Matchroom 11th/18th December

[Dioufy]

Help me out sisters.
Long story short… had a dispute with Matchroom and their offer to me is free vip tickets to the Liverpool, Manchester or Sheffield (no chance) show.
Both have no real announcements to undercard, ect, but I need to pick by tomorrow.
What show would you go to given then chance with free tix?
And where do vip tickets get you sat?

[maverick23]

Help me out sisters.
Long story short… had a dispute with Matchroom and their offer to me is free vip tickets to the Liverpool, Manchester or Sheffield (no chance) show.
Both have no real announcements to undercard, ect, but I need to pick by tomorrow.
What show would you go to given then chance with free tix?
And where do vip tickets get you sat?

I’d probably go to Liverpool. I think the quality of the shows will be similar but I’d prefer to see Benn than the Chisora/Parker rematch.

I’ve done VIP at Liverpool before. We were sat probably 5 rows back and I was next to Anthony Fowler who was still an amateur at the time. There was a little bar area that had free warm beers and canapés but you couldn’t take those beers to your seats so I didn’t spend long there.

The other thing that I usually enjoy is that you’ll probably get to meet a few of the fighters. Either some that fight or some that have been given tickets by Matchroom.

Out of interest what caused them to give you the freebies?!

[Dioufy]

Got put in the wrong place to what I booked for Joshua/Usyk.

[JamesPhilips]

Got put in the wrong place to what I booked for Joshua/Usyk.

That's pretty cool. Well done

[maverick23]

Got put in the wrong place to what I booked for Joshua/Usyk.

I don’t what the price difference was on the tickets you booked vs those you got but it sounds like you got a decent deal.

I had VIP tickets once for a Prizefighter in Wolverhampton (they cost £100 so expensive for a show at the Wolverhampton Civic but nothing too crazy). I had a mutual mate of Kell Brook so got chatting to him and Darren Barker a fair bit before the boxing started in the VIP bar. As we going back to our seats my mate asked for a photo of the 4 us and a random looking guy joined on the end. My mate said ‘Sorry pal….do you mind if we get a photo just of the 4 of us’ so the guy left and went down to his seat. The guy was Eddie Hearn - my mate and I still laugh about it.

[peter barlow]

If John Ryder vs Bivol ends up on Manchester show it's a better card for me. Big if mind.

Its hard to say tbh. I also like Del Boy too.

[jameswilson]

Manchester undercard so far

Joshua Buatsi v Maxim Vlasov

Zelfa Barrett v Tarimo - ibf eliminator

Carlos Gongora v Lerrone Richards - ibo title

Jack Cullen v Cukur - European title

Jordan Thompson, David Nkiya, Sandy Ryan, Rhiannon Thompson all v tba.

[Dioufy]

Manchester it is then

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wow!

Buatsi vs. Vlasov??

[handsofstone]

Great card tbf

[Boxerbeetle]

Definitely Manchester.

[maverick23]

Good show. I like the Richards/Gongora fight. Tough fight for Richards,

[garethhop]

Got put in the wrong place to what I booked for Joshua/Usyk.

I don’t what the price difference was on the tickets you booked vs those you got but it sounds like you got a decent deal.

I had VIP tickets once for a Prizefighter in Wolverhampton (they cost £100 so expensive for a show at the Wolverhampton Civic but nothing too crazy). I had a mutual mate of Kell Brook so got chatting to him and Darren Barker a fair bit before the boxing started in the VIP bar. As we going back to our seats my mate asked for a photo of the 4 us and a random looking guy joined on the end. My mate said ‘Sorry pal….do you mind if we get a photo just of the 4 of us’ so the guy left and went down to his seat. The guy was Eddie Hearn - my mate and I still laugh about it.

Was that the welterweights that Glenn Foot won?

