Was Mayweather-Hatton one of the best promoted/build up/atmosphere for a fight?

[UglyPug]

didnt his dad lay carpets? id say thats skilled working class...

From what I understand, they had their own business.

That's not exactly the same as "working class" - in the sense that you lay carpet for the boss, and get an hourly wage. . .

Same with Froch. His family had their own pub.

Small business owners/middle-class British folk.

[Tom Cruise]

From what I understand, they had their own business.

That's not exactly the same as "working class" - in the sense that you lay carpet for the boss, and get an hourly wage. . .

Same with Froch. His family had their own pub.

Small business owners/middle-class British folk.

Back in the day definitely, reckon its a bit more blurred now though.

Both those businesses are small time, low profit (esp running a pub, with alcohol taxes and breweries running you into the ground). Their culture and lifestyle would have been working class, even if they dont fit under the strict definition of it.

[Daddy T]

everybody was talking about it, even non fans

[itchum77]

Yep defo, hatton-mayweather was the fight that got me interested in boxing after tyson retired

[MARKBNLV]

I was broke at the time but i still managed to hang out with a few brits on the strip pre fight and it was electric they would sing every where they went,not to mention after a few beers they had me singing i just wish a fighter like froch could pull the same support the man deserves it.

[IronDanHamza]

It certainly was in the UK. Probably the most hyped fight I've witnessed in the UK and that includes McGuigan's fights, Eubank-Benn, Lewis-Tyson etc.

Hatton and has fanbase definitely had a large part to do with it but of course it wasn't 100% them. Mayweather being the annoying, ****y Villian ignited the flame to a whole other level.

The fan friendly, respectful, brawling hero Vs. the flashy, arrogant, skillful boxer who's P4P #1.

Match made in heaven there, from a promotional standpoint.

There's a reason the Hatton fanbase came out in full force like never before and never again for this fight.

[Priest Andretti]

Yes. Did you see the weigh in? Goosebumps.

[Mojita]

Didnt it only do 800k buys here ?

Anyone wonder how much it did in the UK.. anyone know ?

But ill admit Hatton brings great fanfare. Its incredible . Khan was on his way there but he got exposed too many times to keep them .

[IronDanHamza]

Didnt it only do 800k buys here ?

Anyone wonder how much it did in the UK.. anyone know ?

But ill admit Hatton brings great fanfare. Its incredible . Khan was on his way there but he got exposed too many times to keep them .

Think it did just under 1 million in the U.S. Don't quote me though.

And I think it did over a million here.

[leonthegee]

This . .

Hatton was definitely the A-side. All the celebrities were wanting to meet him and ****. .

That's one of hte onyl fights where I love watching the atmosphere 5-10 minutes before the fight. . All the English fans chanting. .

ALthough it was disrespectful for them to boo our anthem. . . But whatever, made the atmosphere even more tense.

Great event. . . Haven't had one like that since IMO. . .

What celebrities? Ya Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Judge Mathis were all there to meet Hatton LMAO. To bad they all cheered for Floyd. Its amazing I saw none of those celebs in the crowd last week.