I was MUCH less impressed than Lamps, Max and the ****

[K-Nan]

This thread is now worth less than a peice of dog excrement.

People are saying things in this thread which show they have no respect for boxers or the sport of boxing and are probably here to just ruffle a few feathers and maybe get their post count up cos theyre freaky like that.

One last thing though...........

Does not having BIGGER FIGHTS mean you didnt fight strong opponents? Or that you didnt fight FAMOUS opponents?

There are millions of good singers out there for instance. Just because they dont sing at every big event or dont go to where all the other singers go to get famous doesnt make them any less gifted a singer as any other top rated singer. The only difference is their stance in the eyes of the public, not their actual ability.

Agreed. You can't have a serious convo in here- it becomes a contest of who can make a more obscure, off topic comment.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

The cheapest seats were 40 pounds sterling, which equates to $83.28 on today's exchange rate. The ringside seats had a face value of 500 pounds or just over a grand. 50,000 seats filled is good number for boxing, don't be a ****.

Call it $US125-150 weighted average ticket price.

That's gate revenue of $7 million.

Whoop-de-doo

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Nah you need two miracles to be a saint. Maybe if he loses to Hatton that will count as one...

No canonization for the Oscar@154 trick?

It wasn't quite fishes-and-loaves... but c'mon!!

[Mozza]

Nah you need two miracles to be a saint. Maybe if he loses to Hatton that will count as one...

How about the decision over Castillo?

[dalliance13]

Great fight. And Max Kellerman rules.

[Wiley Hyena]

Again, only small-time fighters (and small-minded businessmen) focus on "gate".

PPV > gate.


Correction:

PPV >>> Gate.

Well you heard the pre-fight statements about why Calzaghe should not feel the need to fight in the U.S. He's filling 50,000 seats in England! Evidently they were focused on it pretty hard.

[Jim Jeffries]

I think that Calzaghe fought a good fight. Great stamina. Kept the pressure on and broke down Kessler.

I had it 8-4 CalSlappy.

But I do not see Joe as being a special fighter.

You must be extremely blinded by some serious prejudice then.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

You see Calzone in the last round? He ****ing went after Kessler for the first part of that round and tried to take him out, in a fight he was dominating. You ever see Floyd do that?

No need to be Smokin' on Zag's bone.

His efforts haven't made him more recognized, wealthy , or regarded. Despite a five year head start. Consider that.

[squealpiggy]

Call it $US125-150 weighted average ticket price.

That's gate revenue of $7 million.

Whoop-de-doo

Not really the point. A mention was made that the fight drew a live gate in excess of 50,000 people which is an astonishing live crowd for a fight in this day and age. This was disparaged by "Brandish" (which I suspect is a nom-de-plume) who insinuated that the only reason it attracted so many people was because the tickets were sold at a knockdown price. My motivation for explaining the ticket prices was to blast that notion into pieces. A lot of people paid a reasonably large sum of money to watch the fight, maybe not astronomical sums of money but a reasonable amount on a night out.

I would also like to point out that the fight started after 1am in the UK. And still drew 50,000.

Are you going to demean those live figures by talking about pay-per-views again?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

You must be extremely blinded by some serious prejudice then.

Gavin,

You said that the Castillo that Hatton beat was an "A" fighter. I thought we agreed that we wouldn't be discussing boxing with each other any longer.