Golovkin-Stevens sets record for pre-sales for MSG Theater boxing event

[Evil Abed]

Tom Loeffler @TomLoeffler1 4h
@gggboxing vs @Showtime_curtis set PreSale record for tix sold for any boxing event at Theater @TheGarden #boxing tix on sale today

[El Angel]

They are going to get an entertaining 2 and half minutes in the main even. GGG is gonna destroy Stevens, I didn't know he was that much taller than him too.

[maenyfresh]

Isn't the Garden Cottos home? I would think Cotto would sell much more than GGG there. I hope im not getting Venues confused.

[El Angel]

Isn't the Garden Cottos home? I would think Cotto would sell much more than GGG there. I hope im not getting Venues confused.

This is the Theater at MSG, a smaller venue. Cotto fights in the bigger arena, where Knicks and Rangers play, bigger capacity.

[Jam Jars]

Theater only holds 5000.

[MrRolltide91]

This is the Theater at MSG, a smaller venue. Cotto fights in the bigger arena, where Knicks and Rangers play, bigger capacity.

why not have this fight in the bigger arena?

[El Angel]

why not have this fight in the bigger arena?

I don't think many fighers can fill the larger arena or even come close. Garcia-Salido, Donaire-Narvaez, etc. Most guys can't draw enough to make it feasible for the promoter, even Cotto-Trout didn't sell out the arena. Golovkin-Stevens will do a decent gate, but not enough to for an 18,000 seat arena.