Dan2501
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You don't honestly believe that do you?
Mayweather vs McGregor - Official
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You don't honestly believe that do you?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Absolutely impossible.
It's all over every media outlet.
It's a pantomime circus and I can't wait for it to be over...
Simbo
Tour Rookie
I know all the money's going to come from PPV but Apparently only 13000 tickets been sold. Still 7000 available. They don't even know if the 13000 tickets are actually bums on seats because casinos buy blocks then hand them out/sell them on. Could be fighting in an arena at half capacity.
Serves the 2 of them right for pricing tickets outwith the average person.
Serves the 2 of them right for pricing tickets outwith the average person.
Dan2501
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The 7,000 number isn't accurate, there are a 1,000 tickets available on the open market. This fight is still going to break the May-Pac live gate record.
The emirates stadium is "full" every week.
they may have sold a
l the seats, doesn't mean they'll all be filled though.
Simbo
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Carl froch had 80,000 at Wembley.
For all the hysteria hype and circus surrounding it even if it was full at 20k seats its rather pitiful. The 7000 number is just as accurate as any of the other crap numbers getting passed about. Early every news station and news paper is quoting the same number.
For all the hysteria hype and circus surrounding it even if it was full at 20k seats its rather pitiful. The 7000 number is just as accurate as any of the other crap numbers getting passed about. Early every news station and news paper is quoting the same number.
Simbo
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Although I don't think mayweather will knock him out You don't need to be a power puncher to knock people out, mayweather has knocked out roughly 50% of his opponents. That's only slightly less than Ali knocked out. So for his rep of not being a knockout artist it's not a bad record.
Even little guys hurt when they connect, Tyson once said of a sparring partner. a flush punch on the chin and it's goodnight Vienna.
Dan2501
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It's Vegas. There aren't any giant stadiums in Vegas. It's being held at the biggest venue in the fight capital of the world and the place where Floyd has exclusively fought since 2006. Not pitiful at all.
Also, just because news outlets are reporting on rumour doesn't make it true. The 7,000 number came from a guy who reports for the LA Times. Look where that more recent story comes from, the LA Times, it's been debunked already. There aren't 7,000 tickets still available, there are 1,000, and they'll all be sold. The place will be packed no matter how much the tickets cost.
Also, just because news outlets are reporting on rumour doesn't make it true. The 7,000 number came from a guy who reports for the LA Times. Look where that more recent story comes from, the LA Times, it's been debunked already. There aren't 7,000 tickets still available, there are 1,000, and they'll all be sold. The place will be packed no matter how much the tickets cost.
Dan2501
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That 50% number is a little bit mis-leading though, he was knocking dudes out when he was early in his career, when he was Pretty Boy Floyd before his hand injuries. Who was the last guy he knocked out? It was Victor Ortiz, and it was a sucker punch. Guy before that was Ricky Hatton 10 years ago. I'm sure Floyd could knock Conor out, but if he does do it, it'll be like the Hatton one and it'll be late. Floyd's not going to come out throwing bombs, and if he does, he's getting knocked out.
Jates12
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Dan2501
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That's not a fight venue, and it's not in Vegas. Fights in Vegas take place on the strip, and the T-Mobile Arena seats more people than the MGM (where Floyd has fought the majority of his big fights) and the Mandalay Bay. It's the biggest venue in Vegas.
Jates12
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Wembley wasnt a fight venue until it held a fight. Its 9 miles from the MGM grand, hardly far is it. They could get upwards of 50k in there with floor seating as well.
Also the Thomas & Mack Centre holds Nearly 18k in stands let alone floor seating, which is more than MGM, Mandalay and T Mobile.
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Dan2501
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Might be in Nevada, but no-one would consider that arena as part of true Vegas. Fights in Vegas take place on the strip, that's how it's always been and the T-Mobile Arena is the biggest venue in the strip. No-one wants to travel out to some 3-sided college football stadium to watch the biggest fight of all time. Doesn't compare to Wembley which has been hosting huge fights since Ali-Cooper in 1963, it has a history of big fights and is THE premier stadium in the country. They're not remotely similar venues.
Thomas & Mack Centre is smaller than T-Mobile Arena. It's capacity for Boxing 18,645. T-Mobile's holds 20,000. 20,510 watched Canelo vs Chavez Jr there.
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If a fight is big enough, people will watch it wherever.
Its in vegas to make money. In years to come this may be rememebered as the fight with the greatest ever purse, but little else imo.
Even if it sells out, it'll be a paltry crowd their for show more than for a real interest in the event.
Its in vegas to make money. In years to come this may be rememebered as the fight with the greatest ever purse, but little else imo.
Even if it sells out, it'll be a paltry crowd their for show more than for a real interest in the event.
Simbo
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You've really got the mcgregor rose tinted specs on eh, lol, hope you're making a big night of the fight mate, enjoy jt👍
Nowhere near the biggest fight of all time, not even close. Likes already been said if the fight is big enough people will go wherever, 60,000 people watched Ali in the middle of Africa 40 odd years ago.
