Could Floyd have sold 27,000 tickets fighting Steve Forbes?

[Evil_Meat]

The only fight that Floyd carried on his own name since becoming mainstream, was Baldomir. I believe he pulled in 11k at the gate.

yeah but u gotta admit they did a great job hyping that fight i almost started to believe baldomir had a small chance

[sparked_85]

did you see the undercard what did you make of the possible khan match up guy? forget his name it was very late ...

nah I was watching it on the net in spanish with no undercard,,,,,,maybe that added to it.

Forbes done very well but it's hard to get into a fight like that. He was massively outgunned.

[deevel79]

That actually one of hatton's excuse for not fighting Witter.

Incorrect. Hatton's excuse for not fighting Witter is because Hatton has said that Witter has bad mouthed him over and over, and now doesnt deserve a fight with Hatton. If u ask me, that's a bit hypocritical being that Hatton bad mouthed Floyd, and embarrased Floyd on national tv.

[supermandathoe]

If it was in Michigan for that price hell yeah.

[TonyJ]

Yeah, he could have at those ticket prices. That doesn't mean he is the same draw as DLH though. Oscar could have sold 200k at those prices if there was an arena big enough.

NO, the fight wasn't a sell-out.
Hatton sold 45K tickets (starting ~65$)
Calzaghe sold 50K tickets (starting ~100$)

DLH is a no-name in the US compared to Calzaghe and Hatton in the UK.

[MELLY-MEL...]

i say no. odlh is still by far the biggest draw in the sport.

[Pugilistic™]

nope i don't think he could of.

[Funky_Monk]

i say no. odlh is still by far the biggest draw in the sport.

I'd say hatton will draw more when he fights in manchester. No doutb there will be a barage of anti uk coments now ..

[Guest]

NO, the fight wasn't a sell-out.
Hatton sold 45K tickets (starting ~65$)
Calzaghe sold 50K tickets (starting ~100$)

DLH is a no-name in the US compared to Calzaghe and Hatton in the UK.

What a joke. I'm sure you have people in the UK paying $5k+ to sit in the ringside seats, right? The only reason we don't get bigger crowds for live fights is that the tickets are ridiculously high priced.

[Funky_Monk]

Tickets are generally more expensive here and not just due to a weak dollar