Klitschko/Haye will be a stadium fight

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  1. ElTerriblee

    ElTerriblee "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    :bears::bears::bears:

    Awesome. Great arena, probably 75000-80000 seats for a boxing fight. If they sell out that place it will be amazing.

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  2. Slice N Dice

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    nice one, Schalke 04's home ground, deffo up for going to this one
     
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    75,000 people to watch a 3 minute fight. Wow.
     
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    adamiw Undisputed Champion

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    cool.....hopefully i can get a cheap flight close enough
     
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    This is the only Heavyweight fight I am looking forward to. I like both Wlad and Haye but I am rooting for Haye.
     
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    Brussells and Amsterdam are always cheap to fly into.
     
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  7. Hut*Hut

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    Woulda been a much better atmosphere in the UK. German boxing events are like a morgue.
     
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    Agreed, but by all accounts Booth didn't think he could sell a stadium in the UK. Stamford Bridge was mooted but eventually rejected I read somewhere (Boxing News I think).

    I am really looking forward to this one...

    MTF :hammert:
     
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    REED:mj:
     
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    Still, 20k English would have made it more of an occasion than 80k Germans. Even the Americans create a better atmosphere than the Germans. Which is weird because the Germans have good football fans, and they like a drink almost as much as the English. Yet every time you watch a German fight you can practically hear the corner men scratching their asses.:dunno:
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    When was the last time heavyweight title fight was held on a stadium?
     
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    What makes you think the English fans won't travel to support Haye, Hut?
     
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    REEDsART MATCHMAKER

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    Meaning an OUTDOOR Stadium???...


    REED:mj:
     
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  14. Hanz

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    They were loud during Wlad/Sanders. Depends on the action I think.
     
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  15. Hanz

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    Haye will need to up his level as a promoter here if he wants to really sell this fight. Most people have barely seen him fight. None of his fights are on tv in the States.
     
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  16. Hut*Hut

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    Tyson-Saverese was at Hampden. It was basically an unmitigated disaster. The main paper up here launched a MASSIVE campaign of negative publicity against Mike & made the event almost a fucking taboo. Ended up being half full at best. Shite stadium anyway, the third best in the city, and certainly totally unsuitable for a boxing event.

    *edit* Tyson-Neilson was in a stadium too.
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Neither was a title fight:kick:

    I originally thought about outdoor stadiums, though some indoor ones are as big I think (at least Superdome is)
     
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  18. Mitchell Kane

    Mitchell Kane WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Meanwhile, there's this from BoxingConfidential:

    I would certainly welcome that fight.
     
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  19. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    Ah, didn't read the Q properly. Tyson-Tubbs was in a Japanese stadium I think. (??). If not you might be looking back to Ali-Spinks II.
     
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  20. Mitchell Kane

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    Lennox Lewis fought in the open air...so did Frank Bruno.

    (I assume we're talking about stadiums and not constructed facilities...or bull rings.)
     
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    Did Lewis? In South Africa? I don't remember that being a stadium as such, it was maybe just an outdoor arena ala Casers Palace. Good call on Bruno though - the McCall fight was at Wembley.
     
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  22. Mitchell Kane

    Mitchell Kane WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Wasn't Lewis-Bruno outdoors in Cardiff?
     
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    It was fitting at the end. Shit atmosphere, shit stadium and a totally shit fight which lasted 20 or so seconds.
     
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    Yes it was.
     
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  25. Mitchell Kane

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    I thought it was.

    I seem to remember reports of some rain (though not during the main event) and thought maybe blankets used in the corners of that fight, but my memory gets worse and worse so I can't be sure.
     
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    Stadium Fight, eh?

    that is where the winner gives the loser a "Stadium" haircut at ring center
     
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    LOL at your sig. Oscar is so delusional.
     
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  28. Mitchell Kane

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    I don't even remember what it says...I've got sigs turned off.
     
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    “Whitaker was so slick and to me, he felt like he was in a whole different class,â€￾ De La Hoya said. “He was a southpaw and he had all these tricky moves and everything. But he didn’t mind trading with you and Mayweather didn’t want to do that.â€￾ <!-- / sig -->
     
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    Tyson-Tubbs was at the Tokyo Dome. So was Tyson's loss to Douglas 2 years later.
     
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