hmmm six hour drive, need to see if I can squeeze some money out of the old wallet.
hmmm six hour drive, need to see if I can squeeze some money out of the old wallet.
That's one good thing about the Brits. They might be genetically challenged, but they do support their fighters. Look at how Hatton and to a lesser extent Calzaghe were able to transport fans half way across the globe to watch a fight. And here are two very good fighters unable to command even a modicum of that kind of support. And that is no dig at the two American fighters here as they have been making all the right noises. Where are the fanbases? It bewilders me, it really does. Okay, not the best location for this fight and it is expensive, but it seems that there are hardly any fans out there.
Not good at all. This will be a quality scrap.![]()
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where the fight is taking place, sold for a mere 583k for a full fledged arena/stadium insane.
A domestic fight over here get minimum one two thousand I agree it is easier to sell over here are champs are few and far between compared to the States, but for such a huge fight between Bradley and Alexander it is quite a poor affair when only few hundred fans have bought tickets, especially when alot of people think this is one of the biggest fights in the sport.
I think in many parts of the States this fight would draw thousands of spectators, but Detroit is an absolute wasteland. I could be wrong, but I don't think there's a place in the U.K. that compares economically with Detroit at the moment. Almost no one there has the disposable cash to spend on a niche sport for two fighter from different parts of the country.
It would have been great to have them host it in the UK though, and it would set up a clash with Khan pretty well.
Detroit is an incredibly bad situation, I don't even think Americans really understand how bad it is. The whole midwest has been hurt by the move away from factory type work but Detroit's the worst.
And you really can't compare the US to England as far as this goes. There are so many different mitigating circumstances. The size of the country is obviously one, the amount of fighters is another (both of these contribute to people (casual fans I mean) in Detroit not really caring about fighters from other regions), and of course when you really get down to it boxing is just a niche sport here.
where does boxing rank among sports in the UK? I get the sense that there's just the one overwhelming favorite in soccer and then everything else is kind of in another tier. Is boxing number two? Rugby?
Here even though pro football is huge and a clear number one it seems like there are more big sports with no equivalent to the overall dominance that soccer/football has in the UK and boxing is way down the line
Pro football
College football
Pro basketball
Pro baseball
College basketball
Nascar
UFC
hockey
boxing
soccer
only the bottom ones are hard to rank.
Boxing is nowhere near number two, boxing is struggling to get tv deals couple of our top promoters don't even have a tv deal right now.
Football
Cricket
Tennis
Formula One
Atheltics
Golf
Darts
Just to name a few are all covered more on tv and alot of casual fans no the top players teams in these and other sports, you would be hard pressed to for a casual fan to no who the likes of Carl Froch and Ricky Burns is. Both world champs.
I didn't realize cricket was that big.
Anyway this isn't surprising to me and its not just cause Detroit's going through so much. Only real boxing fans know who these guys are. I'm pretty sure neither have ever been mentioned on a national sports show. Its just not a big sport here. Its not covered by the real mainstream media unless you're one of the top drawing guys.
I have no idea why they put it in Detroit though. Not like it would draw well in Vegas but I'm sure it would do better.
FNF ESPN card tomorrow night btw.....Its Manfredo jr but hey.....upsets DO happen
shit... I just spammed huh![]()
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