Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Geale Tickets Not Selling as Well as Advertised

[DoktorSleepless]

weird comparison? this was only ggg's 5th fight on hbo total while ward had an entire super 6 with some of the largest publicity seen for a division in boxing for the last two decades to proceed and build his rise to the boxing mainstream. even still the super 6 finals with froch didn't do tonights numbers so that is a much more strange comparison.

Ward did not fight anywhere near his proper drawing location in 3 out of his last 5 fights so there's zero sense in using a single Golovkin fight to compare them to Ward's last five random fights. Might as well use the 1000 or so people that come to Monaco when he fought Adama as an example of Golovkin's drawing power. When Ward fights in his hometown, he draws a huge amount.

Ward vs Dawson: 8919
Ward vs Bika: 4,100
Ward vs Green: 8,797
Ward vs Kessler: 10,277
Ward vs Miranda: 7,818

I mean, what was the point of bringing up Ward in the first place? It was obviously to declare Golovkin as a bigger drawn than Ward. That Golovkin doing well relative to when he started would be irreverent to that point.

[boxingbrain28]

The crowd was there, he is slowly building getting himself known. HBO also is trying real hard to make him a star.

[Levity]

GGG fight also has an unknown number of comps. Likely in the 1,000 area as well. Plus the Oracle arena is likely much cheaper than MSG to use so more money is made fighting Okaland than in New York.

Also, what a weird comparison. Using one fight to compare Wards last five fights instead of comparing GGG's last five fights with Ward's last five fights. I could easily say Ward's last fight in his hometown outsold 30 of GGG's last 30 last fights.

It's not really a weird comparison when you're talking about current and future drawing power. Ward was built as a star throughout the Super Six and there was excitement about his rise and how he would fare against the best in the division, but that star has faded with inactivity and consistently non-entertaining and one-sided fights. Ward drew around 10,000 for Kessler and 8,000 for Miranda and Green, but since those fights he only broke 5600 once and his last fight was just over 4000. Factor in GGG's higher TV ratings recently (which give a better reflection of nationwide attention), and it points to GGG building his base and Ward stagnating or even falling, even though GGG has had less well-known opposition to work with.

[DoktorSleepless]

Official NYSAC numbers for GGG-Geale: 7804 tix sold, for $557,640 in revenue... #boxing

— Steve Kim (@steveucnlive) August 7, 2014