The boxing trivia thread

[gayfish]

he started at the age of 14 i think at flyweight.

[rorymac]

didnt carpentier start at welterweight?

Flyweight apparently.

Which fight had the largest attendance of all time?

[gayfish]

jack johnson?

[intoccabile]

Flyweight apparently.

Which fight had the largest attendance of all time?

jcc vs haugen, they talked about it during the pacman/clottey fight. I remember being blown away, I had always thought it was the thrilla in manilla and ended up being wrong about that too. I think ali/spinks drew more as well.

I really need to brush up on littel stuff like that, wonder if we'll ever see those type of numbers in a venue again. The klits get pretty damn close everytime out.

[rorymac]

jcc vs haugen, they talked about it during the pacman/clottey fight. I remember being blown away, I had always thought it was the thrilla in manilla and ended up being wrong about that too. I think ali/spinks drew more as well.

I really need to brush up on littel stuff like that, wonder if we'll ever see those type of numbers in a venue again. The klits get pretty damn close everytime out.

Good post, unfortunately I don't think we'll see those numbers again as the big fights happen in countries which charge very high prices. If Pac fought in the Philippines and charged $1 a ticket he could draw hundreds of thousands (if there were a large enough arena.)