Fair play to Ricky Hatton in his comeback after 3 years, hes fighting a former world champ whose only loss is in defending his title , i think its a decent enough test for Hatton whos had a three year lay off from any type of training.
More aside can we all agree, no other fighter in combat sports, be it mma or boxing ,can match him support wise?
The hitman has for his comeback fight alone sold 16 thousand tickets to fans that at the time of purchase did not even know who he was fighting !!
Also lets not forget him in the past taking 30.000 fans many time around the world to watch him fight ,many only got to see the weigh ins lol
Please tell me ,who else could do that in mma or boxing or K1 ?
I really think if Floyd fought in the UK he would do HUGE numbers. Bigger then what Hatton did here
If Floyd was from the UK then I wouldn't be surprised if he did better numbers on Sky than he would on HBO. Sky basically has a monopoly on pretty much most sports.
But I guarantee he wouldn't do bigger numbers than Hatton right now as an American.
A big draw is not only how many fans come to see you. How about how many fans dish out $50 or 25 euro for your PPVs? Can Hatton-Senschenko be on SKY PPV and do at least 500k buys?
Haye-Harrison did 600k according to unofficial reports (Sky don't release official numbers and Haye - Valuev did around 800k)
The UK get behind their sportsmen as a whole a lot more than the U.S (maybe it's because it's so fragmented in the U.S?) Hatton's comeback on PPV vs. anyone will do fairly decent numbers
I really think if Floyd fought in the UK he would do HUGE numbers. Bigger then what Hatton did here
Lmao.. are you from the UK? Because if you are you would know that is completely bogus.
The Hatton Mayweather PPV was £14 which converted to around $25 at the time (for other poster), how much was it in the US?
Hatton basically out done Floyd too on PPV.
His first USA PPV did 850k buys.. and 1.4 m in the UK
I really think if Floyd fought in the UK he would do HUGE numbers. Bigger then what Hatton did here
Hatton basically out done Floyd too on PPV.
His first USA PPV did 850k buys.. and 1.4 m in the UK
To be fair British PPVs are like $20 or so. But the fact he got so many buys at like 4am is amazing.
Attendance-wise, he's up there. But the Klitschko's sell 50-70k without breaking a sweat. Arthur Abraham, Mikkel Kessler are all pretty big ticket sellers in Germany, Denmark respectively. Chavez Jr, Canelo.
There's also Japanese boxers who sell a lot of tickets. Devon Alexander is a big ticket seller in St Louis.
Mayweather and Pacquiao sell out tickets pretty quick and they probably sell the most expensive tickets. You never see the revenue for these 50-70k tickets sold by the Klitschko's, that's cause they're probably cheap.
Tickets start 60euro for nosebleeds....... thats euro, stop thinking that other countries economies are shiet..... Klitschko's are by far #1 draw in Boxing as to the # of people they can bring out against bums in DIFFIRENT COUNTRIES, look at Poland,Switzerland, Germany where they sold out to a huge crowd.....
but I guess $77USD for nosebleeds as cheapest tickets = cheap?
Your national bias is showing huge time, but I get it. According to you everyone outside of North America lives in a cave and they earn 10 cents a day
Hatton could do 50k+ easy (and has done)
but none of these fighters mentioned would take 30k people to a foreign country to support him.
His fans are more likely to travel but that doesn't mean he has the biggest fanbase. Mayweather and Pacquiao are bigger draws worldwide.
When was the last time floyd mayweather fought out of country? So there wouldn't be any need for any of his fans to catch a plane to another country, but I bet you he gets people from all over the united states to watch him fight.
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Any more for any more ?? who can mention anyone fighters fans that can match hattons for die hard fight fan power ??
whos fans will follow their guy like hatton fans will ???
Fan wise Hatton is the GOAT ! FACT !
Did i ever say he was the biggest? You cant deny he is a huge draw...
Pac and may are in boxingHatton can bring a near nation behind him world wide to an event ,why haven't PAC or mayweather been able to match hatton with die hard fans like for like ?
If PBF or pac fans can really out number the hitmans ,then why wont they jump on a plane in numbers like the hitmans ?
I must have missed it but when did GSP take 30,000 fans around the world to a weigh in like the hitman did ?
Did i ever say he was the biggest? You cant deny he is a huge draw...
And pac and may are bigger draws in boxing
No, not in boxing nor combat sports. One could only imagine how many people from the Phil. would show up to a Pacquaio fight if they could afford it. Ricky is a draw in a pretty wealthy nation but he doesn't have the power that a lot of fighters would have in their respective nations.There are alot of die hard Pacquaio fans , some real rich but they dont seem to even match even the most die hard working class ricky hatton fans ...do the maths /ratio/country etc
Hatton is a big draw no doubt and he does have a very loyal fan base, uk ansd world wide . i don't think he is the biggest draw but he is certainly up at the top of the list. who matches him ? who will match him travel wise ? surely that tells us who has the most hard core fans !! u work it out ;)
Hatton is a big draw no doubt and he does have a very loyal fan base. i don't think he is the biggest draw but he is certainly up at the top of the list.
Mma wise Georges St-Pierre is a huge draw..
I must have missed it but when did GSP take 30,000 fans around the world to a weigh in like the hitman did ?
A big draw is not only how many fans come to see you. How about how many fans dish out $50 or 25 euro for your PPVs? Can Hatton-Senschenko be on SKY PPV and do at least 500k buys?
sky doesnt do ppv anymore, but against mayweather 1,4 mil stayed up til 4 am and bought that fight.
A big draw is not only how many fans come to see you. How about how many fans dish out $50 or 25 euro for your PPVs? Can Hatton-Senschenko be on SKY PPV and do at least 500k buys?
Hes fell out with sky so how would that work ?
With 16000 blind fans I dont think hes gonna get much trouble replacing sky is he ;)