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well after last weeks fights im not too sold on seeing a fight in texas anytime soon. haha
the upside is neither is a resident of texas so maybe they would get a fair shake?
but on a more serious note i think having a mega fight at a place like that is a brilliant idea. texas may not be the ideal place to get the most people to flock to but the thoughts of a fight being held in an arena of that size with a monitor of that size would be great because there couldnt be a bad seat in the house (i'd imagine...i never been) with a screen so big.
it would definately be something to see. and if you ask me boxing needs a fight of that level that it needs to be hosted in a sporting arena instead of a vegas sporting arena. get a good 50K-75K in a stadium. so long as the fight lives up to expectations (and the names are big enough) it could bring in lots of new fans and even get a boxing result to show up on the front page of a newspaper...
thats whats missing from boxing's golden era.
we need:
A) two huge superstars (who will deliever)
B) in a huge sporting arena designed for football, basketball, baseball, etc.
C) televised on REGULAR TV. As in your local broadcast channels (ie. NBC, FOX, ABC,etc)
D) improved and expanded promotion. reach out past HBO's 24/7. put it on NBC and let the world watch.
Less PPV's...or more discounts/alternatives to the $50 usually charged (like how mayweather v. marquez can be seen in theathers and tecate and others offering ppv discounts). THATS the bailout boxing needs...
the upside is neither is a resident of texas so maybe they would get a fair shake?
but on a more serious note i think having a mega fight at a place like that is a brilliant idea. texas may not be the ideal place to get the most people to flock to but the thoughts of a fight being held in an arena of that size with a monitor of that size would be great because there couldnt be a bad seat in the house (i'd imagine...i never been) with a screen so big.
it would definately be something to see. and if you ask me boxing needs a fight of that level that it needs to be hosted in a sporting arena instead of a vegas sporting arena. get a good 50K-75K in a stadium. so long as the fight lives up to expectations (and the names are big enough) it could bring in lots of new fans and even get a boxing result to show up on the front page of a newspaper...
thats whats missing from boxing's golden era.
we need:
A) two huge superstars (who will deliever)
B) in a huge sporting arena designed for football, basketball, baseball, etc.
C) televised on REGULAR TV. As in your local broadcast channels (ie. NBC, FOX, ABC,etc)
D) improved and expanded promotion. reach out past HBO's 24/7. put it on NBC and let the world watch.
Less PPV's...or more discounts/alternatives to the $50 usually charged (like how mayweather v. marquez can be seen in theathers and tecate and others offering ppv discounts). THATS the bailout boxing needs...
mayweather has to worry about filling the MGM Grand before even dreaming about filling up the cowboys stadium.
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