Anthony Joshua: Hampden Park Next?

[Ruthless-RKO]

He's sold out 90,000 at Wembley Stadium..

Now sold out near 80,000 at Millennium Stadium..

Now he could sell out between 60,000 to 70,000 at Hampden Park..



A nice stadium, would need to be Summer time, as Scotland's weather isn't really the best.

The last fight/event that took place at Hampden Park was Mike Tyson vs. Lou Savarese in June 2000. It left a sour taste in many peoples mouth and is kind of memorable for the wrong reasons.. Prior to that, the last event according to BoxRec was in the 1940's.

Hearn already claims that Joshua is too big for the O2 Arena and now strictly a stadium fighter..

So what say, Joshua complete his Stadium tour with Hampden?

[Taansend]

Why stop there. They could do what they did in the old days and continue the tour.

He should fight in the Faroe Islands. Lovely people & friendly sheep.

[TheGingerBomber]

Save it for the Cornish rematch. Wilder vs Cornish is in play for early next year.

[banjo]

Should come over here

[Taansend]

Save it for the Cornish rematch. Wilder vs Cornish is in play for early next year.

This type of Cornish would have a better chance than 'The Highlander'

[TheGingerBomber]

Save it for the Cornish rematch. Wilder vs Cornish is in play for early next year.

This type of Cornish would have a better chance than 'The Highlander'

Looks lovely

[3132DW]

Why not Murrayfield for 70,000 ?

Won’t happen as it’ll be Wembley cash machine for 90,000 again.

[chiggsy]

Knebworth

[davie]

Why not Murrayfield for 70,000 ?

Won’t happen as it’ll be Wembley cash machine for 90,000 again.

Indeed.

I'm a Scotland supporter and I think Hampden is a sh1t stadium.
Most Scots do, It's a shallow soulless bowl with the seating too far from the pitch.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Why not Murrayfield for 70,000 ?

Won’t happen as it’ll be Wembley cash machine for 90,000 again.

Indeed.

I'm a Scotland supporter and I think Hampden is a sh1t stadium.
Most Scots do, It's a shallow soulless bowl with the seating too far from the pitch.

Agreed. Its shite! Celtic park would be a good venue 60k plus seats on the pitch

[Ossyrules]

I say get Joshua back in the lions den next

[davie]

Why not Murrayfield for 70,000 ?

Won’t happen as it’ll be Wembley cash machine for 90,000 again.

Indeed.

I'm a Scotland supporter and I think Hampden is a sh1t stadium.
Most Scots do, It's a shallow soulless bowl with the seating too far from the pitch.

Agreed. Its shite! Celtic park would be a good venue 60k plus seats on the pitch

As someone who dislikes Celtic and thoroughly dislikes visiting their stadium, I think It's fair to say I'm you can take my word for it when I say, Celtic park is one of the most atmospheric venues in the country.

I'd enjoy partaking in that atmosphere without having to listen to 59,000 of the participants gloating at my team getting pumped

[KiwiRider]

I'm laughing reading this because I thought, what if AJ fights Parker in New Zealand?

Then I realised we don't actually have a big fancy stadium, and we have 10 times more sheep than people
But seriously I think we could scrape together 40,000 people easy. If Jim invites his cousins from the 'Naki, and Stu's mates from Oz come over. Mind you, that's a lot of pies.

[Ossyrules]

I'm laughing reading this because I thought, what if AJ fights Parker in New Zealand?

Then I realised we don't actually have a big fancy stadium, and we have 10 times more sheep than people
But seriously I think we could scrape together 40,000 people easy. If Jim invites his cousins from the 'Naki, and Stu's mates from Oz come over. Mind you, that's a lot of pies.

How many does your national rugby stadium hold

[Ruthless-RKO]

Yeh, there are other stadiums. I was just referring to national stadiums.. but yeh, Twickenham, Old Trafford, Emirates, Villa Park, Etihad.. all decent stadiums..

[Ruthless-RKO]

I say get Joshua back in the lions den next

Yup! Hearn's getting big headed.. put him back in the O2, and raise ticket prices to make up for gate.. they always brag about how AJ has the country on his shoulders etc. He needs to go back down a peg..

