Andre Ward: I'd Go To The UK, Froch Pick Up The Phone!
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Scottie Drippin
Should Never Mention Me
I don't get why that is so hard to believe? The fight was in the US, and I think we can all agree Froch has become a much bigger star SINCE the Super 6 off the strength of the Bute and Kessler matches, two huge matches against big opponents that he fought at home.
Groves/Froch worked in Wembley because it had a ton going for it. Groves having some buzz in home country in his own right, a hot build, and then of course a huge back and forth match that ended in drama.
You need casuals to fill up one of the biggest stadiums in the world. Casuals in the US don't even know who Andre Ward is, why should casuals in the UK?
I get Andre not wanting to fight in his hometown, but at City Ground they could get like 35k in there in a boxing configuration and that'd just be all off the strength of Froch's diehard fans who would see the interest in this rematch.
Andre Ward ain't a draw right now brehs
I don't get why that is so hard to believe? The fight was in the US, and I think we can all agree Froch has become a much bigger star SINCE the Super 6 off the strength of the Bute and Kessler matches, two huge matches against big opponents that he fought at home.
Groves/Froch worked in Wembley because it had a ton going for it. Groves having some buzz in home country in his own right, a hot build, and then of course a huge back and forth match that ended in drama.
You need casuals to fill up one of the biggest stadiums in the world. Casuals in the US don't even know who Andre Ward is, why should casuals in the UK?
I get Andre not wanting to fight in his hometown, but at City Ground they could get like 35k in there in a boxing configuration and that'd just be all off the strength of Froch's diehard fans who would see the interest in this rematch.
Andre Ward ain't a draw right now brehs
It doesnt make sense for UK's so called biggest draw (that's what yall keep telling us) to not be able to draw more than 30k OUTSIDE of his hometown, but still in the UK, against the only guy he's never beaten who just so happens to be widely regarded as one of the Top 2 Boxers in the sport.
How can Wladmir Klitschko sell 30,000+ tickets to fight Tony Thompson (who's 10x as unknown as yall claim Ward is) in Switzerland, but Carl Froch cant hit those numbers or more with Andre Ward anywhere outside of Nottingham?
I thought he was UK's biggest draw? It just doesnt add up. They can fight at the O2 arena as well, since Froch cant do Wembley numbers with Ward yall say, which may be true.
Either way, Nottingham
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Wembley, Wales, Nottingham, Robin Hood, Little John... we gives no fukks. We giving work out. Once that's done, we're going to Messico to beat up a fat weedhead. Then we're going to AC to obliterate that Eurodemon.
JerseyFinest!
All Star
If it's business then "do you" get that money like I said in my initial post, and sanctioning bodies order mandatory all the time. it really means nothing when its clear who's #1 @168. Fukk he care about a belt for when he's basically cleared out the division
Forget them belts that I wanna see him with somebody who can really box and fight, I would love to see him fight either dirrell but I know that's not going down its nothing in 168 for him to up his profile, nobody is clamoring for a ward/froch 2. only reason their is even slight interest is due to the possible venue, not even the fighters themselves.
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
I've been absolutely certain this fight won't happen N I stick by that...
Yall SOG nikkas need to stop with the Ward is a Top 2 boxer in the sport casuals from another country should want to see him
The nikka can't get casuals in his own country to see him fight...nikka has 1 fight in 3 yrs... casuals know him as the out of work HBO Boxing After Dark Commentator :88:
Rigo is a Top 5 P4P boxer ain't nobody watching his fights nikka can't even get on TV...Casuals don't wanna see Ward N his inactivity makes him easy to forget
Hell does HBO even hype up the possibility of Ward fighting anyone anymore??
nikka should be chomping at the bit to fight Froch in the cobras garage in front of the queen of England
Yall SOG nikkas need to stop with the Ward is a Top 2 boxer in the sport casuals from another country should want to see him
The nikka can't get casuals in his own country to see him fight...nikka has 1 fight in 3 yrs... casuals know him as the out of work HBO Boxing After Dark Commentator :88:
Rigo is a Top 5 P4P boxer ain't nobody watching his fights nikka can't even get on TV...Casuals don't wanna see Ward N his inactivity makes him easy to forget
Hell does HBO even hype up the possibility of Ward fighting anyone anymore??
nikka should be chomping at the bit to fight Froch in the cobras garage in front of the queen of England
Scottie Drippin
Should Never Mention Me
Why are you comparing a super middleweight belt holder with THE World Heavyweight Champion? The World Heavyweight Championship being defended in Switzerland for the FIRST time ever in a country that isn't exactly inundated with major global sporting events.It doesnt make sense for UK's so called biggest draw (that's what yall keep telling us) to not be able to draw more than 30k OUTSIDE of his hometown, but still in the UK, against the only guy he's never beaten who just so happens to be widely regarded as one of the Top 2 Boxers in the sport.
How can Wladmir Klitschko sell 30,000+ tickets to fight Tony Thompson (who's 10x as unknown as yall claim Ward is) in Switzerland, but Carl Froch cant hit those numbers or more with Andre Ward anywhere outside of Nottingham?
I thought he was UK's biggest draw? It just doesnt add up. They can fight at the O2 arena as well, since Froch cant do Wembley numbers with Ward yall say, which may be true.
Either way, Nottingham
I ask you now, how many boxing matches could fill 70k in the US right now?
