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CraigM,
Joe needed America to gain more recognition, to fight bigger fights. He certainly needed it, if he was serious about wanting Roy back then.
Joe selling 50,000 tickets was great. But globally it wasn't a huge fight. A big fight in America is usually at a casino holding around 16,000. But it goes out to millions of people through PPV etc.
Joe admitted in 2004, that he needed to fight in America, and up at 175 to get recognition and bigger fights. Yet for some reason, he never followed it through.
interesting that you forgot to mention Hopkins pricing himself out when the fight was fought of years before they got in the ring.
Calzaghe didn't need America, if you can sell over 50000 tickets at home to amazing audiences why travel to sell 20000 to usually quiet ones.
When I went to Vegas for Hopkins fight it kinda proved a point as the British fans still outweighed the Americans about 3:1
Super middle is probably our biggest division so will always make loads of money here. Hattons was better for overseas fights, I'm guessing you think ward should have to travel too?
Nothing stopping people flying to England
Calzaghe didn't need America, if you can sell over 50000 tickets at home to amazing audiences why travel to sell 20000 to usually quiet ones.
When I went to Vegas for Hopkins fight it kinda proved a point as the British fans still outweighed the Americans about 3:1
Super middle is probably our biggest division so will always make loads of money here. Hattons was better for overseas fights, I'm guessing you think ward should have to travel too?
Nothing stopping people flying to England
Joe selling 50,000 tickets was great. But globally it wasn't a huge fight. A big fight in America is usually at a casino holding around 16,000. But it goes out to millions of people through PPV etc.
Joe admitted in 2004, that he needed to fight in America, and up at 175 to get recognition and bigger fights. Yet for some reason, he never followed it through.
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