Who's to blame for the low turnout to Ward-Barrera?

[Vasyl’s dad]

Against a no-name nobody there had ever heard of prior to the fight ? Those 8,000 people are die hard fans who would have show up even just to see Ward lap dance for 15 mins...

Didn't GGG fill up the Forum against a nobody. Yea. He filled up MSG against another nobody. So why can't ward fill up even half of an arena in his hometown?

[Superbee]

Didn't GGG fill up the Forum against a nobody. Yea. He filled up MSG against another nobody. So why can't ward fill up even half of an arena in his hometown?

Well Lemieux had at least a reputation and some follow up ... Barrera had none of those, and still doesn't...

[Finito2K]

Against a no-name nobody there had ever heard of prior to the fight ? Those 8,000 people are die hard fans who would have show up even just to see Ward lap dance for 15 mins...

Granted. I just expected a bigger turnout for a guy going on his 12th year as a pro.

[AddiX]

Ward hasn't been very active and he's boring.

Roc nation doesn't have a clue what there doing, promoting boxing events that sells tickets isn't easy.

Black fans don't support guys like Ward/Bradley the way they do Floyd.

[MrRolltide91]

I kept hearing by Cali boxing people that they thought some Too Short 30 year concert thing in Oakland was gonna hurt the draw for this fight. But I think that took place at a 3k capacity venue so idk wtf they were talking about.

Ward just isn't an exciting fighter, he's a humble rather quiet mundane guy & there is a ton of **** to do in Cali on any given night so Ward selling out is gonna require some crazy **** going down. Why he's even loyal to Oakland makes no sense to me. He should adopt some random town in Kentucky & try to get some sort of Crawford in Omaha following. I don't think he's ever gonna be killing it in Cali. He's just not that guy.

Um he's from that area

[mathed]

Ward-Barrera drew a crowd of 8,532. Less than half of Oracle Arena's 19,596 total seats. Ward should be selling out fighting at home. Especially if he's headlining HBO's World Championship Boxing.

Barrera obviously. Ward da GOD..........well the son of god at least.

[Lester Tutor]

How is that new generation trolls, (when ironically they're serious) give the exact same excuses like Arum?

This thread turned from metrics to trollers justifiyng a popularity contest. That's what's Up!

[krazyn8tive]

Oracle sells out every warriors game...Ward just isn't a draw. Never was, never will be.

[Crazylegs77]

Ward-Barrera drew a crowd of 8,532. Less than half of Oracle Arena's 19,596 total seats. Ward should be selling out fighting at home. Especially if he's headlining HBO's World Championship Boxing.

Sadly many felt it would be more exciting to stay home and color easter eggs. Boy were they wrong.

[Eff Pandas]

Um he's from that area

I dig Too Short I know, but its a small venue. How many hip hop/boxing fans was Too Short gonna steal? The math didn't work out for me, but I heard more then 2 boxing guys mention it including Steve Kim (although he is a drama queen).