why don't massive attendance fights happen in the US?

[WhoreUs]

yeah that makes sense i suppose - if you hold a fight in a casino most if not all the fans will spend money ******** so the casino will pay to hold it

but doesnt explain why fights in new york are in the garden rather than one of the big baseball or american football arenas in the city

the big fights happen in vegas.

if it's in new york , even if it's a big fight , probably not a huge draw fight.

[PittyPat]

I have always thought they should make a big card kind of how they do wrestlemania

Interesting how they rarely held Mania at stadiums prior to WM23, and now they seem to be going to all the large stadiums each year. WM21 and WM22 were so small it looked a bit pathetic to me, but since going to stadiums they've been doing 70,000+ for the past 3 years. I hope it never stops.

Actually, I hope they do Wembley some day. With more than 100,000 fans guaranteed, it'd sell more than any David Haye fight that's for sure. :laff2:

[trlp1712]

Europe is very different from the US. You guys have soccer above anything else and then maybe boxing. We here have too many varieties. We have pro football, baseball, basketball and a grip of other sports. The US life is fast paced, Europeans don't live as fast paced as us. You guys have less to do.

please tell me you're joking... Boxing second biggest sport in Europe? first of all, soccer alone takes more boxing prospects away than most AMerican Sports together.... and you act as if there are not other huge and i mean popular sports in Europe... are you forgeting Rugby, Hockey, Basketball? pretty much the same as in AMerica so that point is bold....and if you take into account soccer, i'd say more athletes choose not to take boxing as a career in Europe than in America (compared in a % Basis)

[YNWA]

And you'll never walk.... alone... YOU'LL NEEEEEVER WALK ALOOONE

haha you know the score lad

[915]

The answer is simple

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[YNWA]

Interesting how they rarely held Mania at stadiums prior to WM23, and now they seem to be going to all the large stadiums each year. WM21 and WM22 were so small it looked a bit pathetic to me, but since going to stadiums they've been doing 70,000+ for the past 3 years. I hope it never stops.

Actually, I hope they do Wembley some day. With more than 100,000 fans guaranteed, it'd sell more than any David Haye fight that's for sure. :laff2:

haye v one of the klitsckos would easily sell 100,00 at wembley as long as it was priced reasonably

[Pullcounter]

Its all about PPVs in the USA

vegas and the garden are the home of boxing that's undoubtable but the arenas are small

why are the fights in the US never in bigger arenas? whereas in europe they hold them in football stadiums and get 50,000+ they hold them in 10,000 capacity arenas in the US. was talking about this with me mates yesterday and we couldnt think why. surely more fans=more money?

[PittyPat]

haye v one of the klitsckos would easily sell 100,00 at wembley as long as it was priced reasonably

In this economy? I doubt it. He couldn't even secure Stamford Bridge for a fight, let alone Wembley.

Besides, who in their right mind would purchase tickets for a Haye fight now? Until that bell sounds, he could just as well do his back in whilst coming to the ring and call off the whole thing.

[Patty Tanager]

Europe is very different from the US. You guys have soccer above anything else and then maybe boxing. We here have too many varieties. We have pro football, baseball, basketball and a grip of other sports. The US life is fast paced, Europeans don't live as fast paced as us. You guys have less to do.

You should have stopped right there with the bolded part. The rest was garbage.

[trlp1712]

You should have stopped right there with the bolded part. The rest was garbage.

yes, i was like WTF?