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Next show at Rivals, on Dec 7th .

Opponents to be added in due course.

Best of luck to Iain Butcher. How much are the tickets and how big is the Rivals Gym? I was thinking of going but with it being near Xmas and all...

ThereByTheGrace wrote:Best of luck to Iain Butcher. How much are the tickets and how big is the Rivals Gym? I was thinking of going but with it being near Xmas and all...

Tickets are £30 mate, and the venue takes 300-350 (but could be more) im lead to believe

All Tickets £30,

Holds 500 max.

Butcher v Phil Smith 10x3min for British Masters Flyweight title plus 5 other fights.

People spend £30 every Saturday in the freezing cold to watch an hour and a half of footy.( plus their pie and bovril, plus the programme, plus travel, plus a few pints before and after the game. This must equate to the best part of £50 -£60 EVERY Saturday)

£30 once every 8 to 10 weeks to watch your mate, a bit of musical entertainment,6 fights, warm arena, couple of drinks at the bar and back in the house for 10.30pm. It's a no brainer for me!

ppb wrote:All Tickets £30,

Holds 500 max.

Butcher v Phil Smith 10x3min for British Masters Flyweight title plus 5 other fights.

People spend £30 every Saturday in the freezing cold to watch an hour and a half of footy.( plus their pie and bovril, plus the programme, plus travel, plus a few pints before and after the game. This must equate to the best part of £50 -£60 EVERY Saturday)

£30 once every 8 to 10 weeks to watch your mate, a bit of musical entertainment,6 fights, warm arena, couple of drinks at the bar and back in the house for 10.30pm. It's a no brainer for me!

No disrespect but football is a huge sport your never going to compete with that haha. Here's a wee tip though put on competitive fights then people will come and watch no one like to watch boring fights as you say every 8-10 weeks. 50/50 fights is what the public want can't see it happening though

I am usually the one slagging of small hall bills but Paul, I will give you some credit for Butcher v Smith. Word down here was that if that if there first fight took place anywhere else apart from Scotland it would have been a Smith win or at worse a draw. So hats of for making it happen over 10 rounds. Now if Kris Hughes gets a good 50/50 fight I will be impressed. Maybe Dougie Curran? Would be easy to make.

xrgcx wrote:I am usually the one slagging of small hall bills but Paul, I will give you some credit for Butcher v Smith. Word down here was that if that if there first fight took place anywhere else apart from Scotland it would have been a Smith win or at worse a draw. So hats of for making it happen over 10 rounds. Now if Kris Hughes gets a good 50/50 fight I will be impressed. Maybe Dougie Curran? Would be easy to make.

Quite a surprise its over 10 considering Smith has only had 3 fights. Interesting rematch though.

ppb wrote:People spend £30 every Saturday in the freezing cold to watch an hour and a half of footy

The big differences being - football supporters know who the other team will be and it is likely to be a competitive match.

daviddee wrote:

ppb wrote:All Tickets £30,

Holds 500 max.

Butcher v Phil Smith 10x3min for British Masters Flyweight title plus 5 other fights.

People spend £30 every Saturday in the freezing cold to watch an hour and a half of footy.( plus their pie and bovril, plus the programme, plus travel, plus a few pints before and after the game. This must equate to the best part of £50 -£60 EVERY Saturday)

£30 once every 8 to 10 weeks to watch your mate, a bit of musical entertainment,6 fights, warm arena, couple of drinks at the bar and back in the house for 10.30pm. It's a no brainer for me!

No disrespect but football is a huge sport your never going to compete with that haha. Here's a wee tip though put on competitive fights then people will come and watch no one like to watch boring fights as you say every 8-10 weeks. 50/50 fights is what the public want can't see it happening though

David ,the last show was a sell out at the same venue . So we must be doing something right

That wasn't a dig at prospects it was in boxing in general. People get fed up watching these type of fights unless the fights become more competitive you guys and anyone else will struggle. Butcher v Smith seems ok was seemingly a close fight but for a masters title when Smith is 2-1. I agree Hughes v Curran is a good fight or he could fight Roberts or Clark all good 50/50 fights.. Guaranteed to getting a lot more interest in boxing.

daviddee wrote:That wasn't a dig at prospects it was in boxing in general. People get fed up watching these type of fights unless the fights become more competitive you guys and anyone else will struggle. Butcher v Smith seems ok was seemingly a close fight but for a masters title when Smith is 2-1. I agree Hughes v Curran is a good fight or he could fight Roberts or Clark all good 50/50 fights.. Guaranteed to getting a lot more interest in boxing.

