Dan Rafael: "Attendance for Tim-Devon was 6,247 and military were admitted FREE"

[Ray*]

Since when do Pac fans care about money,PPV or attendance?

[Check]

The fight shouldnt have been in Detroit neither one of these guys are superstars and neither one is from the Detroit area.

It's just a fight man. Have you seen the attendances of fights in Vegas as of late? If we want to get boxing big in the states again you have to branch out to the cities where people live. Detroit was a proud boxing city and now look, 6300 people. Boxing killed interest in many cities and needs to go back to them. It won't be pretty at first but it is something that needs to be done for the sake of the sport.

[flat1985]

Khan vs Bradley has to be in england imo. It would get a big attendance at the men arena or o2

[ny123]

It's just a fight man. Have you seen the attendances of fights in Vegas as of late? If we want to get boxing big in the states again you have to branch out to the cities where people live. Detroit was a proud boxing city and now look, 6300 people. Boxing killed interest in many cities and needs to go back to them. It won't be pretty at first but it is something that needs to be done for the sake of the sport.

If i lived in that area i would want the fight there to but with the way Devon draws in St. Louis it just doesnt make sense to have the fight anywhere else. I agree that Vegas and even AC have been weak lately and boxing does need to branch out but they should be a little more conscious of fighters hometown,nationalities,and star level before they pick a venue. It looks bad for the sport when a supposed "superfight" cant fill a venue and the place is dead.

[Check]

Khan vs Bradley has to be in england imo. It would get a big attendance at the men arena or o2

Never will happen. Attendance doesn't mean much to HBO. What matters to HBO is ratings and there is no way they will have that kind of fight at 5pm. They have done it a few times for Klitschko but not for a fight that has that much interest for American boxing. The fight will happen in Vegas.

[Check]

If i lived in that area i would want the fight there to but with the way Devon draws in St. Louis it just doesnt make sense to have the fight anywhere else. I agree that Vegas and even AC have been weak lately and boxing does need to branch out but they should be a little more conscious of fighters hometown,nationalities,and star level before they pick a venue. It looks bad for the sport when a supposed "superfight" cant fill a venue and the place is dead.

That's the perfect scenerio though. Problem is the fight wasn't going to happen in St.Louis because of what happened in the Kotelnik fight. The other problem is the people of the Silverdome people offered the most money. Money talks, bull**** walks. It is what it is.

[Bastian Loc]

I told you this fight was a loser.

[borikua]

I hate to say it, but it was a pretty boring ass fight imo.

[flat1985]

Never will happen. Attendance doesn't mean much to HBO. What matters to HBO is ratings and there is no way they will have that kind of fight at 5pm. They have done it a few times for Klitschko but not for a fight that has that much interest for American boxing. The fight will happen in Vegas.

It could be like the Hatton/Tzsyu fight which was at 2am here.

Look at this stadium would be a sell out too.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O2_Arena_(London)

[JOM'S]

The fight shouldnt have been in Detroit neither one of these guys are superstars and neither one is from the Detroit area.

I have read that this was an ill promoted event ...