Will you be attending Froch/Groves II

TopGun · Post by **TopGun** » 05 Mar 2014, 05:41

No chance I will go unless I get free ringside tickets. Better view on TV.

I like it how Eddie in his interview yesterday said how 'Wembley has a great view for everyone and with the big screens up it will be even better'. LOL!

Gazmac81 · Post by **Gazmac81** » 05 Mar 2014, 06:11

its all about the event really though isnt it , the day out , the atmosphere , the titty bars after

if your a hardcore boxing fan then unless your getting close to the action then not much point although up untill the main event you could work your way towards the closer seats anyway i would imagine

ill be watching on TV as i wouldnt travel from scotland for this but if i was closer then would go

SteveDow · Post by **SteveDow** » 05 Mar 2014, 07:02

I'll see what the ticket prices are and then decide. I'd imagine it would be at least £500 for one near ringside which would be too much for any of my mates to come with me and I wouldn't want to watch this from a long distance away. Taking the wife would be an option but I did that for Haye v Klitschko and got moaned at for weeks afterwards as it pissed with rain!

In all likelihood I'll probably watch at home with a few mates around or in the pub.

ILikeBeer · Post by **ILikeBeer** » 05 Mar 2014, 07:38

TopGun wrote:No chance I will go unless I get free ringside tickets. Better view on TV.

I like it how Eddie in his interview yesterday said how 'Wembley has a great view for everyone and with the big screens up it will be even better'. LOL!

I thought that.

I've been second row from the back at Wembley watching an FA Cup Semi, and I can tell you it is not a good view. You couldn't make out who any of the players were.

And I imagine it'll be pretty costly to get those seats, let alone ones where you can see what's happening.

I'll be investing my money on a Pay Per View card and some cans of beer.

mickey1975 · Post by **mickey1975** » 05 Mar 2014, 07:39

This poll just confirms what we already knew... Most boxrec posters don't go to shows!

danamba7 · Post by **danamba7** » 05 Mar 2014, 07:56

Defo going. Decent day in London followed by the worlds biggest boxing event for 2014. I haven't got the money for a decent seat but oh well, I'm hoping for an event that people will still talk about in years to come and I want to be able to say "I was there". Plenty of casuals will be there including the lads I'll be going with but who cares, not often an event like this comes around.

bigjack · Post by **bigjack** » 05 Mar 2014, 07:56

I went to the first fight,great view,but i'm not willing to travel there and not get even a half decent view,it's just too big for boxing.

lefty · Post by **lefty** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:10

Gazmac81 wrote:its all about the event really though isnt it , the day out , the atmosphere , the titty bars after

if your a hardcore boxing fan then unless your getting close to the action then not much point although up untill the main event you could work your way towards the closer seats anyway i would imagine

ill be watching on TV as i wouldnt travel from scotland for this but if i was closer then would go

Speak for yourself....

damianhucker1 · Post by **damianhucker1** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:15

Anything over 40 thousand is too big a stadium for boxing in my view, i wanted to go but i doubt i will go now.

ILikeBeer · Post by **ILikeBeer** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:25

Are there titty bars in Wembley?

big lennox · Post by **big lennox** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:27

I'm going to go. It will another barnstormer of a fight and the atmopshpere will be good. I went to Calzaghe/Kessler at the Millenium Stadium and that had a superb atmoshpere.

I guess they will do the same thing at Wembley and not use the whole stadium. That way you will have 50/60,000 people packed in.

danamba7 · Post by **danamba7** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:28

ILikeBeer wrote:Are there titty bars in Wembley?

Nope, there is however a big football stadium, an arena and LOTS of Asians!

Boxerbeetle · Post by **Boxerbeetle** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:32

No chance. If Wembley was down the road from me then I'd definitely go just for the event & atmosphere, but am not prepared to pay out for tickets, travel, accomodation before even thinking about beers, would end up costing me a minimum of £500 which is too much to pay considering I'd likely have a very poor view of the actual fight.

