37,000 tickets + sold for Klitschko/Mormeck

[ny123]

Thats impressive considering this is an uncompetitive **** fight.

[Walt Liquor]

Not true. At United Center 22k against Briggs 1 and 13k at All State for Briggs 2.

And that's just Chicago.


I don't even know what he does on the east coast.

I looked it up once for a discussion on here and he was doing 5-8k in jersey

[The Hammer]

[Banderivets]

Then why are they so huge over there, but over here they can't even get on HBO anymore? You're not fooling anybody.

Cause over there they have an appealing personality.

If thuggery is what people like to see in a fighter in America, or a character such as Ali, than class and "well spokeness" of the Klitschkos is what makes them stars. They appear on TV, movies...

They are cosmopolitan, and Europeans dont care much for their origin.


America might not care about race, but they certainly care about nationality. They want to see Americas fighting and winning and Klitschkos are not Americans. And dont talk to me about Americans watching Mexican fighters, because its the Mexicans in America that come out to see them.

[Cutthroat]

Damn that's one heck of a ****** post.

Don't act like it's not true, Europe has a ridiculous amount of nationalists.


Go ahead and look at ANY youtube video of a european SPORTS team playing another team and I guarantee you that nearly every single comment is about their country vs another especially in Soccer. Nationalists pretty much fuel Soccer's popularity.

Wlad is boring as ****, there is nothing exciting about him, every single fight is almost exactly the same as the last.

[Cutthroat]

Cause over there they have an appealing personality.

If thuggery is what people like to see in a fighter in America, or a character such as Ali, than class and "well spokeness" of the Klitschkos is what makes them stars. They appear on TV, movies...

They are cosmopolitan, and Europeans dont care much for their origin.


America might not care about race, but they certainly care about nationality. They want to see Americas fighting and winning and Klitschkos are not Americans. And dont talk to me about Americans watching Mexican fighters, because its the Mexicans in America that come out to see them.

Americans care about flashy fighters, it's the way we are. Why do you think FAKE wrestling is so popular in America? People know it's fake yet they watch it for the PERSONALITIES.

If that were the case Ward/Bradley/Ortiz/Cloud/Dawson/Hopkins would be superstars, Ward made 750k for his Froch fight MUCH less than Pirog a guy who hasn't fought anybody.

Wlad is a boring fighter, and Vitali is too. Nobody wants to see Vitali a 6'7 240lb fighter on his back foot the whole time fighting a nobody like Chisora, you think that's exciting?

[Superflo777]

Wlad is a boring fighter, and Vitali is too. Nobody wants to see Vitali a 6'7 240lb fighter on his back foot the whole time fighting a nobody like Chisora, you think that's exciting?

Millions of fans do think it's exciting, and if you really think that's because of nationalism then you're dumber than I thought.

[RazorBlade]

Germany and England traditionally have MASSIVE sporting crowds for ANY event that is linked to their country. There is a reason the Klithsckos attempt to promote themselves in Germany and not in Italy lol.

Yeah that Germans arenīt broke as ****.

Btw Germany has had more big cards this year than America.The mecca of boxing is sadly in bad shape as a result of HBO/Showtime shutting out the wide public for years. What is the biggest fight that has taken place in America this year? Maidana vs. Alexander, Williams vs. Ishida? And we are already in March.

Next up are Sergio Martinez (37 years old), Erik Morales (35 years old), then we have the real first big event of 2012 in America between two young fighters in Rios vs. Gamboa. Ironically Gamboa is a German managed Cuban. On April 28th Hopkins vs. Dawson, which is matched by the European based match-up between Froch and Bute.

[RazorBlade]

Then why are they so huge over there, but over here they can't even get on HBO anymore? You're not fooling anybody.

..and HBO is a sports authority? Why are the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, UFC, soccer or tennis not on HBO?

[Cutthroat]

Millions of fans do think it's exciting, and if you really think that's because of nationalism then you're dumber than I thought.

If you think it has nothing to do with nationalism you're an idiot. Europe is filled with nationalist sports fans, especially in soccer, even the basketball fans are nationalists lmao I know from experience. Guys like the Bros, Sturm, Ottke etc. are all boring, boring fighters made popular by their race and nationality.

It's exciting to them because of what their country men winning represents for them, it's not just a game or a fight, it's more than that to the fans. And if you think race has nothing to do with their popularity in Europe (a predominantly white country) you're even dumber than I thought.