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Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 16:51
by Mimmy
Which fight with both UK fighters taking place in England broke box office records?
I don't know the answer so its not a quiz, just thought about this and came up with these fights but doubt non of them are correct.
Nigel Benn v Michael Watson
Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis
thats it really.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 17:46
by bfchunk
Hatton - Lazcano must have made a lot of dough
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 18:05
by mickey1975
mimmy123 wrote:Which fight with both UK fighters taking place in England broke box office records?
I don't know the answer so its not a quiz, just thought about this and came up with these fights but doubt non of them are correct.
Nigel Benn v Michael Watson
Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis
thats it really.
Its got to be Hatton-Lazcano or Calzaghe-Kessler.Benn-Watson was in a tent and much less of an event than Eubank-Benn 2.Bruno-Lewis and McCall-Bruno were far from sell-outs.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 18:32
by gmanji
mickey1975 wrote:mimmy123 wrote:Which fight with both UK fighters taking place in England broke box office records?
I don't know the answer so its not a quiz, just thought about this and came up with these fights but doubt non of them are correct.
Nigel Benn v Michael Watson
Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis
thats it really.
Its got to be Hatton-Lazcano or Calzaghe-Kessler.Benn-Watson was in a tent and much less of an event than Eubank-Benn 2.Bruno-Lewis and McCall-Bruno were far from sell-outs.
Did I miss something here??
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 18:54
by IRLangmaid25
The Benn-Eubank tfights must have made a few quid as the first fight was at the NEC Arena in Birmingham which is about 22,000 capacity arena, and the fight at Old Trafford got a crowd of 42,000
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 03:00
by mickey1975
gmanji wrote:mickey1975 wrote:mimmy123 wrote:Which fight with both UK fighters taking place in England broke box office records?
I don't know the answer so its not a quiz, just thought about this and came up with these fights but doubt non of them are correct.
Nigel Benn v Michael Watson
Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis
thats it really.
Its got to be Hatton-Lazcano or Calzaghe-Kessler.Benn-Watson was in a tent and much less of an event than Eubank-Benn 2.Bruno-Lewis and McCall-Bruno were far from sell-outs.
Sorry,never read it properly.Eubank-Benn 2?Not sure what the pricing was there but there were 42,000 peolpe there.Haye-Harrison didnt do too bad either,sold out with top seats going for a grand.
Did I miss something here??
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 03:02
by mickey1975
IRLangmaid25 wrote:The Benn-Eubank tfights must have made a few quid as the first fight was at the NEC Arena in Birmingham which is about 22,000 capacity arena, and the fight at Old Trafford got a crowd of 42,000
The NEC holds nowhere near 22,000.Its nearer 10,000.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 04:26
by Alba
mimmy123 wrote:Which fight with both UK fighters taking place in England broke box office records?
I don't know the answer so its not a quiz, just thought about this and came up with these fights but doubt non of them are correct.
Nigel Benn v Michael Watson
Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis
thats it really.
that fight took place in wales ,which is in the uk .but not in england ....
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 05:15
by nobby_nobbins
Probably something like Cooper-Bugner if you adjust for inflation.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 07:36
by boxingchat
Actually I would say Benn V Eubank 2 (Outdoors) or (Being clever) Calzaghe V Starie.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 07:53
by mickey1975
MachoMan09 wrote:boxingchat wrote:Actually I would say Benn V Eubank 2 (Outdoors) or (Being clever) Calzaghe V Starie.
Can you expand on Calzaghe V Starie? Why did that do so well?
It was on the Tyson-Francis undercard.Using that logic,i would go for Craig Watson-Matthew Hatton.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 08:19
by Glyn Leach
Benn-Eubank II drew a far larger crowd than Lewis-Bruno, so that would be my bet.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 09:25
by Deserter
It also depends on whether you mean revenue or profit... I'm assuming the former.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 12:41
by boxingchat
Glyn Leach wrote:Benn-Eubank II drew a far larger crowd than Lewis-Bruno, so that would be my bet.
This would have grossed more than any of the aforementioned in actual net revenue sales.
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 15:06
by bigjack
bfchunk wrote:Hatton - Lazcano must have made a lot of dough
Lazcano isn't british
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 15:56
by IRLangmaid25
mickey1975 wrote:IRLangmaid25 wrote:The Benn-Eubank tfights must have made a few quid as the first fight was at the NEC Arena in Birmingham which is about 22,000 capacity arena, and the fight at Old Trafford got a crowd of 42,000
The NEC holds nowhere near 22,000.Its nearer 10,000.
16,000 according to Wikpedia which makes the 4th biggest indoor arena in the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Indoor_Arena
Re: Biggest money maker in UK
Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 20:36
by taffytoon
Haye v Fraudley, when you include the PPV and croud it would have taken an awful lot.