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Could either of these fights happen. Highly unlikely to see Dudey in the same ring with Bradley but would Maidana travel to Ireland to fight McCloskey if the price was right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLYB6aT ... er&list=UL

slapbangwhallop wrote:Could either of these fights happen. Highly unlikely to see Dudey in the same ring with Bradley but would Maidana travel to Ireland to fight McCloskey if the price was right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLYB6aT ... er&list=UL

Arum will be looking for an easy defence for Bradley on the Pacquiao-Marquez undercard, to warm him up for Pacqiao in the spring. So it could happen.
Maidana - no chance. Who's going to pay Maidana the sort of money he would want? Not Sky and Matchroom.

gobbles wrote:

slapbangwhallop wrote:Could either of these fights happen. Highly unlikely to see Dudey in the same ring with Bradley but would Maidana travel to Ireland to fight McCloskey if the price was right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLYB6aT ... er&list=UL

Arum will be looking for an easy defence for Bradley on the Pacquiao-Marquez undercard, to warm him up for Pacqiao in the spring. So it could happen.
Maidana - no chance. Who's going to pay Maidana the sort of money he would want? Not Sky and Matchroom.

Unless McCloskey goes Stateside it is the only way I can see it happening, I cannot see Maidana fighting at the National Stadium or the Kings Hall when he has been fighting at the MGM Grand and the Staples Centre.

IRLangmaid25 wrote:

gobbles wrote:

slapbangwhallop wrote:Could either of these fights happen. Highly unlikely to see Dudey in the same ring with Bradley but would Maidana travel to Ireland to fight McCloskey if the price was right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLYB6aT ... er&list=UL

Arum will be looking for an easy defence for Bradley on the Pacquiao-Marquez undercard, to warm him up for Pacqiao in the spring. So it could happen.
Maidana - no chance. Who's going to pay Maidana the sort of money he would want? Not Sky and Matchroom.

Unless McCloskey goes Stateside it is the only way I can see it happening, I cannot see Maidana fighting at the National Stadium or the Kings Hall when he has been fighting at the MGM Grand and the Staples Centre.

With the right fight McCloskey could probably fill the O2 Arena (Point Depot) in Dublin. Capacity of around 9,000.

10k at the Odessey in Beal Feirste

http://www.odysseyarena.com/

Bloody 'ell, I didn't realise the Odyssey was that big. I thought around 5/6000. Did Rogie pack it out for the Sexton fights?

Even if an arena holds 50,000 is a top guy really going to want to fight McCloskey in Ireland? Maybe someone like Kotelnik would, as he doesn't seem to have many options, but not Maidana, Bradley, or any of the bigger names.

crusader wrote:Even if an arena holds 50,000 is a top guy really going to want to fight McCloskey in Ireland? Maybe someone like Kotelnik would, as he doesn't seem to have many options, but not Maidana, Bradley, or any of the bigger names.

No. Stateside would be the only option for a possible Bradley or Maidana fight. I originally made reference to the venue to imply that McCloskey would sell out bigger venues than the Kings Hall or National Stadium with the right fight.

Deno1986 wrote:Bloody 'ell, I didn't realise the Odyssey was that big. I thought around 5/6000. Did Rogie pack it out for the Sexton fights?

I think he did having watched those two fights.

crusader wrote:Even if an arena holds 50,000 is a top guy really going to want to fight McCloskey in Ireland? Maybe someone like Kotelnik would, as he doesn't seem to have many options, but not Maidana, Bradley, or any of the bigger names.

Cordoba brought his WBA title to Ireland for an 'easy' voluntary defence against Bernard Dunne. Money talks.

slapbangwhallop wrote:

crusader wrote:Even if an arena holds 50,000 is a top guy really going to want to fight McCloskey in Ireland? Maybe someone like Kotelnik would, as he doesn't seem to have many options, but not Maidana, Bradley, or any of the bigger names.

Cordoba brought his WBA title to Ireland for an 'easy' voluntary defence against Bernard Dunne. Money talks.

Cordoba (who also travelled to fight Poonsawat, Rigo, and Sidorenko) had nowhere near the profile of Maidana, Bradley, Alexander, etc., all of whom already get paid tons to fight in America. Do you think Cordoba could've stayed in Panama and made 500k per fight like Maidana or 1.2 million a fight like Bradley?

crusader wrote:

slapbangwhallop wrote:

crusader wrote:Even if an arena holds 50,000 is a top guy really going to want to fight McCloskey in Ireland? Maybe someone like Kotelnik would, as he doesn't seem to have many options, but not Maidana, Bradley, or any of the bigger names.

Cordoba brought his WBA title to Ireland for an 'easy' voluntary defence against Bernard Dunne. Money talks.

Cordoba (who also travelled to fight Poonsawat, Rigo, and Sidorenko) had nowhere near the profile of Maidana, Bradley, Alexander, etc., all of whom already get paid tons to fight in America. Do you think Cordoba could've stayed in Panama and made 500k per fight like Maidana or 1.2 million a fight like Bradley?

Thats big numbers.

What did Maidana get for his fights against Cayo and Corley?

I'm not sure, but Maidana is a much bigger name now that he has fought both Khan and Morales on HBO (in great fights), so he will probably get paid more for future fights than he did for Cayo and Corley. I'm not saying it's impossible (but I doubt it happens) to lure a big name to Ireland, but it will take a ton of money, because those guys are already getting paid very well to fight in places where they don't have tens of thousands of screaming Irishmen rallying against them.

Once again McCloskey is looking for fighters that he can't beat.
He should be avoiding Bradley, Alexander and Maidana at all costs.

If he keeps losing these fights, it's really gonna knock his reputation as a boxer.

If I could give him advice, McCloskey should look at getitng his European title back, as a platform from which to work.