Like the US, the UK have plenty sporting heroes and there's no special novelty in a Froch/Ward match to make it the most notable and noteworthy event of the moment. Froch/Groves had everything going for it. The number one guy in the country versus a younger fighter who could replace him as the face of English boxing in a rematch of a great fight that happened in the country and aired in primetime for them. Not a rematch of a fight that happened four years that only diehards would have seen live or watched the next day on tape delay against a guy who hasn't done anything since.
Why are you trying to spin Froch being able to put 35k in a stadium like some sort of negative.
What American fighters could do that
Our biggest draw is Floyd Mayweather Jr. Our biggest draw could fill a 70k stadium...there just aren't any in Vegas and he won't fight outside of Vegas
Like the US, the UK have plenty sporting heroes and there's no special novelty in a Froch/Ward match to make it the most notable and noteworthy event of the moment. Froch/Groves had everything going for it. The number one guy in the country versus a younger fighter who could replace him as the face of English boxing in a rematch of a great fight that happened in the country and aired in primetime for them. Not a rematch of a fight that happened four years that only diehards would have seen live or watched the next day on tape delay against a guy who hasn't done anything since.
Why are you trying to spin Froch being able to put 35k in a stadium like some sort of negative.
What American fighters could do that
Again, our biggest draw is Floyd Mayweather Jr like yall's is Carl Froch...do I really need to answer this?
Mexico's biggest draw (the guy in my avi) has done it already as well and is about to do it again on May 9th at Minute Maid Park....against James Kirkland
So, tickets ranged from $32 to $536 dollars....but the total gate receipts is only $6.4 million at a $83 average
I wish I COULD get into a Floyd fight for as low as $32
No wonder how they sold out the joint
Hell, Andre Ward vs Carl Froch started off as low as $50 in 2011 itself
http://casinoconnectionac.com/issue/vol-12-no-4-april-2015/article/ward-vs-froch
Put Floyd Mayweather Jr vs anybody, with tickets as low as $32 and as high as only $536 to get in, and he'd sell out Dallas Cowboys Stadium...........twice.
It doesnt make sense for UK's so called biggest draw (that's what yall keep telling us) to not be able to draw more than 30k OUTSIDE of his hometown, but still in the UK, against the only guy he's never beaten who just so happens to be widely regarded as one of the Top 2 Boxers in the sport.
How can Wladmir Klitschko sell 30,000+ tickets to fight Tony Thompson (who's 10x as unknown as yall claim Ward is) in Switzerland, but Carl Froch cant hit those numbers or more with Andre Ward anywhere outside of Nottingham?
I thought he was UK's biggest draw? It just doesnt add up. They can fight at the O2 arena as well, since Froch cant do Wembley numbers with Ward yall say, which may be true.
Either way, Nottingham
he could do 30k at wembley, but whats the point of having a stadium 1/3 full? Ward has no fans
So, tickets ranged from $32 to $536 dollars....but the total gate receipts is only $6.4 million at a $83 average
I wish I COULD get into a Floyd fight for as low as $32
No wonder how they sold out the joint
Hell, Andre Ward vs Carl Froch started off as low as $50 in 2011 itself
http://casinoconnectionac.com/issue/vol-12-no-4-april-2015/article/ward-vs-froch
Put Floyd Mayweather Jr vs anybody, with tickets as low as $32 and as high as only $536 to get in, and he'd sell out Dallas Cowboys Stadium...........twice.
Your conversion factors are off friend
and to add to that, originally they put 60k tickets up at them prices which sold out within a couple of hours. They put the extra 20k later on. They most likely could have upped the price and easily sold outFloyd doesnt even sell out the MGM most of his fights to be fair, the second biggest draw - Manny only sold what, 40k out of a 100k stadium against clottey and margs. Werent them tickets as cheap as $20 too?
Lets be honest, American boxing fans hardly show up for fights. Guys like Kell brook/Khan/Haye have been selling out 10-20k arenas in the UK for years, if memory serves me right - wasnt devon v bradley in a 60,000 seater football stadium . . .but only sold like 6k tickets?
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#SOG_soldier
New York knicks and phoenix suns stan
SON OF GOD needs a tune-up fightWhy is he still begging to fight a dude you already beat easily
I don't get the logic, unless it's a money grab then do you.
And if he does get the fight and win, what's next? since he seems determined to stay at 168 with no real opponents to face
#SOG_soldier
New York knicks and phoenix suns stan
leave that boy alone
#SOG_soldier
New York knicks and phoenix suns stan
which one of your favorite boxers did andre embarrass?I've been absolutely certain this fight won't happen N I stick by that...
Yall SOG nikkas need to stop with the Ward is a Top 2 boxer in the sport casuals from another country should want to see him
The nikka can't get casuals in his own country to see him fight...nikka has 1 fight in 3 yrs... casuals know him as the out of work HBO Boxing After Dark Commentator :88:
Rigo is a Top 5 P4P boxer ain't nobody watching his fights nikka can't even get on TV...Casuals don't wanna see Ward N his inactivity makes him easy to forget
Hell does HBO even hype up the possibility of Ward fighting anyone anymore??
nikka should be chomping at the bit to fight Froch in the cobras garage in front of the queen of England
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
which one of your favorite boxers did andre embarrass?
None I don't Stan Euro Cacs
Casuals don't fukk with SOG
Media dont fukk with SOG
HBO/Showtime don't want him on their network fighting bums
A good amount of boxing fans have turned on Ward due to his inactivity
nikka would get PAID to beat up on a cac he already beat thats ready to retire...plus score brownie points with boxing fans for fighting in Hostile conditions N not a tune up
But SOG is top graduate of the Winky Wright school of business
