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    Default Re: only one man in the history of this sport...

    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Haugen / Chavez 1993
    Chavez brought in over 132k people to a fight..............PAYING fans

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    Didnt travel thousands of miles and pay thousands upon thousands of pounds to watch it though did they?

    That would kind of be like saying hull citys 28,000 fans that attend when they play at home every week are as passionate as the 30,000 that swap continents every time hatton fights!!

    I do understand what dizaster is saying in that economic changes over the years makes it much more viable for middle/working class familys to fly thousands of miles.

    But seriously, would america have brought over 30,000 when ali fought cooper? would panamanians of completely taken over vegas in there tens of thousands when he fought hagler? and how many fans exactly did lennox lewis take over to vegas with him when he fought for the undisputed heavyweight championship (6500)

    You can hate the man, you can hate his fans, you can hate his lifestyle and whatever he represents. But stats dont lie do they!!
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    Default Re: only one man in the history of this sport...

    Quote Originally Posted by hattonthehammer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Haugen / Chavez 1993
    Chavez brought in over 132k people to a fight..............PAYING fans

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    Didnt travel thousands of miles and pay thousands upon thousands of pounds to watch it though did they?

    That would kind of be like saying hull citys 28,000 fans that attend when they play at home every week are as passionate as the 30,000 that swap continents every time hatton fights!!

    I do understand what dizaster is saying in that economic changes over the years makes it much more viable for middle/working class familys to fly thousands of miles.

    But seriously, would america have brought over 30,000 when ali fought cooper? would panamanians of completely taken over vegas in there tens of thousands when he fought hagler? and how many fans exactly did lennox lewis take over to vegas with him when he fought for the undisputed heavyweight championship (6500)

    You can hate the man, you can hate his fans, you can hate his lifestyle and whatever he represents. But stats dont lie do they!!
    Yes many people paid ridiculous amounts of money to pay for the seats there especially good seats. And yes people travelled from all over Mexico to see the fight. To maybe put it into better perspective, there has never been a fight with a higher attendance than Haugen / Chavez ever.

    If you want to bang on about Hatton being the Grateful Dead of boxing that's fine.
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    Default Re: only one man in the history of this sport...

    Quote Originally Posted by hattonthehammer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Haugen / Chavez 1993
    Chavez brought in over 132k people to a fight..............PAYING fans

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    Didnt travel thousands of miles and pay thousands upon thousands of pounds to watch it though did they?
    I think that Killersheep was answering your allegations that nobody did ever carried a larger legion of fans than HAtton, willingness to travel far or noise weren't included into the equations and I must admit that I do agree with him on that.
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