The big super fight Bradley v Alexander has sold 339 tickets!!

[armin]

hmmm six hour drive, need to see if I can squeeze some money out of the old wallet.

[Gandalf]

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.

[fan johnny]

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.

Not really a fair comparison with England being roughly the size of New York. If Hatton fans were Bradley fans driving to Michigan from the California They'd have to drive from England to Turkey.

[armin]

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.

Not really a fair comparison with England being roughly the size of New York. If Hatton fans were Bradley fans driving to Michigan from the California They'd have to drive from England to Turkey.

I think he meant they were able to bring way more than 500 people across the pond to vegas and whereever else they fought...

[armin]

Silverdome sale price disappoints | detnews.com | The Detroit News

where the fight is taking place, sold for a mere 583k for a full fledged arena/stadium insane.

[CFH]

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.

Not really a fair comparison with England being roughly the size of New York. If Hatton fans were Bradley fans driving to Michigan from the California They'd have to drive from England to Turkey.

I think he meant they were able to bring way more than 500 people across the pond to vegas and whereever else they fought...

Hatton is hardly a fair comparison in terms of popularity though.

[skel1983]

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.

Not really a fair comparison with England being roughly the size of New York. If Hatton fans were Bradley fans driving to Michigan from the California They'd have to drive from England to Turkey.

I think he meant they were able to bring way more than 500 people across the pond to vegas and whereever else they fought...

Hatton is hardly a fair comparison in terms of popularity though.

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.

[CFH]

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.

Not really a fair comparison with England being roughly the size of New York. If Hatton fans were Bradley fans driving to Michigan from the California They'd have to drive from England to Turkey.

I think he meant they were able to bring way more than 500 people across the pond to vegas and whereever else they fought...

Hatton is hardly a fair comparison in terms of popularity though.

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.

[Fenster]

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.

Not really a fair comparison with England being roughly the size of New York. If Hatton fans were Bradley fans driving to Michigan from the California They'd have to drive from England to Turkey.

I think he meant they were able to bring way more than 500 people across the pond to vegas and whereever else they fought...

Hatton brought over 20,000 for Floyd and around 10,000 for Pac. Incredible.

[OumaFan]

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.

[skel1983]

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.

[OumaFan]

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.

[skel1983]

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.

Massive mate there is currently 20-30 thousand Brits over in Australia following our national cricket team, we just have passionate fans who follow all our sports stars.

[Spicoli]

FNF ESPN card tomorrow night btw.....Its Manfredo jr but hey.....upsets DO happen

shit... I just spammed huh

[No Contest]

FNF ESPN card tomorrow night btw.....Its Manfredo jr but hey.....upsets DO happen

shit... I just spammed huh

I'm more interested in seeing La Bomba vs Pryor Jr.