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littlepug wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:53 Minter v Hagler

Wasn't that Wembley Arena?

I should add that Stadium fights are way worse than arenas and the telly.

First fight I ever attended was Eubank Watson @ WHL - amazing ringside seats - that nobody in the Daily Mirror wanted ( WTF ?! ) - just behind Gary Lineker and Paul Davis and it was incredible.

Since then I went to Cardiff (Bruno Lewis), Wembley (Froch Groves II) and The Millennium (Calzaghe Manfredo) and it's been like watching two ants fighting at my feet, without wearing my glasses on, every time.

The only Stadium fight that looked really good was that PacMan vs Clottey at the Dallas Cowboys stadium with the world's biggest screen

Some of those White City boxing events had ~90k spectators. I think it had a 93k capacity (63k seats, 30k standing) but I've read it had a capacity more like 150k.

The Azteca used to hold the post-war record - Chavez/Haugen 132k. I think Chudinov beat that at some weird open air bike show for one of his bouts (so not a stadium) at around 200k. Which is insane.

Zale held the record prior to that at 135k. Free tickets helped, I guess. Although it was held in a park, not a stadium.

littlepug wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:53 Minter v Hagler

Wembley Arena I think.

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:54

littlepug wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:53 Minter v Hagler

Wasn't that Wembley Arena?

Yeah could be

banjo wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 11:33

littlepug wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:53 Minter v Hagler

Wembley Arena I think.

Haye v Vlad was originally scheduled for the Shalke stadium.
Maybe the fight and the Fury fight was in a stadium too

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 15:32 Haye v Vlad was originally scheduled for the Shalke stadium.
Maybe the fight and the Fury fight was in a stadium too

I just checked, they weren't!!

littlepug wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:45 Wasn’t Fenech v Nelson 2 in a stadium of some kind ?

Princes Park, home of Carlton aussie rules team.

Stadium fights look great on the tv, sh!t to attend though.

Which stadium fight in the UK had the biggest attendance?

Clue - it wasn't Froch v Groves

Miles Templeton.

I'm guessing it's one of the white city stadium fights or one of the London venues which has been knocked down!

Joshua vs Wlad?

prewarboxing wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 19:25 Which stadium fight in the UK had the biggest attendance?

Clue - it wasn't Froch v Groves

Miles Templeton.

We talking pre-WW2?

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 15:34

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 15:32 Haye v Vlad was originally scheduled for the Shalke stadium.
Maybe the fight and the Fury fight was in a stadium too

I just checked, they weren't!!

Isn’t it the stadium in Düsseldorf where he fought Fury?

Vitali fought in a Warsaw stadium twice I think.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 20:17

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 15:34

I just checked, they weren't!!

Isn’t it the stadium in Düsseldorf where he fought Fury?

I'm a bit confused!! I ended up going to Shalke and its def a stadium!
Looking at the records they are called Arenas, but I'm not sure if they qualify as a stadium too!
Wembley Arena isn't a stadium, but perhaps a few of the German ones are
Shalke is near Düsseldorf but it's in Gelchinshirken

I was at both, and they were definitely stadium’s.

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 10:02 Does the Saddlers Club in Walsall count!!!

Peter Till was due to challenge Steve Boyle for the British lightweight title at Fellows Park in Walsall in June 1989 but Ron Gray pulled the plug with less than a week to go due to poor ticket sales. Peter was heartbroken and still struggles with it today. He was looking dynamite in training.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 20:17

prewarboxing wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 19:25 Which stadium fight in the UK had the biggest attendance?

Clue - it wasn't Froch v Groves

Miles Templeton.

We talking pre-WW2?

Yes, just

prewarboxing wrote: ↑15 Jan 2020, 04:41

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 20:17

We talking pre-WW2?

Yes, just

I know but because I cheated! I was right about White City though

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 20:29

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 20:17

Isn’t it the stadium in Düsseldorf where he fought Fury?

I'm a bit confused!! I ended up going to Shalke and its def a stadium!
Looking at the records they are called Arenas, but I'm not sure if they qualify as a stadium too!
Wembley Arena isn't a stadium, but perhaps a few of the German ones are
Shalke is near Düsseldorf but it's in Gelchinshirken

Most stadiums in Germany are referred to as arena’s. They’re football stadiums. It’s just a German thing.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑15 Jan 2020, 05:59

Coco wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 20:29

I'm a bit confused!! I ended up going to Shalke and its def a stadium!
Looking at the records they are called Arenas, but I'm not sure if they qualify as a stadium too!
Wembley Arena isn't a stadium, but perhaps a few of the German ones are
Shalke is near Düsseldorf but it's in Gelchinshirken

Most stadiums in Germany are referred to as arena’s. They’re football stadiums. It’s just a German thing.

Yep. Allianz Arena is most definitely a stadium, and a bloody great one at that.

Canelo vs. Liam Smith Cowboys Stadium Arlington. Huge. I showed a steward my ticket and asked where my seat was. He said he didn’t know his way around over there.

Miles, I'm guessing you're going with Len Harvey and Jock McAvoy in 1939?

Although it's listed at 90k, I suspect it is higher?

The '34 bout with Jack Peterson is listed at 90k too.