'Khan Giving Out Tickets For Toys'

[komodo]

The Bolton-based boxer is set to take on Carlos Molina in Los Angeles on Saturday in a bid to get his career back on track after two consecutive defeats.

And fans wishing to see the bout will get a chance to witness the action first hand if the bring an unwrapped, unopened toy to promoters. Those toys will be given to the neediest children in the City of Angels.

So long as they toy's value is £15 or more, the generous fans will be given an equally-generous gift of two tickets for the fight.

It seems a monumental bargain considering that top-price seats for the bout at the LA Memorial Sports Arena go for in excess of £100.

Truth be told, Khan's promoter Oscar de la Hoya is using the scheme as a way of filling what would otherwise be unsold seats in a 17,000-capacity arena.

But given that Khan's camp could just as easily have cut prices a little and hoped to bring in a few more dollars, it remains a genuinely heartwarming tale to show that even the invariably greed-driven sport can still give something back.

Source:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/b...125131558.html

£15 for two tickets is a great bargain, even if it's a ploy to fill out the arena it's still for a good cause.

[Sparked_26]

Nice gesture, really.

They could just sell cheap tickets.

Maybe they can put the toys in the empty seats:

[komodo]

Nice gesture, really.

They could just sell cheap tickets.

Maybe they can put the toys in the empty seats:

Yeah that could work too.

But seriously if I lived in LA I would jump at this. £15 for two tickets to see Angulo, Wilder and Khan....I'd actually feel sorry for the guys who paid for their tickets.