Interest In Boxing is not just generated by the fights there in . Look at Eubank Jnr or Khan when they are in their first few fights,there fighting journeyman ,but still people tune in to watch them, people will buy tickets to shows cause they want entertainment or they know the fighters and want to be progressed ... im not saying 50/50's aernt important but dont overlook other factors aswell david

i could also point to your bit about Smith not being suitable for a masters shot after 3 fights. That is only 2 less than your brother , and Smith has already fought 6 x 3 mins (totalling 18 mins) ,now factor this in with the fact that in the flyweights there is a real lack of depth in fighters compared to the bigger weights the general concencious is that you will get title shots a lot quicker. Look at Satchell last week in Liverpool, i think he was 9-0 up to that point . The last fight was competitive ,and they were happy with the offer that was made and was happy for the fight up here.

have a look at this interview butcher gave after the last fight were he says he would have been happy to go downthere for the rematch ,should it happen.

http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/sport/ ... -1-2340725

In fairness I will take your point there's only 7 flyweights and 12 super flyweights so agree with your point there.. Surely after this fight butcher will be looking at an eliminator should he win. As for boxing and Eubank Jnr and Khan the both get away with fighting journeymen because of their names. A journeyman serves a purpose for 3-4 fight try to adapt to the pro game and get rounds under your belt. You get much better fights when the prospects fight each other.. Nothing I hate more than going to a show and knowing exactly what's going to happen.

daviddee wrote: As for boxing and Eubank Jnr and Khan the both get away with fighting journeymen because of their names. A journeyman serves a purpose for 3-4 fight try to adapt to the pro game and get rounds under your belt. Y

so you would allow them to get away with it cause there Well Known ? not really fair approach to it to be honest. Also some pros take longer to mature and learn, you cant just give them 3/4 journeyman and expect them to pick it up or you could actually damage a figther and there confidence ...

They shouldn't get away with it? How can you damage a fighter is he is fighting a evenly matched fight.. They get damaged more by getting protected records then getting knocked out when they step up

daviddee wrote:They shouldn't get away with it? How can you damage a fighter is he is fighting a evenly matched fight.. They get damaged more by getting protected records then getting knocked out when they step up

Well if a fighter is matched too hard too soon , that could damage that fighter if they pick up ko/loss after ko . You can disagree with that but i think you are overlooking the fact if a fighter is not matched correctly you could cause them problems ,and not all Pros develop as early as 4 fights before you move them up .

Alba wrote:

daviddee wrote:They shouldn't get away with it? How can you damage a fighter is he is fighting a evenly matched fight.. They get damaged more by getting protected records then getting knocked out when they step up

Well if a fighter is matched too hard too soon , that could damage that fighter if they pick up ko/loss after ko . You can disagree with that but i think you are overlooking the fact if a fighter is not matched correctly you could cause them problems ,and not all Pros develop as early as 4 fights before you move them up .

Plus if they get KO's they won't sell as many tickets next time,let's be perfectly honest alba,I see both sides of the argument though,good points from you and dave

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A fight I would love to see happen is Iain butcher v Sean bowman from Penzance. Sean had 1 pro fight and knocked boy out but I would say Sean won't get any fights and will be avoided .

JamieM wrote:A fight I would love to see happen is Iain butcher v Sean bowman from Penzance. Sean had 1 pro fight and knocked boy out but I would say Sean won't get any fights and will be avoided .

I cant say im framilier with him mate,but looking at his record he though pryce who Butcher fought before, but you never know they could meet in future...

Sean bowman is a super bantamweight fought at 8st11 Iain fights at 8 st and is a flyweight but if bowman cud get near to 8 st this fight cud be made Iain won't be avoiding any flyweights or superfly weights Infact the opposer we canni get opponents to take a fight reason were having to get him foreign opponents as for the smith fight it was a good fight but Iain clearly won the fight the smith camp saying the were robbed in scotland was nothing more than an excuse for
Loosing and he has pulled out the rematch so Iain won't be fighting him on the 7th.

eddiebutcher wrote:Sean bowman is a super bantamweight fought at 8st11 Iain fights at 8 st and is a flyweight but if bowman cud get near to 8 st this fight cud be made Iain won't be avoiding any flyweights or superfly weights Infact the opposer we canni get opponents to take a fight reason were having to get him foreign opponents as for the smith fight it was a good fight but Iain clearly won the fight the smith camp saying the were robbed in scotland was nothing more than an excuse for
Loosing and he has pulled out the rematch so Iain won't be fighting him on the 7th.

Thats a real shame Iain can't get the fights he needs to develop at this stage in his career. Patience is key though and I'm hopeful he'll be a top operator some day. Best of luck to him.

ThereByTheGrace wrote:

eddiebutcher wrote:Sean bowman is a super bantamweight fought at 8st11 Iain fights at 8 st and is a flyweight but if bowman cud get near to 8 st this fight cud be made Iain won't be avoiding any flyweights or superfly weights Infact the opposer we canni get opponents to take a fight reason were having to get him foreign opponents as for the smith fight it was a good fight but Iain clearly won the fight the smith camp saying the were robbed in scotland was nothing more than an excuse for
Loosing and he has pulled out the rematch so Iain won't be fighting him on the 7th.

Thats a real shame Iain can't get the fights he needs to develop at this stage in his career. Patience is key though and I'm hopeful he'll be a top operator some day. Best of luck to him.

You win some you lose some ! Now confirmed for the card James Tennyson v Mickey Coveney over 6 x 3's ! Could be quite a tasty fight .

Sean Watson added to the show, 8 fights now on it!