Am not a fan of PPV at all, but events like this actually make it a very attractive option.

Wa1nuts · Post by **Wa1nuts** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:36

In theory I'd love to go, but the more I think about it (half an hour queues for a pint, £7 a pint, crap view, full of fickle idiots etc.), I probably won't.

SteveDow · Post by **SteveDow** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:42

In addition you can just see what will happen with the tickets. All the tickets in the £150 to about £300 bracket will be instantly snaffled by touts leaving only tickets in the gods or ones at ringside for between £500 and a grand, neither of which I'd consider.

Hagler2002 · Post by **Hagler2002** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:55

Too far, too expensive, tickets will be fortunes for anything with a half decent view oh and I'm paranoid about going to London as I've convinced myself I'll either get shot or stabbed off a Romanian bag dipper.

Crease · Post by **Crease** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:56

Hagler2002 wrote:Too far, too expensive, tickets will be fortunes for anything with a half decent view oh and I'm paranoid about going to London as I've convinced myself I'll either get shot or stabbed off a Romanian bag dipper.

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:58

Dork and I will be there.

Crease · Post by **Crease** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:03

I am not going either. I haven't got the funds, and even if I did I would not go. Froch has become popular and as inevitably tend to happen all these new boxing "fans" come on the scene (having watched a 3 minute highlight video of him on youtube) and start spouting nonsence about how much they followed his career and always liked him... Actually, a guy said it before me:

Wa1nuts wrote:In theory I'd love to go, but the more I think about it (half an hour queues for a pint, £7 a pint, crap view, full of fickle idiots etc.), I probably won't.

Kinda reminds me of the Hatton comeback fight against Senchenko a few years back. I was strongly considering going, I was quoted a good (and very cheap) deal to Manchester with National Express, then I pulled out at the last minute. Because of these "fans" - I know thousands f them would be running about and it would have been a circus. So I didn't go. And I'm kinda glad that I didn't after watching him fall.

leforge · Post by **leforge** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:05

mickey1975 wrote:This poll just confirms what we already knew... Most boxrec posters don't go to shows!

Think it same on most forums.

leforge · Post by **leforge** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:06

Yes I be there and will be ringside.

Gazmac81 · Post by **Gazmac81** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:08

columbo wrote:
Gazmac81 wrote:its all about the event really though isnt it , the day out , the atmosphere , the titty bars after

if your a hardcore boxing fan then unless your getting close to the action then not much point although up untill the main event you could work your way towards the closer seats anyway i would imagine

ill be watching on TV as i wouldnt travel from scotland for this but if i was closer then would go
Speak for yourself....

Hey im just going by previous as anytime i had to travel to watch my bro fight i had a mate with me that wanted to go (honest ) , my mate was convinced he saw Dave Coldwell in the Strippers after a fight in altrincham one night after a fight we were at.

milpool · Post by **milpool** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:10

I'll be there...not sure on what price bracket I'm going for yet. Got a decent priced ticket for Haye v Chisora but I doubt I had a better view than those that got a cheaper ticket. And I bet they were a lot drier than I was!

jessi · Post by **jessi** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:14

Yes I'm going, it will be rude not to, of course your get a better view on tv, but you just have to be there for this.
For people who are up in the gods don't worry, if you was in the same seat for a football match and a fight broke out in the middle of the pitch your see it ! This is a raised ring with the spot light on it at night time, your see it !
Just to say you was there in the future will be something special !

freddydoesdallas · Post by **freddydoesdallas** » 05 Mar 2014, 09:18

I'll not be going to this for pretty much the same reasons already posted. Decent tickets will be at least £150, throw in travel to london (min £30), hotel (min £100 if lucky) plus a few beers before/during/after and bite to eat (£200+) and you're talking at least £500 for a good fight but limited view.

I'd rather go to a smaller show the night before and watch this one at home or in the boozer