Ricky Hatton pulls crowds like nobody else in boxing

[Domain]

Dude Draws Crowds as big as Rock Concerts...he is a 1 man Rock Band.
Massive crowd of 55 grand.

[El Jesus]

Only in Briton could you sell a fighter as limited as Hatton that big , the yanks dont buy bull**** so easily .

Alot of it has to do with the fact that time and again we have a top flight fighter, and if they arent american born, you get someone out of mexico, puerto rico, or someone like pacman all at the same time. americans are spoiled enough to have top fighters fighting every month from all kinds of ethnicities, i dont think its the same in england, thus someone like hatton only comes around so often.

[El Jesus]

No, there's lots of good fighters in Britain: Haye, Calzaghe, Hatton, Froch, Arthur, Witter etc.

Thats 6 people, now name all of the top flight mexicans, filipinos, Puerto ricans and americans who fight in the united states and you see why we dont pack houses like they do in england, now also factor in boxing is like the 6th biggest sport here.

[Addition]

Ricky is the most boring fighter in the game. All he does in clinch and he made "The Hispanic Causing Panic" look good.

You, a) didn't watch the fight properly and b) haven't seen Cory Spinks fight who is far more boring.

[steptwome]

yeah i know he sucks, that's why he's 44-1.....

Out of the 44 wins there are about six credible victories

[Domain]

Thats 6 people, now name all of the top flight mexicans, filipinos, Puerto ricans and americans who fight in the united states and you see why we dont pack houses like they do in england, now also factor in boxing is like the 6th biggest sport here.

Boxing is not the 6th biggest sport in America...its not even Top 10

[El Jesus]

Boxing is not the 6th biggest sport in America...its not even Top 10

i was being generous, my apologies.

[Hagler★]

its not a top sport in england either
cricket football rugby golf etc get more coverage

[Verstyle]

Only in Briton could you sell a fighter as limited as Hatton that big , the yanks dont buy bull**** so easily .

****in right, they're easily ****** in? Or they have all that damn money cause of their currency to throw away.

[Clegg]

****in right, they're easily ****** in? Or they have all that damn money cause of their currency to throw away.

The English are just more passionate when it comes to sports. Thousands of English people spend their time and money watching football teams that are not in the top 50 in the country (nevermind the world) play every week, even in places hundreds of miles away. Compared to that, paying out to see Hatton fight in his hometown, in his first fight in the UK since 2005, is nothing, even if the opposition wasn't great.

Having said that, no British fighter would take as many fans over to Vegas as Hatton did. The guy has worked very hard at building up a following, becoming well known and being seen as a nice guy. People like Witter, Woods and Gavin Rees don't even come close.