Froch v Groves *Sold Out

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:06

In 11 minutes.

Froch looked had a look of derision in the face off. No love lost there!

jackukmma · Post by **jackukmma** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:11

Final round wrote:In 11 minutes.
Froch looked had a look of derision in the face off. No love lost there!

11 minutes is incredible. Even Haye doesn't sell that well. FairPlay to eventim they had the system spot on

Go Faster Stripes · Post by **Go Faster Stripes** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:20

There are still some tickets remaining, mainly singles in the 'cheaper' price brackets.

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:21

jackukmma wrote:
Final round wrote:In 11 minutes.
Froch looked had a look of derision in the face off. No love lost there!

11 minutes is incredible. Even Haye doesn't sell that well. FairPlay to eventim they had the system spot on

Crazy..

mickey1975 · Post by **mickey1975** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:25

Eventim are shit. You can still buy them now and will be able to all day if you keep checking.

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:28

Froch is in a grim mood. Talking straight.
Saying he pulled back on his punch when he put down Groves in sparring and said he is going to Kayo him.
"He's got a high knock out ratio against a 'certain' level of opponent . I'm in a totally different league. He's tried this level at sparring and been found out a few times and has been knocked out a few times?
"George knows how to get knocked out and is getting it on the 23rd"

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:29

Not all tickets go on general sale, obviously. In my view, the speed that the tickets that are offered get snapped up demonstrates just how good the software-bots touts use are getting. It's impressive stuff.

mickey1975 · Post by **mickey1975** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:31

Aden wrote:Not all tickets go on general sale, obviously. In my view, the speed that the tickets that are offered get snapped up demonstrates just how good the software-bots touts use are getting. It's impressive stuff.

X100 the resale sites have hundreds on. They will to hold some back for the undercard fighters as well.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:34

Don't believe the hype.

Sky box office ? This is the type of stuff Hearn was meant to be putting on normal sky, instead of the crap he's been handing out this last year.

Jokers

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:37

"If he gets up off the canvas he's getting smashed straight back down again, this fight is ending by KO"

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 08:40

mickey1975 wrote:
Aden wrote:Not all tickets go on general sale, obviously. In my view, the speed that the tickets that are offered get snapped up demonstrates just how good the software-bots touts use are getting. It's impressive stuff.
X100 the resale sites have hundreds on. They will to hold some back for the undercard fighters as well.

As far as Matchroom are concerned they are sold out aren't they. Can these block buying web touts return them?

mickey1975 · Post by **mickey1975** » 17 Sep 2013, 09:02

Final round wrote:
mickey1975 wrote:
Aden wrote:Not all tickets go on general sale, obviously. In my view, the speed that the tickets that are offered get snapped up demonstrates just how good the software-bots touts use are getting. It's impressive stuff.
X100 the resale sites have hundreds on. They will to hold some back for the undercard fighters as well.
As far as Matchroom are concerned they are sold out aren't they. Can these block buying web touts return them?

Why would they? They are making a fortune!

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 17 Sep 2013, 09:08

Final round wrote:As far as Matchroom are concerned they are sold out aren't they. Can these block buying web touts return them?

No, the tickets that go on general sale are sold, like you say. I'm not criticising and don't have a problem with the system. I'm just making the point that the swiftness of the sale says more about the advancement of the software than it does about the genuine demand to sit in the venue and watch the fight.

TheCobra · Post by **TheCobra** » 17 Sep 2013, 09:27

I'm sad to have missed out, forgot it was today and only got on at 1pm at which point I couldn't get a pair of tickets.

It's sad the way it's gone, but as others mentioned, the touts are the problem and you can buy automated bots for about $1000 which is what the touts do and they send 100s of simultaneous requests at once from different proxy IP addresses, so us normal people have very little chance of getting in there.

Something really does need to be done about the ticket situation, maybe having to have a verified ticket buying account would help, e.g. you have your home address verified and the tickets have to go to that one address. Maybe give priority to those people with verified accounts before allowing the 'general sale' to begin.

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 09:41

mickey1975 wrote:Why would they? They are making a fortune!

I was just making the point the show has sold out from the official distributor.

