Worst experience at a live fight

SteveDow
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Re: Worst experience at a live fight

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black panther wrote:Haye -Chisora - went with a few mates and got cheap seats as they aren't hardcore boxing fans and didn't want to fork out for better seats.

The boxers looked like dots to us for starters. People were sitting in our seats and we got in a bit of scuffle when they refused to move and once Haye knocked out Chisora everyone started throwing beers from above. Luckily as we were pretty far back so didn't get soaked. It was a very hostile atmosphere full of people who were blatantly mainly football fans. I don't think I'll ever go to a stadium fight again but smaller hall shows are brilliant and I'm using them as an introduction to boxing for lots of people.
I also hate stadium fights but ironically enjoyed the Haye v Chisora one as we had seats about 12 rows back from the ring which (only!) cost £200. Literally the best seats for that price bracket in the house as the lads 1 row ahead of us paid £350 for theirs.
mickey1975
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Re: Worst experience at a live fight

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reggaereggae wrote:Did anyone ever go to the junior Abas or schoolboys or something 5 or so years ago at York Hall? I didn't but I hear it kicked off something mental. Traveller families in a dispute or something
I see stuff like that at least twice a season. Stay sober and sit near the fire exits. The amateur juniors are full of travellers.
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Re: Worst experience at a live fight

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mickey1975 wrote:
reggaereggae wrote:Did anyone ever go to the junior Abas or schoolboys or something 5 or so years ago at York Hall? I didn't but I hear it kicked off something mental. Traveller families in a dispute or something
I see stuff like that at least twice a season. Stay sober and sit near the fire exits. The amateur juniors are full of travellers.
Take a cosh and sit where you want :D
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Re: Worst experience at a live fight

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freddydoesdallas wrote:Mine have all involved violence in the crowd.

Rendall Munroe v Terrazas at the Skydome in Coventry. Still don't know why they picked a venue in Coventry to host a Leicester fighter. As soon as the music started for Munroe, the Leicester hooligans started charging their way around the venue trying to fight anyone in their way. I'd gone to get a beer and their were people (young couples, dads with lads) running out of the fire exits to avoid it all. The fight was good but once outside it was the same, Coventry & Leicester hooligans trying to pick off little groups of opposite fans.

Cruiserweight Prizefighter at the Olympia in London - Dickinson won it. Generally a horrible atmosphere, major bit of trouble in the stands between two groups of fans and after that it just seemed to be out of control in there. Police were a high presence outside but weren't allowed in.

I was the Prizefighter one. That went off for quite a while in the stand. Police were in the building at points though, but just by then everyone involved had done the off.
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Re: Worst experience at a live fight

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palooka wrote:
mickey1975 wrote:
reggaereggae wrote:Did anyone ever go to the junior Abas or schoolboys or something 5 or so years ago at York Hall? I didn't but I hear it kicked off something mental. Traveller families in a dispute or something
I see stuff like that at least twice a season. Stay sober and sit near the fire exits. The amateur juniors are full of travellers.
Take a cosh and sit where you want :D
i sit next to palooks :)
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