Margarito vs Mosley a hot sell...nearly 12,000 tickets already sold!!!!!

as a follow up to my other thread • Sure, the economy is in rough shape, but if you give people value for their money, they'll be happy. Case in point: The Jan. 24 Antonio Margarito-Shane Mosley fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Top Rank and Golden Boy, which priced the tickets very reasonably for a fight of its caliber -- $50 to $300 -- say they have sold almost all of the lower bowl's 12,000 seats. Top Rank's Bob Arum told me the other day that there are about 1,000 tickets remaining. With that kind of success, they've opened the upper concourse with tickets priced at $25. Who says boxing is dying? Even in this economy, it is alive and well, as long as you give folks a real fight to come out to see at a price that doesn't force you to pick between tickets or the mortgage payment. Remember, it was this time last year that Madison Square Garden execs, who grossly overpaid promoter Don King for the right to host the Roy Jones-Felix Trinidad fight, had the audacity to ask $15,000 for a ringside ticket. Margarito-Mosley is a better match, and the atmosphere is going to be fantastic because tickets are priced reasonably, the fight is taking place where it belongs -- in Southern California, where both fighters are based -- and the seats will be filled with real fight fans, not high rollers, casino guests or folks who just want to be seen. Just give the people what they want in a place that makes sense at an affordable price and the seats will be filled. from dan rafeal's blog