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

[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.

[amat]

I couldn't believe this fight was put in Detroit and now it's justified. It's extremely tough to overstate the fall of Detroit. From America's proudest working class city to the most depressed city in our nation. It is 'big' only geographically. People are fleeing from Detroit. Like OumaFan and CFH have stressed, it's just not a good venue. Sad, because this is a great fight.

[uwey]

Poor Location. Silverdome. I lived on South Blvd for 3 months last year. Thats about 1 mile from the Silverdome. Silverdome is on Opdike Road. Borderline of Auburn Hills and Pontiac. That has to be the most pathetic place in the world. Its not in Detroit. Kind of far to be honest. Cold, miserable, Grey, no sunshine. Crime around that area is not like in Detroit. Old factories and fast food joints everywhere. Its not in the hood because the area is mixed with white and black people. Just a depressed area. Stadium is grey just like the area. Big half million dollar home selling for about 90 thousand. I will be there only because I got a girlfriend around the corner. Then back to New Jersey. That place is a joke. Why not Atlantic City. Dont let the weather be bad like it usually is. may have 30 people there. Watch and see. Bad Bad Bad decision on the Location. Fight should be good though.

[Cressa121]

It seems pointless to put this fight in a place that's going through a really tough time economically. I understand Bradley not wanting to do it in St. Louis, but why not somewhere a bit more high profile? Surely it could have done better in Vegas or somewhere? Bradley put on his twitter the other day that they've sold 2000 tickets. Very low for a fight of this magnitude

[Master]

JMM v Katasidis drew a small crowd for that fight but Arum says that low attendances are common, that Leonard and Hagler fought on the same bill and only about 4,000 came to watch.

[fan johnny]

JMM v Katasidis drew a small crowd for that fight but Arum says that low attendances are common, that Leonard and Hagler fought on the same bill and only about 4,000 came to watch.

That number is typical for a big fight in Vegas. It takes the news media and the like to create cross-over interest in a fight. Olympic known fighters have the advantage when it comes to being a cross-over star. Promoter's don't have the formula on how to create a cross-over star although that is exactly what they want everyone to believe.

No one ever expected Staples to sellout (over 20K) for Margarito / Mosley because Mosley was getting old but it's a huge Latino market in Los Angeles. Black vs Hispanic makes a lot of drama, is as good a guess as anything that caused it to sell so well.

Black vs Black in a black location? Not really a lot of drama and again it is only a guess at what is not selling.

The proven best seller is the Classic Good Guy vs Bad Guy, but the promoters have to advertise. I have seen nothing for selling Bradley/Alexander on regular media, so it's not surprising.

[rjj tszyu]

Wow I didn't realise Detroit was in such a poor state! As for this fight, had it been promoted well enough I would have expected it to sell out in Vegas or at least do good numbers. Boxing needs an injection in the States it seems!

As for a worldwide draw it is doing fine. It's second only to Football in worldwide viewers and a fact that surprised me a bit is that Japan who are so big on the Martial Arts actually watch more boxing than MMA and the only sport with more viewers over there is Sumo Wrestling!!

Bradley-Alexander should have been on a Toshiaki Nishioka undercard in japan

[uwey]

JMM v Katasidis drew a small crowd for that fight but Arum says that low attendances are common, that Leonard and Hagler fought on the same bill and only about 4,000 came to watch.

That number is typical for a big fight in Vegas. It takes the news media and the like to create cross-over interest in a fight. Olympic known fighters have the advantage when it comes to being a cross-over star. Promoter's don't have the formula on how to create a cross-over star although that is exactly what they want everyone to believe.

No one ever expected Staples to sellout (over 20K) for Margarito / Mosley because Mosley was getting old but it's a huge Latino market in Los Angeles. Black vs Hispanic makes a lot of drama, is as good a guess as anything that caused it to sell so well.

Black vs Black in a black location? Not really a lot of drama and again it is only a guess at what is not selling.

The proven best seller is the Classic Good Guy vs Bad Guy, but the promoters have to advertise. I have seen nothing for selling Bradley/Alexander on regular media, so it's not surprising.

Damn that make sense. Great point.