40k attendance in an women's fight in Argentina yesterday (Marcos/Acuna)

[croz]

biggest women fight I can possible think of.

Katie Taylor could sell out 80k seats in Croke park easily if she turned pro. She's the biggest name in Ireland right now. I understand it's the same with Mary Kom in India. Clarrissa Shields has also being getting huge recognition in the UK. She's among the most notable athletes to come out of the Olympics.

[Weebler I]

Argentina is a big boxing country. Most Latin American countries are.

I don't know man, I remember reading that for a long time Martinez was struggling to get recognition and Matthysse said no one knows who he is there.

It produces great boxers granted.

[croz]

I don't know man, I remember reading that for a long time Martinez was struggling to get recognition and Matthysse said no one knows who he is there.

It produces great boxers granted.

He set tv rating records and was voted the no.1 Argentinian athlete over Lionel Messi. I don't think he can complain much. Martinez was always hurt in the past by relocating to Spain.

remember Argentina is the place where scenes like this are fairly common in the boxing ring:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/boxing/4132253/Boxing-fans-riot-in-Argentina-Filipino-boxer-Johnreil-Casimero-attacked.html

This ESPN article also covers the status of boxing in Argentina:

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8575381/sergio-martinez-marcos-maidana-others-reviving-argentina-boxing-scene

It was, nonetheless, the most recent reminder of the perils of underestimating a fighter from the land where bulls still roam the Pampas and boxing remains a vital part of a rich sporting culture.

[Nicolino]

Female boxing is really popular in Argentina (as popular as male boxers except for Martinez, Narvaez, maybe Maidana and now Matthysse) but the case of Jessica Marcos in the province of Mendoza is quite a phenomenon. Last time was about 30000 people and last night was even more people, they were talking about 35000. I don't know the price of the tickets or if they pay tickets at all but it's crazy all those people watching boxing anyway. BTW Acuña was robbed last night.

[DoktorSleepless]

I thought Argentina generally didn't follow boxing much, might have been free entry?

I looked it up. I found this in an article

http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/y-mas/yes...0-mil-personas

The organizers distributed tickets to social institutions, schools, and neighborhood clubs. They gave them away so those places could sell them at 30 pesos for ringside and 15 pesos for general admission. So it was common to see young people selling tickets outside the stadium.

So it was basically $6 or $3 dollars per ticket.

[DoktorSleepless]

remember Argentina is the place where scenes like this are fairly common in the boxing ring:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/boxing/4132253/Boxing-fans-riot-in-Argentina-Filipino-boxer-Johnreil-Casimero-attacked.html

What? Fairly common? That was the only time I ever heard something like that happening.

[croz]

I looked it up. I found this in an article

http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/y-mas/yes...0-mil-personas


So it was basically $6 or $3 dollars per ticket.

How much would that actually be valued at in Argentina? I mean, I can go to Poland with six euro and buy a six pack of beer and a pack of cigarettes.

Anyway, the method they used is irrelevant. I don't see Arum getting 40k in to watch a woman's boxing match free or not.

[Nicolino]

So it was basically $6 or $3 dollars per ticket.

That's the particular case of Jessica Marcos in Mendoza in order to bring more people. Maidana's last fight at Luna Park (Buenos Aires) tickets were between $110 to $420 (pesos). Calculate yourself the price in dollars .