no official numbers but he is doing arenas in the UK. This is why he said no to the tournament. He can bring guys over to england and make money. He only fought in MSG to introduce him to the US audience.
How many other sports could get fans to pay $50 for 1 event?
The cheapest tickets for any of the UFC events are over 100$ and those are nosebleed section. I have been trying to find cheap tickets to one of their cards but it's not happening. Not trying to start **** here but I just wanted to respond to your observation.
And only 1 of them is American. It seems that Cotto, Pacquiao, and Mayweather are the only 3 guys that can attract an audience in America. Everyone else seems to come up well short of these 3. Ward is thought to be a good draw, but his fight against Green was almost called off because of slow ticket sales. Outside of the big 3, no one else seems to be able to crack the 10,000 mark in paid attendance. Arreaola and Vitali had about 7,600 in paid attendance, Williams vs. Cintron had a little over 2,000, and Berto vs. Quintana had a little under 1,000 in paid atttendance.
Compare these numbers to the big 3. Cotto's last fight had an announced paid attendance of a little over 22,000(this may be inaccurate as no official numbers have been released). The live gate on that fight was estimated to be around $3M. Pacquiao's fight against Clottey had a little over 36,000 in paid attendance(41k total showed up). The live gate on that fight was a little over $6.5M. So those two fights did almost 60,000 in paid attendance and brought in almost $10M at the gate. Mayweather's fight against Mosley was in a much smaller venue, but had excellent numbers. The paid attendance was a little over 14K(still almost twice as much as any other fight not involving Mayweather, Pac, or Cotto in the U.S). However, despite having a crowd about 1/4 the combined size of Cotto and Pac's most recent fights, the live gate actually was higher than both those fights combined pulling in a little over $11M.
So there's good news and bad news. The good news is that whether in a casino or a large venue; Cotto, Pac, and Mayweather have shown that boxing can generate large dollars in America. The bad news is that everyone else outside these 3 have failed to prove they can bring in big money anywhere in America. Will the tide ever turn in the U.S?
Here's a link to the article where I got the figures;
Thomas Adamek is a good draw in Jersey. Bute is good in Montreal. Zab and croy spinks did 20k in st louis. We need local guys to have big fights in their "hometown".
See thats cool. When they get their shot it should be close to home. Unfortunately promoters want everything in Vegas or AC or foxwoods where there is ********.
Thomas Adamek is a good draw in Jersey. Bute is good in Montreal. Zab and croy spinks did 20k in st louis. We need local guys to have big fights in their "hometown".
Montreal is in Canada. The thread is about draws in the US I believe.
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