Hatton-Cotto "could very well pack 50,000 into Yankees Stadium"

[Kball15]

THoughts?

Dan Rafael said that, and also said it would be a cant miss, all action fight. Your thoughts?

(He also announced that the crowd at CASTILLO-HATTON was just over 13,000)

"You want a massive, massive fight? You want the most passionate crowd of the decade? Match Ricky Hatton with Miguel Cotto in a welterweight championship fight and put it in Yankee Stadium, which has a storied tradition of hosting prize fights. Cotto's fight with Zab Judah drew a record 20,658 to a sold-out Madison Square Garden on June 9. They were mostly Cotto's Puerto Rican fans. Hatton brought 13,044 to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas to see him fight Jose Luis Castillo last weekend in Las Vegas. More than 10,000 of those fans were Brits, who traveled across the pond to see the Manchester hero. Madison Square Garden isn't big enough for Cotto-Hatton. If they fought each other they could very well pack 50,000 into the ballpark for what would be a can't-miss all-action fight. "

[cupcrazy01]

I agree with him, and it'd be the fight to show the US that boxing isn't dead, for crying out loud.

[Kball15]

I agree with him, and it'd be the fight to show the US that boxing isn't dead, for crying out loud.

... by packin the crowd with people from out of the US? lol

It would be 80% puerto ricans from puerto rico and brits from the UK.

and 20% US guys from NY

[cupcrazy01]

... by packin the crowd with people from out of the US? lol

It would be 80% puerto ricans from puerto rico and brits from the UK.

and 20% US guys from NY

My point was more that the fight would be held at Yankee Stadium, not in San Juan and not in Manchester.

[cupcrazy01]

The NFL wouldn't hold the Super Bowl in London or Beijing, for comparison's sake.

[Kball15]

The NFL wouldn't hold the Super Bowl in London or Beijing, for comparison's sake.

They hold games in Mexico and somewhere in europe...

idk why i brought that up, but u have a good point

[yidish pugilist]

but it would still be bringing boxing back to yankee stadium, a place that used to hold all the big fights, but recently the interest hasn't been there for them to sell enough tickets to be worth it. so if it can bring that kind of interest back to this country it's good for US boxing. the fights used to be immigrant ***s vs italians, irish vs english, polish, etc anyway, that's what america's about.

[Left2body]

If they do fight it will be fought in Las Vegas for one simple reason........MONEY!

People its not all about ticket sales and ppv buys. Casino's pay millions of dollars individually and as groups to host Mega fights. In return the event draws thousands of gamblers who spend and gamble tens of millions over the event weekend.

[majestiC]

I would definatly go to see if it comes off, more like Hatton vs Mayweather at the moment tho.

[squealpiggy]

Yankee Stadium wouldn't be anywhere close to being full. There would be maybe 10-15 thousand brits and maybe 5000 interested Americans. Boxing doesn't carry the attraction it used to when people would travel hundreds of miles to watch fights, especially not in the United States.