Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Lemieux: 15,000 Tickets Already Sold

[bigjavi973]

Over 15,000 tickets sold; yet only 8,000 people will actually show up to see the fight! That means that 7,000 people will choose to buy a ticket and not show up. Wow! Also, that 8,000 will be more than the number of people who will purchase the PPV.

can you back that statement?

[i'm a fun haver]

You mean like GGG's reaction when asked about Ward. "Too much"

Proksa post fight interview in Sept 2012, Kellerman asked GGG if he would fight Andre Ward(wonder why he didn't ask about Sergio instead? lol)
GGG's reply was "yes of course"

[i'm a fun haver]

Im sure it had nothing to do with the fact that english is his second language, also probably nothing to do with the fact that because it was no secret HBO was pushing a Canelo fight, he prepared a response to that question and was not prepared for a blind sided question about GGG from the very same network that's pushing the Canelo fight. Nah I guess even though Cotto eventually said he would fight GGG, lets go with he's afraid.

Horse****. Cotto knew what Kellerman was asking him.
He's the supposed champ at 160. Of course he will be asked about fighting the best in the division.
"Aaaaaaaah...ummmmmm" lol

[Teetotaler]

Over 15,000 tickets sold; yet only 8,000 people will actually show up to see the fight! That means that 7,000 people will choose to buy a ticket and not show up. Wow! Also, that 8,000 will be more than the number of people who will purchase the PPV.

your tears are DELICIOUS!

[joe strong]

I think Golovkin is going to make a statement by crushing Lemieux in the opening round. I will be surprised if Lemieux gets past the 2nd...

[The Hammer]

Damn, Lemieux must have a lot of Canadian fans coming down for the fight.

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[Pigeons]

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Aren't you Canadian? You should know that Quebec has one of the hottest boxing scenes today. It's a 1 hour flight to NY.

Stop trolling Freedom.

[Scott9945]

Over 15,000 tickets sold; yet only 8,000 people will actually show up to see the fight! That means that 7,000 people will choose to buy a ticket and not show up. Wow! Also, that 8,000 will be more than the number of people who will purchase the PPV.

Wow. That was just pathetic.

[Pigeons]

Wow. That was just pathetic.

Relax Scott. It remains to be seen how many of these tickets are being purchased by ticket brokers and how many are being purchased by actual fans who will attend the fight.

It is similar to a Mayweather fight that sells 13K of 16K tickets overall in the first hour of availability but struggles to sell the other 3K over the next 2 months. It's ticket brokers that buy those 13K right off the bat and try to pawn them off at a profit through secondary ticket markets.

Either way I hope Golovkin sells out the place, it will increase his bargaining power vs. Ward. Maybe Ward will give him 35% of the purse now.

[Scott9945]

Relax Scott. It remains to be seen how many of these tickets are being purchased by ticket brokers and how many are being purchased by actual fans who will attend the fight.

It is similar to a Mayweather fight that sells 13K of 16K tickets overall in the first hour of availability but struggles to sell the other 3K over the next 2 months. It's ticket brokers that buy those 13K right off the bat and try to pawn them off at a profit through secondary ticket markets.

Either way I hope Golovkin sells out the place, it will increase his bargaining power vs. Ward. Maybe Ward will give him 35% of the purse now.

What about when he said that nobody would buy this PPV? Every indication so far is promising, but he is obviously just trying to **** on the entire event.