Everything is all ifs and buts, could've been and maybes. Let's see how it unfolds on Saturday.
Nowhere near the biggest fight of all time, not even close. Likes already been said if the fight is big enough people will go wherever, 60,000 people watched Ali in the middle of Africa 40 odd years ago.
Everything is all ifs and buts, could've been and maybes. Let's see how it unfolds on Saturday.
Dan2501
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The live attendance is irrelevant when it comes to dictating the size and scale of a fight when so many fights are held in Vegas. 16,219 people watched Mayweather-Pacquiao live at the MGM Grand, you're not telling me that wasn't a massive fight. Also, it's the generated gate number that means anything, not the attendance, this fight could have sold Wembley out twice if they wanted. They'll sell out the T-Mobile even with the ludicrous ticket prices. To put it in perspective 80,000 people saw Froch-Groves at Wembley, generating a gate of £6m. Those 16,000 that saw Floyd-Pacquiao at the MGM generated a gate of $72m, and this fight looks set to beat that. They are insane numbers. The current 2nd largest gate of all-time was Floyd-Canelo which made $20m, the gulf in those numbers is ridiculous.
It's also nothing to do with being a McGregor fan because if anything it's Floyd's involvement that makes it so big. But this fight transcends sport. It's the first time in history that the two biggest names, the two biggest PPV draws, the two biggest personalities from the 2 largest combat sports in the world will collide. This is a huge event and the fact the numbers back it up proves it. The huge $72m gate record is going to be beaten, the US PPV record is almost certainly going to be beaten (and I believe the Sky Box Office pre-orders already beat the highest grossing fight in history on the channel), it has more interaction on social media than any combat sports event, the press-conferences were packed in 4 straight cities around the world, to say this isn't even close to being the biggest fight in history baffles me. This fight is going to break every record going for revenue, viewership and interaction.
It's also nothing to do with being a McGregor fan because if anything it's Floyd's involvement that makes it so big. But this fight transcends sport. It's the first time in history that the two biggest names, the two biggest PPV draws, the two biggest personalities from the 2 largest combat sports in the world will collide. This is a huge event and the fact the numbers back it up proves it. The huge $72m gate record is going to be beaten, the US PPV record is almost certainly going to be beaten (and I believe the Sky Box Office pre-orders already beat the highest grossing fight in history on the channel), it has more interaction on social media than any combat sports event, the press-conferences were packed in 4 straight cities around the world, to say this isn't even close to being the biggest fight in history baffles me. This fight is going to break every record going for revenue, viewership and interaction.
Only time will tell how big the fight is.........
atm it's a pr gush!
Truly big fights are remembered and talked about for decades to come. If Connor surprises most of us and puts up a good show then it may get that accolade eventually. But if it goes as many believe it'll leave a sour taste in the mouth for the many who believed the hype.
richy
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Why are people bothered how much money this fight makes? You aren't getting a cut of it so why the fascination?
For me I like to see the best compete and McGregor is far from the best when it comes to boxing.
Not one peep on here last week when Terence Crawford became the first undisputed champion in over a decade. More people should be talking about that, than this circus.
For me I like to see the best compete and McGregor is far from the best when it comes to boxing.
Not one peep on here last week when Terence Crawford became the first undisputed champion in over a decade. More people should be talking about that, than this circus.
Dan2501
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https://www.fightprimer.com/blog/2017/8/21/the-primer-floyd-mayweather-vs-conor-mcgregor
This is a superb read/watch. Jack Slack does technical striking breakdowns like no-one in the game.
This is a superb read/watch. Jack Slack does technical striking breakdowns like no-one in the game.
Kellfire
Blackballed
Hate this or love this, it IS the biggest fight of all time in many ways. We live in an era of fighting where popularity, public opinion and money all talk.
So it's not the two best heavyweights in the world - what many would see the pinnacle of boxing - but it is two of the best athletes in their own fields squaring off in a much speculated fight at a venue that is clearly seen as a Mecca of boxing in the current era.
If you aren't interested - don't watch, but don't pretend this isn't absolutely huge.
I'll be supporting McGregor but I've no clue if he has a chance or not simply because we've never seen him box. We don't know if Mayweather will be rusty. We just don't know. The odds suggest Mayweather because it's his sport.
I just hope it's a good spectacle and worth me staying up for.
Chill out, folks. Try enjoying life.
So it's not the two best heavyweights in the world - what many would see the pinnacle of boxing - but it is two of the best athletes in their own fields squaring off in a much speculated fight at a venue that is clearly seen as a Mecca of boxing in the current era.
If you aren't interested - don't watch, but don't pretend this isn't absolutely huge.
I'll be supporting McGregor but I've no clue if he has a chance or not simply because we've never seen him box. We don't know if Mayweather will be rusty. We just don't know. The odds suggest Mayweather because it's his sport.
I just hope it's a good spectacle and worth me staying up for.
Chill out, folks. Try enjoying life.