Aden wrote:
Final round wrote:As far as Matchroom are concerned they are sold out aren't they. Can these block buying web touts return them?
No, the tickets that go on general sale are sold, like you say. I'm not criticising and don't have a problem with the system. I'm just making the point that the swiftness of the sale says more about the advancement of the software than it does about the genuine demand to sit in the venue and watch the fight.

The transactions done at incredible speed then back on sale at an instant mark up.

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 09:43

TheCobra wrote:I'm sad to have missed out, forgot it was today and only got on at 1pm at which point I couldn't get a pair of tickets.

It's sad the way it's gone, but as others mentioned, the touts are the problem and you can buy automated bots for about $1000 which is what the touts do and they send 100s of simultaneous requests at once from different proxy IP addresses, so us normal people have very little chance of getting in there.

Something really does need to be done about the ticket situation, maybe having to have a verified ticket buying account would help, e.g. you have your home address verified and the tickets have to go to that one address. Maybe give priority to those people with verified accounts before allowing the 'general sale' to begin.

That's bloody annoying for you.

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 17 Sep 2013, 09:47

TheCobra wrote:I'm sad to have missed out, forgot it was today and only got on at 1pm at which point I couldn't get a pair of tickets.

It's sad the way it's gone, but as others mentioned, the touts are the problem and you can buy automated bots for about $1000 which is what the touts do and they send 100s of simultaneous requests at once from different proxy IP addresses, so us normal people have very little chance of getting in there.

Something really does need to be done about the ticket situation, maybe having to have a verified ticket buying account would help, e.g. you have your home address verified and the tickets have to go to that one address. Maybe give priority to those people with verified accounts before allowing the 'general sale' to begin.

There is nothing wrong with the ticket situation. Tickets sell for what they are worth, like they always have.

Final round · Post by **Final round** » 17 Sep 2013, 10:03

MightyWarrior wrote:Don't believe the hype.

Sky box office ? This is the type of stuff Hearn was meant to be putting on normal sky, instead of the crap he's been handing out this last year.

Jokers

Froch/Kessler, Haye/Fury, Froch/Groves £45.00 extra on a years subscription is a bit of a piss take.

Think of how many pints you could buy with that. :(

TheCobra · Post by **TheCobra** » 17 Sep 2013, 10:25

Aden wrote: There is nothing wrong with the ticket situation. Tickets sell for what they are worth, like they always have.

Spoken from a tout, haha.

jackukmma · Post by **jackukmma** » 17 Sep 2013, 11:30

TheCobra wrote:I'm sad to have missed out, forgot it was today and only got on at 1pm at which point I couldn't get a pair of tickets.

It's sad the way it's gone, but as others mentioned, the touts are the problem and you can buy automated bots for about $1000 which is what the touts do and they send 100s of simultaneous requests at once from different proxy IP addresses, so us normal people have very little chance of getting in there.

Something really does need to be done about the ticket situation, maybe having to have a verified ticket buying account would help, e.g. you have your home address verified and the tickets have to go to that one address. Maybe give priority to those people with verified accounts before allowing the 'general sale' to begin.

I have always advocated a season ticket type scenario. People who follow sport regularly are ones who should get 1st dibs really.

orbtastic · Post by **orbtastic** » 17 Sep 2013, 11:32

You can get that, if you have enough money.

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 17 Sep 2013, 11:35

jackukmma wrote:People who follow sport regularly are ones who should get 1st dibs really.

Why?

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » 17 Sep 2013, 11:53

How feasible would a bigger arena be for the UK? We have the MEN (I know it's not called this anymore but I still call it that) in Manchester and the O2 in London which are both just under 20,000 seats for a boxing event. We have a load of 10k, 5k and under 5k arenas and halls. Do we actually have any scope for 20k+ without having to resort to football stadiums?

leforge · Post by **leforge** » 17 Sep 2013, 12:16

Still VIP tickets, plus undercard fighters and fighters themselves will have tickets.

Craig14 · Post by **Craig14** » 17 Sep 2013, 12:19

leforge wrote:Still VIP tickets, plus undercard fighters and fighters themselves will have tickets.

Are you going?

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