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Terence wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:Too many WBU fights.

Ah well Derry will beat Simpson, Simpson was beaten by Foster after all and we know what Derry did to him on a couple of weeks notice.

I'm hoping to go to that show, looking forward to watching Derry again. He really put in a polished performance here in Manchester. He should have gone for the British title though, then lost it to Andy Morris

Would'nt you rather be at the Picadilly Hotel in Manchester watching Rocco, Mark Nilson and Abdul Rashid the same night

This show has now been moved to Saturday 10th of March. The show has now grown alot stronger.

M'Baye-Koltelnik for the WBA Light Welterweight Title has been added.

Alex Arthur will fight an international 10 rounder.

Kevin Mitchell will defend his Commonwealth Super Featherweight Title.

Derry Matthews - John Simpson for the WBU feather title.

Paul Smith - Alexander Polizzi for the WBU International Middleweight title .

The bill also includes Stephen Bell, Joe McNally, John Watson, Anthony Crolla and Denton Vassell.

This is by far the biggest fight card in Liverpool for many years. I purchased my tickets today, not many are left.

Good bill, but it just sucks that you have a very decent fighter with a crap belt and a very decent fighter with a meaningful belt squaring off and its the crap belt that is on the line.

I'm sure Warren would prefer to be focusing on Derry Matthews over John Simpson - cause Matthews is showing much more promise. So why not the British title?

Maybe Derry wants to defend the belt he won beating Foster more.

Any tickets left for this one? I tried the website link on the Olympia website but it didn't show the quantity box for me to order some tickets. It didn't have anything on the rescheduled date either, it was still listed as the original date.

Will this show be bigger than Shea Neary vs Andy Holligan?

dj moonmonkey wrote:Any tickets left for this one? I tried the website link on the Olympia website but it didn't show the quantity box for me to order some tickets. It didn't have anything on the rescheduled date either, it was still listed as the original date.

It was reported a week ago that 90% of tickets had been sold, this was before the addition of M'Baye-Kotelnik, Arthur and Mitchell. They only have £33 tickets left. It is going to be a sell out obviously. I would ring the Olympia, maybe you could pay by card and reserve some.

ben Carey wrote:Will this show be bigger than Shea Neary vs Andy Holligan?

I would say no. Only because this was a real liverpool grudge match hyped up for ages, the build up was amazing. Publicity seems limited for this latest show. You had the added liverpool v everton thing going on too which brought alot of fans and even footballers to the event. Biggest since Neary-Holligan maybe? Plus the Olympia isn't a very good venue for boxing imo, this new stadium that is being built sounds interesting though and could change the Liverpool boxing scene for the better, need to learn more about it really.

In terms of quality fighters this show looks better. We have some really good prospects on, a world rated fighter on the cusp of a world title shot and a genuine world title fight. Shea - Holligan was for the WBU title and to be honest the rest of the show looked poor.

Neri1983 wrote:

dj moonmonkey wrote:Any tickets left for this one? I tried the website link on the Olympia website but it didn't show the quantity box for me to order some tickets. It didn't have anything on the rescheduled date either, it was still listed as the original date.

It was reported a week ago that 90% of tickets had been sold, this was before the addition of M'Baye-Kotelnik, Arthur and Mitchell. They only have £33 tickets left. It is going to be a sell out obviously. I would ring the Olympia, maybe you could pay by card and reserve some.

ben Carey wrote:Will this show be bigger than Shea Neary vs Andy Holligan?

I would say no. Only because this was a real liverpool grudge match hyped up for ages, the build up was amazing. Publicity seems limited for this latest show. You had the added liverpool v everton thing going on too which brought alot of fans and even footballers to the event. Biggest since Neary-Holligan maybe? Plus the Olympia isn't a very good venue for boxing imo, this new stadium that is being built sounds interesting though and could change the Liverpool boxing scene for the better, need to learn more about it really.

In terms of quality fighters this show looks better. We have some really good prospects on, a world rated fighter on the cusp of a world title shot and a genuine world title fight. Shea - Holligan was for the WBU title and to be honest the rest of the show looked poor.

neary holligan was a far better fight than this WBA title fight, the title doesnt make the fight, the fighters do.

of course its not as big a bill as that one capacity wise, that tent held 5000, the olympia holds 1500.

in terms of quality, this bill wipes the floor with the neary holligan. possibly the best bill in liverpool full stop.

Man what a huge bill at the Olympia!

And a WBA fight!

Any news on Arthurs opponent? I read his fight is a final eliminator for a worls title.

Smigga wrote:

Neri1983 wrote:

dj moonmonkey wrote:Any tickets left for this one? I tried the website link on the Olympia website but it didn't show the quantity box for me to order some tickets. It didn't have anything on the rescheduled date either, it was still listed as the original date.

It was reported a week ago that 90% of tickets had been sold, this was before the addition of M'Baye-Kotelnik, Arthur and Mitchell. They only have £33 tickets left. It is going to be a sell out obviously. I would ring the Olympia, maybe you could pay by card and reserve some.

ben Carey wrote:Will this show be bigger than Shea Neary vs Andy Holligan?

I would say no. Only because this was a real liverpool grudge match hyped up for ages, the build up was amazing. Publicity seems limited for this latest show. You had the added liverpool v everton thing going on too which brought alot of fans and even footballers to the event. Biggest since Neary-Holligan maybe? Plus the Olympia isn't a very good venue for boxing imo, this new stadium that is being built sounds interesting though and could change the Liverpool boxing scene for the better, need to learn more about it really.

In terms of quality fighters this show looks better. We have some really good prospects on, a world rated fighter on the cusp of a world title shot and a genuine world title fight. Shea - Holligan was for the WBU title and to be honest the rest of the show looked poor.

neary holligan was a far better fight than this WBA title fight, the title doesnt make the fight, the fighters do.

of course its not as big a bill as that one capacity wise, that tent held 5000, the olympia holds 1500.

in terms of quality, this bill wipes the floor with the neary holligan. possibly the best bill in liverpool full stop.

Got to agree with that, Neary-Holligan was an excellent pairing and a far better main event. This will be my first world title fight I have attended so looking forward to it.

Looks like an excellent bill, looks like the signing of M'baye has turned up trumps for Warren on this occasion, nice to see a full bill with more than on attractive fight, and more than one 'main' event as it were.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Looks like an excellent bill, looks like the signing of M'baye has turned up trumps for Warren on this occasion, nice to see a full bill with more than on attractive fight, and more than one 'main' event as it were.

Get your money on it all falling apart now then.

It better fornicating not do! This will be the best bill i've been to, so i'm hoping the card remains intact.

Sooner the arenas done the better. I don't reckon a venue like the Olympia does this bill justice - I mean it's got a great atmosphere and really intimate and all but I bet they could have sold three times what it holds. At least the grabbers next door, the only place where you can go home with a girl in one arm and her mother in the other

The new arenas looking good.

How did Holligan do against Chavez before he was stopped?

Heard Neary was robbed against Magee too?