[afcpaul]

Next July - Parker @ Old Trafford.
Next December Wilder in Vegas to unify.

[Ossyrules]

I say get Joshua back in the lions den next

Yup! Hearn's getting big headed.. put him back in the O2, and raise ticket prices to make up for gate.. they always brag about how AJ has the country on his shoulders etc. He needs to go back down a peg..

Yeah get him back on a stomping ground that he’s familiar with, smallervarena but it’s indoor so the atmosphere is still good. Gives the stadium fights that extra special feeling when they do happen.

He’s that big that selling tickets for stadium fights aren’t a problem it seems though

[Alba]

He's sold out 90,000 at Wembley Stadium..

Now sold out near 80,000 at Millennium Stadium..

Now he could sell out between 60,000 to 70,000 at Hampden Park..



A nice stadium, would need to be Summer time, as Scotland's weather isn't really the best.

The last fight/event that took place at Hampden Park was Mike Tyson vs. Lou Savarese in June 2000. It left a sour taste in many peoples mouth and is kind of memorable for the wrong reasons.. Prior to that, the last event according to BoxRec was in the 1940's.

Hearn already claims that Joshua is too big for the O2 Arena and now strictly a stadium fighter..

So what say, Joshua complete his Stadium tour with Hampden?

Nice Stadium?its a fornicating dump ... The seats are too faraway from the grass...im.assuming you have never been. Dont really want joshua fighting up here as we will get served up a shite undercard

[Ruthless-RKO]

He's sold out 90,000 at Wembley Stadium..

Now sold out near 80,000 at Millennium Stadium..

Now he could sell out between 60,000 to 70,000 at Hampden Park..



A nice stadium, would need to be Summer time, as Scotland's weather isn't really the best.

The last fight/event that took place at Hampden Park was Mike Tyson vs. Lou Savarese in June 2000. It left a sour taste in many peoples mouth and is kind of memorable for the wrong reasons.. Prior to that, the last event according to BoxRec was in the 1940's.

Hearn already claims that Joshua is too big for the O2 Arena and now strictly a stadium fighter..

So what say, Joshua complete his Stadium tour with Hampden?

Nice Stadium?its a effing dump ... The seats are too faraway from the grass...im.assuming you have never been. Dont really want joshua fighting up here as we will get served up a shite undercard

Obviously you'll have some seats on the floor too. I agree it is a bit far.. kinda like how the Olympic stadium was..

[chrisnew86]

Knebworth

See if he can beat the record set by Oasis in the nighties

[KiwiRider]

I'm laughing reading this because I thought, what if AJ fights Parker in New Zealand?

Then I realised we don't actually have a big fancy stadium, and we have 10 times more sheep than people
But seriously I think we could scrape together 40,000 people easy. If Jim invites his cousins from the 'Naki, and Stu's mates from Oz come over. Mind you, that's a lot of pies.

How many does your national rugby stadium hold

Eden Park in Dorkland holds 50,000 in the stands,add maybe 2,000 on the pitch depending on how you pack them in. But it does not have a fancy pants roof or anything. We can host a lot of visitors though. There were about 22,000 Lions fans here earlier this year and I didn't read of any pie shortages. Although camper rentals were scarce because the tight arses wouldn't pay for hotels. They also wouldn't pay the extra soil fees for the camper toilets and our laybys were covered in Kipper sh*t

[Taansend]

If he fought Wilder in America they should forget Vegas & have a butchers at Wilders hometown of Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide have a stadium that holds 101,821.

How many Joshua fans would fly out for that?



Interestingly enough Wembley is the 17th largest stadium in the world (capacity-wise). There are ten stadiums which hold over 100,000 - although they'd probably have more for a boxing event.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... y_capacity

[jamamb]

boxing doesnt do huge gates like that in the us. wilders previous best in alabama was just barely over 10k and josh isnt a household name in america

[Taansend]

boxing doesnt do huge gates like that in the us. wilders previous best in alabama was just barely over 10k and josh isnt a household name in america

Fair point but AJ's fights are being shown here & I do reckon Joshua could bring 30,000 over (although maybe to Vegas rather than Tuscaloosa ). Plus it could be wishful thinking as I can drive to Tuscaloosa. It's only 600 miles away.