[mickey1975]

So Eddie is at the old FW trick.... I remember nobody on here didn't win tickets to his shows when they were selling poorly. I got VIP for Smith-Williams

[margaret thatcher]

Manchester undercard so far

Joshua Buatsi v Maxim Vlasov

Zelfa Barrett v Tarimo - ibf eliminator

Carlos Gongora v Lerrone Richards - ibo title

Jack Cullen v Cukur - European title

Jordan Thompson, David Nkiya, Sandy Ryan, Rhiannon Thompson all v tba.

eddeh delivering the goods

[maverick23]

Got put in the wrong place to what I booked for Joshua/Usyk.

I don’t what the price difference was on the tickets you booked vs those you got but it sounds like you got a decent deal.

I had VIP tickets once for a Prizefighter in Wolverhampton (they cost £100 so expensive for a show at the Wolverhampton Civic but nothing too crazy). I had a mutual mate of Kell Brook so got chatting to him and Darren Barker a fair bit before the boxing started in the VIP bar. As we going back to our seats my mate asked for a photo of the 4 us and a random looking guy joined on the end. My mate said ‘Sorry pal….do you mind if we get a photo just of the 4 of us’ so the guy left and went down to his seat. The guy was Eddie Hearn - my mate and I still laugh about it.

Was that the welterweights that Glenn Foot won?

No - Adil Anwar won it. Think he beat Nurse in the final.

[maverick23]

So Eddie is at the old FW trick.... I remember nobody on here didn't win tickets to his shows when they were selling poorly. I got VIP for Smith-Williams

He’s not quite papering the crowd like Frank used to. Giving away a couple of freebies through customer service isn’t quite the same as the ‘everyone’s a winner’ competitions Frank used to do where he gave away hundreds if not thousands of tickets.

When (I’m not sure if they still are) Matchroom used to work with JD sports and wanted to boost the attendance they used to give away tickets to people who spent more than a certain amount in the local store. They’ll probably need to do similar for the Sheffield and Manchester shows.

[mickey1975]

Sheffield will not do well.

[garethhop]

Sheffield will not do well.

Go and have a look at the tickets - https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/world-ch ... 48A3E01D99

Already set up for perhaps 50% capacity, look like other than the blocks of tickets that have been given to the boxers, barely any have been sold 9 days out.

Matchroom are excellent in filling with comps and making it look decently attended however. Streets ahead of any other boxing promoters on that front.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Sheffield will not do well.

Go and have a look at the tickets - https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/world-ch ... 48A3E01D99

Already set up for perhaps 50% capacity, look like other than the blocks of tickets that have been given to the boxers, barely any have been sold 9 days out.

Matchroom are excellent in filling with comps and making it look decently attended however. Streets ahead of any other boxing promoters on that front.

Isn't Kid a good ticket seller?

Is he not liked? well known? just mainly known in Sheffield?

[mickey1975]

Sheffield will not do well.

Go and have a look at the tickets - https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/world-ch ... 48A3E01D99

Already set up for perhaps 50% capacity, look like other than the blocks of tickets that have been given to the boxers, barely any have been sold 9 days out.

Matchroom are excellent in filling with comps and making it look decently attended however. Streets ahead of any other boxing promoters on that front.

Isn't Kid a good ticket seller?

Is he not liked? well known? just mainly known in Sheffield?

He's really not a seller

[tony1234]

Whatever is advertised now will probably bear no relation to what happens on the night if recent shows are any example

[peter barlow]

I don't think Galahad sells tickets or is well liked. Tbh I rate Barry and don't mind him but it's a poor opponent in Kiko. Billam Smith opponent poor too.

[peter barlow]

Whatever is advertised now will probably bear no relation to what happens on the night if recent shows are any example

True, hard to get excited until the day before and we know it's happening.

[maverick23]

Whatever is advertised now will probably bear no relation to what happens on the night if recent shows are any example

True, hard to get excited until the day before and we know it's happening.

I don’t usually find Matchroom too bad to be honest. The Liverpool show held up well but last week’s was in trouble as the main event was the only fight on the show that people were really looking forward to.

Compared to others like Boxxer who’ve lost fights in the days before the show on their first 2 shows and Frank W who cancelled a show a few days out with Sunny Edwards and this Saturday’s show has 2 of the 5 main names on the original poster actually fighting I don’t think Matchroom are the worst.