From an interview with Mayweather advisor Leonard Ellerbe regarding Hatton thinking he's the draw in this fight:
In a megafight it always takes two to get the desired success you want to achieve, but for some unforseen reason Hatton has this distorted perception of himself being the draw in this fight which is far from the truth. I was reading a quote where he mentioned "he hadn't fought in front of less than 8,000 fans over the last 7 years." Obviously all the guiness he's drank over the years has affected his brain cells. Hatton's a very good undefeated fighter and he has a tremendous following in the UK, having fought 37 of his 43 fights there and we welcome that. Truth be told, Hatton's fans are coming to see Floyd. That's why there's been over 30,000 ticket requests from Britian. The British fans have had unlimited access to all three of his previous fights here in the US and not one has come close to selling out. The facts are he did about 4200 paid attendance in a 18,000 seat arena in the Collazo fight that grossed $500k, he fought in the Paris ballroom against Urango and had a 5200 paid attendance that grossed $1.2m, and then he did 9800 paid at the Thomas and Mack arena with Castillo, the same arena Floyd did 15,000 with Judah coming off a loss. I guess since none of these fights soldout, then it must of been imposter instead of Ricky Hatton.
I was wondering when we were going to hear from the greatest third wheel in boxing. Ellerbe is such a cock sucker. He should stick to giving Floyd his shoulder rubs in the corner and that's all.
i very much doubt that hatton fans are going over there to see mayweather. the reason so many hatton fans are going to see the hatton/gayweather fight is to watch hatton shut gayweathers cocky mouth and watch him knock him out
Silly post. They are not coming to see Mayweather. They are coming to see Hatton beat Mayweather and make history. It has nothing to do with them being fans of Floyd or liking Floyd or any such thing. They just want to see the supposed p4p number 1 guy get his mouth shut.
That's not what Ellerbe is saying though, is it?
i never read what he said, so sadly if thats what he said, then you win lol.
they are not here exclusively to see mayweather, they are here for ricky, but here extra because of floyd, which i thought thats what he meant, but whatever, either way its halfway true, but knowing him, unlike me he is not so humble.
They are coming to see ricky fight floyd, i never said they are coming exclusively to fight floyd mayweather, i already explained to you that floyd being our best fighter, and ricky being their best fighter is what they are coming to see in droves. nobody from england is here exclusively to see and cheer for mayweather, yea right.
hattons fans would be here anyway to see hatton, but MORE of them are coming because hes fighting mayweather and wanna see him get his block knocked off.
That's not what Ellerbe is saying though, is it?
Why didn't this many fans come over for his fights with Collazo, Urango and Castillo.
Its obvious they are here to see Mayweather.
erm how many british fans would go to watch mayweather without hatton? not very many.
i mean the sporting public in britain barely knows who the fuck he is. infact they don't. only the boxing fans know him and that's the truth. we are in an era where prince naz, mike tyson, lennox lewis, holyfield, audley harrison and amir khan and even rocky balboa are only known.
hatton is the draw. they are going because there's been a rpess conference in london and manchester. we don't usualy have big press conferences. and certainly no one knew who collazo was or even castillo, but we know of mayweather (as in public) due to the fact that the press conference was on the enws a lot.
If you are honestly trying to tell me that 30,000 fans signed up for tickets through Ricky Hatton's official provider to see Floyd Mayweather then you have lost the plot. Why didn't they sign up for tickets at Mayweather's end? Why didn't they go and see Mayweather fight De La Hoya? Why isn't there a UK based Floyd Mayweather fan club? Why hasn't ballroom dancing increased tenfold in the UK due to Mayweather's involvement in Dancing With The Stars?
They are coming to see ricky fight floyd, i never said they are coming exclusively to seee floyd mayweather, i already explained to you that floyd being our best fighter, and ricky being their best fighter is what they are coming to see in droves. nobody from england is here exclusively to see and cheer for mayweather, yea right.
hattons fans would be here anyway to see hatton, but MORE of them are coming because hes fighting mayweather and wanna see him get his block knocked off.
so at the most, say 15,000 came overseas to see him fight castillo, does that compare to the 30,000 expected to be here that weekend?
If you are honestly trying to tell me that 30,000 fans signed up for tickets through Ricky Hatton's official provider to see Floyd Mayweather then you have lost the plot. Why didn't they sign up for tickets at Mayweather's end? Why didn't they go and see Mayweather fight De La Hoya? Why isn't there a UK based Floyd Mayweather fan club? Why hasn't ballroom dancing increased tenfold in the UK due to Mayweather's involvement in Dancing With The Stars?
