Hounddog wrote:Do it, who would you have as your main bout? and your under card? the venue ? im interested
ross
It's not just a case of 1 card it's the consistancy of the cards throughout the year.
If you search for the threads i've started you will come across a few international cards i proposed like an ashes series to be held yearly, an Australia v Asia, Australia v Pacific nations ect. Just some ideas to get boxing back on TV and interest to the casual boxing fan.
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I hear you about cards but you gotta start somewhere, so when and where would you do the first show? aand who is on the card?
I did Australia Vs Thailand 30th May this year which was huge - biggest fight night in Cairns, had amateur boxing under card, and pro myai thai fights bought 2 fighters and a trainer out from casa mui
When you say you will come up with a new card/s soon, do you mean you will make suggestions about what figts you would like to see happen or are you going to put on a show and make fights?
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Well Ross the truth is i'm not a promoter, i realise in any business you need contacts, and the truth of it is i only know about 3 current boxers, and about 3 retired ones, and that isn't going to put a card together for me.
However in the near future i will be more active in boxing circles, and need to be around the scene alot more, as i have been running my own business in more recent times. So i guess at this point it's speculation, however i do know what i want in a card, and i feel as though i know what the experts want and i think to draw more fans back to the sport you need to create buzz.
Ross when was the last time you seen a fight that was advertised on tv and i'm not including the ads shown to 1 million subscriptions of pay tv?
For the record there' 21 Million in Australia, so boxing targets less than 5% of the target audience Australia wide.
Now sports fans are sports fans it doesn't matter the sport, it's the buzz surounding it, if you can guarentee the level of competition is first class, you'll fill seats, and people will walk away wanting more. Now in Australia we love our sport and we compete to be the best, and usually succeed, so why are the people behind boxing in this country content on showcasing talent vs Bum. I realise every ones interpretation of a bum is different but let me tell you why i can't convince the novice fan to come to the boxing, because it's usually 1 guy fighting and the other trying to survive until the third round to get his cheque, no one wants to see this.
Ross i'm a Queenslander and grew up on the stories of when fights took place at Festival Hall Brisbane, and how you couldn't move because it was packed, and the fistic fury got people on the feet, so thats where i would start, the 40 or 50 somethings i think would flock back to Festival Hall to see evenly matched cards.
Without advertising exposure on network TV this probally wouldn't happen, as there would be no sponsers, not enough money to pay the fighters or the promise to fighters of more media exposure. The idea of bigger sponsers in boxing is needed as it fills the bank balance of most athelete' today, allowing promoters ect to spend there money more economically.
1 fight card a week and a roadshow type setup based on the origin of the boxer' this week Brisbane,cairns or the Goldcoast, next it's Sydney, Newcastle or canberra, but the most important thing is it needs to be televised shown the best of what we have,or the best here vs the best of what Japan,USA or England ect has to offer.
Card1 would include a middleweight exhibition with a heavyweight contest.
Fighters would include Geale,Pittman,medley,Singh,Taliepai and co and could even be staged as a round robin event where the winner fights winner, loser fights loser 6weeks later on another show. Heavyweights; Big hitters like Humono, leapai and co would be showcased. These fighters are not overpriced and a good sponser could financially back the purses of such fights.
Hopefully this answered how i would approach putting a card together.
It just takes a good sales pitch to the right people.
It's 1 o'clock fuckit i'm going to bed.
Edit; Sorry mate, congratulations on your card.
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THanks mate, you have some really good points, the last show I did was " Cairns Young Guns Boxing Show" on the 8th of November which I feel was well matched I konw the fans enjoyed it.
