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Confirmed.

Wales.

October 28th

National stadium in Cardiff I presume. Should be another cracker.

Can they fit the same amount of people in there?

I can see Eddie trying for another angle to this as well, can't seem him just having a stadium full of people because of the first fight he will want to make even more this time, no idea what he may come up with but perhaps go back to the old closed circuit cinema type stuff, open air event bit like they do for Football finals or some such like, surely he can't miss the chance to make his pension pot even bigger.

Ticket demand for this will be out of this world. Touts will be over the moon if they can get them to resell. As i never went to Wembley i want this one but getting them face value is going to be extremely difficult.

On a side note will there be warm ups for both boxers beforehand or both now wait till October?

mimmy123 wrote:Ticket demand for this will be out of this world. Touts will be over the moon if they can get them to resell. As i never went to Wembley i want this one but getting them face value is going to be extremely difficult.

On a side note will there be warm ups for both boxers beforehand or both now wait till October?

Hope you get tickets mimmy, always good to get somewhere you really want to be, no warms up straight to the fight, they won't take any chances on a nick/cut or such like.

Looking forward to it, but I would have preferred to see this in another fight. Would have loved to see Klitschko-Wilder. Got a little excited about that after he was moved to number 2 in their rankings.

I think the millennium holds between 60-70k. So it's short of Wembley but a terrific stadium.

Saying that Wembley was said to be an 80k stadium but the got 90k for the first fight. More seating on the pitch area

Ive not heard owt on talksport regarding tickets, anyone have any info on sale date?

Ossyrules wrote:I think the millennium holds between 60-70k. So it's short of Wembley but a terrific stadium.

Saying that Wembley was said to be an 80k stadium but the got 90k for the first fight. More seating on the pitch area

Millennium holds 75k so I imagine with seating on the pitch they would be able to fit eighty thousand in.

mimmy123 wrote:Ive not heard owt on talksport regarding tickets, anyone have any info on sale date?

No official announcement for a while I don't think, they have to sort the Pulev situation out first, I think once that is sorted and Klitschko is back off his hols with the family, it will start ramping towards an announcement.

Not confirmed yet. Hopefully they get everything sorted.

Selby vs. Quigg co-main.
Clev on the card aswell...

Ossyrules wrote:I think the millennium holds between 60-70k. So it's short of Wembley but a terrific stadium.

Saying that Wembley was said to be an 80k stadium but the got 90k for the first fight. More seating on the pitch area

Wembley is 90k for football etc, so think the 'extra' seats available on the pitch, just replaced some of the ones up the back which would have had restricted views - there certainly were some empty seats up the back in the corner opposite where I was - don't tell Eddie!

Always thought Cardiff makes sense for boxing even in the summer just in case there is the risk of rain get the roof shut atmosphere would be amazing.

Not close to being confirmed really from the BBC article - seemed just like pure speculation.

I still think it will be Germany.... there is no way Klitchsko will want to give up home advantage this time. This is simply Klitchsko's last throw of the dice - he will want somethings decked in his favour.

stujones wrote:Not close to being confirmed really from the BBC article - seemed just like pure speculation.

I still think it will be Germany.... there is no way Klitchsko will want to give up home advantage this time. This is simply Klitchsko's last throw of the dice - he will want somethings decked in his favour.

But he lost. He will have to accept that he cant get it at home.

I think it's a great rematch. First fight did leave a few questions that we'd like answering again, such as did wlad really let him off the hook.

I was at the last one but I reckon I'll do the TV this time

lefthook82 wrote:

stujones wrote:Not close to being confirmed really from the BBC article - seemed just like pure speculation.

I still think it will be Germany.... there is no way Klitchsko will want to give up home advantage this time. This is simply Klitchsko's last throw of the dice - he will want somethings decked in his favour.

But he lost. He will have to accept that he cant get it at home.

Money talks and Wlad is huge in Germany - the fight will do big numbers in Germany, no time zone problem etc. I think Klitchsko will make Joshua, a man who scored the KO lets not forget, an offer he cannot refuse in Germany.

stujones wrote:

lefthook82 wrote:

stujones wrote:Not close to being confirmed really from the BBC article - seemed just like pure speculation.

I still think it will be Germany.... there is no way Klitchsko will want to give up home advantage this time. This is simply Klitchsko's last throw of the dice - he will want somethings decked in his favour.

But he lost. He will have to accept that he cant get it at home.

Money talks and Wlad is huge in Germany - the fight will do big numbers in Germany, no time zone problem etc. I think Klitchsko will make Joshua, a man who scored the KO lets not forget, an offer he cannot refuse in Germany.

Absolutely no chance.

Where has the information regarding the rematch come from.....I haven't seen anything in this light?

sammy95 wrote:Where has the information regarding the rematch come from.....I haven't seen anything in this light?

Yeah, Eddie said only today that he was waiting on Klitschko to get back from his break before making any decisions. The article also said that he was looking at various places around the world, including Wales.

I reckon he's hoping he gets a massive money offer from China though.

Taansend wrote:

sammy95 wrote:Where has the information regarding the rematch come from.....I haven't seen anything in this light?

Yeah, Eddie said only today that he was waiting on Klitschko to get back from his break before making any decisions. The article also said that he was looking at various places around the world, including Wales.

I reckon he's hoping he gets a massive money offer from China though.

I have no idea where the idea that China has the money for big boxing is. The Macau scene is dead on it's arse and on the mainland they failed to secure funding for 2 different dates this year for Shiming's first defense. The money isn't there for boxing, even if it is for snooker.

There's no PPV market, poor copyright laws, the offset of time zone would be an issue. There's a reason big Bob has cooled on China.

sammy95 wrote:Where has the information regarding the rematch come from.....I haven't seen anything in this light?

It was Talksport thats why i put it up. Talksport give genuine info.

Boxing Prospect wrote:

Taansend wrote:

sammy95 wrote:Where has the information regarding the rematch come from.....I haven't seen anything in this light?

Yeah, Eddie said only today that he was waiting on Klitschko to get back from his break before making any decisions. The article also said that he was looking at various places around the world, including Wales.

I reckon he's hoping he gets a massive money offer from China though.

I have no idea where the idea that China has the money for big boxing is. The Macau scene is dead on it's arse and on the mainland they failed to secure funding for 2 different dates this year for Shiming's first defense. The money isn't there for boxing, even if it is for snooker.

There's no PPV market, poor copyright laws, the offset of time zone would be an issue. There's a reason big Bob has cooled on China.

When you say Macau is dead do you mean boxing wise or in all aspects?

Taansend wrote:

Boxing Prospect wrote:

Taansend wrote:
Yeah, Eddie said only today that he was waiting on Klitschko to get back from his break before making any decisions. The article also said that he was looking at various places around the world, including Wales.

I reckon he's hoping he gets a massive money offer from China though.

I have no idea where the idea that China has the money for big boxing is. The Macau scene is dead on it's arse and on the mainland they failed to secure funding for 2 different dates this year for Shiming's first defense. The money isn't there for boxing, even if it is for snooker.

There's no PPV market, poor copyright laws, the offset of time zone would be an issue. There's a reason big Bob has cooled on China.

When you say Macau is dead do you mean boxing wise or in all aspects?

Boxing, the gambling money had collapsed big time with the downswing not really ending