In the fight with Castillo there were 10,000 Hatton fans in attendance and up to half of that in the city so does that mean that the ones who showed up for that but not the Urango fight were there to see Castillo?
so at the most, say 15,000 came overseas to see him fight castillo, does that compare to the 30,000 expected to be here that weekend?
i answered youre question. Hatton fans are coming to see their best fight our best, if hatton wasnt fighting one of our best they wouldnt be here in the 30,000's to see him fight, and his past fight attendances prove this
In the fight with Castillo there were 10,000 Hatton fans in attendance and up to half of that in the city so does that mean that the ones who showed up for that but not the Urango fight were there to see Castillo?
apparently you didnt see the Castillo or Collazo fights.
i did, my question to you is, how many people were there, how fast did those fights sell out, and was there CCTV being offered in several casinos because of it? put it to you this way, i really wanted to be in vegas that weekend, but i cant because its fucking booked up practically everywhere, you honestly think the 5,000 people who went to the collazo fight in boston or the x amount of people who went to the urango fights matches up with the amount of people seeing this fight to see their best fighter against the p4p number 1? come on man.
oh i know what he does, but alot of people dont. his role is exactly this, him and richard schafer decide who floyd fights and how much money its going to be for etc, he handles his promotional shit and helps with his strength and conditioning, however because hes always talking shit (i must be the only one not annoyed by him) everyone sees him as a hype man.
yeah, I knew he did something like that, and he's probably good at it based on floyd's results. But when he talks shit he's just real bad at it.
That statement may have just been made tocause an uproar though, but if he chooses to gain attention like that all the time, he's going to lose all credibility, he's well on his way to that.
i answered youre question. Hatton fans are coming to see their best fight our best, if hatton wasnt fighting one of our best they wouldnt be here in the 30,000's to see him fight, and his past fight attendances prove this
apparently you didnt see the Castillo or Collazo fights.
hahaha, yeah he's that type of dude. I think he plays an important role in Mayweather's private life so Floyd has incorporated him into the boxing bis, but he just isn't cut out to do it. He should stick to giving Floyd financial advice or whatever the fuck he's done for him.
oh i know what he does, but alot of people dont. his role is exactly this, him and richard schafer decide who floyd fights and how much money its going to be for etc, he handles his promotional shit and helps with his strength and conditioning, however because hes always talking shit (i must be the only one not annoyed by him) everyone sees him as a hype man.
Why didn't this many fans come over for his fights with Collazo, Urango and Castillo.
Its obvious they are here to see Mayweather.
What would you class as 'this many'?
I mean approximately 10,000 fans came to watch the Castillo fight. Could any current foreign fighters generate that following in another country, if so very few?
http://www.gladiatorsthefight.com/portal/content/view/75/1/
Of course this fight has generated more interest again but that's because there has been huge media coverage and because of the importance of this fight. The fans are coming to watch Hatton hopefully beat Mayweather not to just watch Mayweather otherwise they would have travelled to many of his other fights!
Hatton is the obvious British draw.
hahaha, yeah he's that type of dude. I think he plays an important role in Mayweather's private life so Floyd has incorporated him into the boxing bis, but he just isn't cut out to do it. He should stick to giving Floyd financial advice or whatever the fuck he's done for him.
They're coming over here to watch Hatton fight Mayweather. Hatton being the key and Floyd just adding to the interest, if Mayweather was fighting someone else there is zero chance these fans would come, while if it were Hatton against someone else some of them would, not as many though. So Ellerbe just needs to cut the bullshit, he's the most annoying guy in the sport.
he kinda reminds me of Eric B., nobody knows what the fuck eric b was supposed to be doing other than being rakim's hype man.
If you can answer my question I might try and explain to you a little bit about Hatton's previous attendances.
i answered youre question. Hatton fans are coming to see their best fight our best, if hatton wasnt fighting one of our best they wouldnt be here in the 30,000's to see him fight, and his past fight attendances prove this
They're coming over here to watch Hatton fight Mayweather. Hatton being the key and Floyd just adding to the interest, if Mayweather was fighting someone else there is zero chance these fans would come, while if it were Hatton against someone else some of them would, not as many though. So Ellerbe just needs to cut the bullshit, he's the most annoying guy in the sport.
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