the courage to go fight top guys in there prime unlike calzaghe, thats what reporters and fans where saying so no way would that fight be as big

[Althugz]

no chance it would be anywhere near as big as benn v eubank, when those to fought over 10 million people watched it live which was what the england football team was getting during the world cup that year so that was massive figures for a local fight............no one gives a toss about calzaghe, even after the pac-man loss people where saying atleast hatton had the courage to go fight top guys in there prime unlike calzaghe, thats what reporters and fans where saying so no way would that fight be as big

Agreed wholeheartedly.

Benn vs Eubank was the fight that the entire nation stopped to watch.

You stop any random person in the street and ask them if they know Carl Froch. I will give you a 100 quid if you find anybody who knows who in the blue hell he is.

Calzaghe was also never as big as Eubank or Benn. I still think those guys did more for British boxing than JC. They garnered so much more interest. I don't know what it was - They were huge characters unlike bland JC.

Makes me nostalgic thinking about those days.

[BIG H]

no chance it would be anywhere near as big as benn v eubank, when those to fought over 10 million people watched it live which was what the england football team was getting during the world cup that year so that was massive figures for a local fight............no one gives a toss about calzaghe, even after the pac-man loss people where saying atleast hatton had the courage to go fight top guys in there prime unlike calzaghe, thats what reporters and fans where saying so no way would that fight be as big

Agreed wholeheartedly.

Benn vs Eubank was the fight that the entire nation stopped to watch.

You stop any random person in the street and ask them if they know Carl Froch. I will give you a 100 quid if you find anybody who knows who in the blue hell he is.

Calzaghe was also never as big as Eubank or Benn. I still think those guys did more for British boxing than JC. They garnered so much more interest. I don't know what it was - They were huge characters unlike bland JC.

Makes me nostalgic thinking about those days.

Benn & Eubank were bigger than Calzaghe because their fights were on ITV

[mrbig1]

I see, so the money is not there for Joe to come out of retirement. I know that Froch has called out Joe. If I was Carl I'll keep my mouth shut. I've been to England 26 years ago and loved it. I wish I could live there.

[mrbig1]

no chance it would be anywhere near as big as benn v eubank, when those to fought over 10 million people watched it live which was what the england football team was getting during the world cup that year so that was massive figures for a local fight............no one gives a toss about calzaghe, even after the pac-man loss people where saying atleast hatton had the courage to go fight top guys in there prime unlike calzaghe, thats what reporters and fans where saying so no way would that fight be as big

Agreed wholeheartedly.

Benn vs Eubank was the fight that the entire nation stopped to watch.

You stop any random person in the street and ask them if they know Carl Froch. I will give you a 100 quid if you find anybody who knows who in the blue hell he is.

Calzaghe was also never as big as Eubank or Benn. I still think those guys did more for British boxing than JC. They garnered so much more interest. I don't know what it was - They were huge characters unlike bland JC.

Makes me nostalgic thinking about those days.

Really? No one in England knows who Carl Froch is? Do you know who Paul McCartney is?

[rowlesy]

Am I missing something? What has Paul McCartney got to do with this? And no, if you asked anybody on the street who doesn't follow boxing they wouldn't have a clue who he was.

[mrbig1]

Well I guess Joe will stay retired.

[Fenster]

no chance it would be anywhere near as big as benn v eubank, when those to fought over 10 million people watched it live which was what the england football team was getting during the world cup that year so that was massive figures for a local fight............no one gives a toss about calzaghe, even after the pac-man loss people where saying atleast hatton had the courage to go fight top guys in there prime unlike calzaghe, thats what reporters and fans where saying so no way would that fight be as big

35,000 for Manfredo, 50,000 for Kessler, Sport personality of the year award and a plethora of primetime chat/game/award shows.

Calzaghe made a name for himself in the end.

Froch's top number is 6000 in Nottingham and had NO live TV for his first Grade-1 opponent.

I don't think Calzaghe is the weak link here

[killersheep]

no chance it would be anywhere near as big as benn v eubank, when those to fought over 10 million people watched it live which was what the england football team was getting during the world cup that year so that was massive figures for a local fight............no one gives a toss about calzaghe, even after the pac-man loss people where saying atleast hatton had the courage to go fight top guys in there prime unlike calzaghe, thats what reporters and fans where saying so no way would that fight be as big

35,000 for Manfredo, 50,000 for Kessler, Sport personality of the year award and a plethora of primetime chat/game/award shows.

Calzaghe made a name for himself in the end.

Froch's top number is 6000 in Nottingham and had NO live TV for his first Grade-1 opponent.

I don't think Calzaghe is the weak link here

Plus he's the only Welshman of Italian origin to be on Fight Night round 4

[rowlesy]

The only fight that would get close is the hypothetical one of Hatton v Calzaghe. Hatton v Witter wouldn't be that big because Witter is not a known name, just like Froch. To be honest, I can't see any so called 'Super Fight' of any magnitude happening domestically for a long time, mainly because boxing as a whole is not anywhere near as popular as it once was, and probably never will be again. And we have Sky to thank for that.