Froch vs Kessler II

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:08

Froch vs Kessler tickets are on sale right now, I have my tickets now, can't wait!

What are you waiting for? Go buy them!

by Valero's Conscience Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:10

They sold 8,000 in first 20 minutes!

Would love to go and local but don't think i could round up my mates ASAP to all agree to go.

At least it will be at a decent time to watch on TV Sad

by **Seanusarrilius** Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:15

8,000 in 20 mins! That is great. I will be watching this on HBO. Cannot wait!!

by Valero's Conscience Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:17

Yep, just been on website and seems to be sold out!

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:18

I had to wait in a virtual waiting room and then a virtual queue lol

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:19

Its not sold out yet, there are plenty available, some arena allocations are sold out though

by rob-glos Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:24

It's going to be PPV...
That's a pain in the rear.

I had a text from O2 earlier about O2 Priority tickets for the fight, if you've got an O2 phone you can get tickets that way and it skips the queue on the website.

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:27

I didn't get one and i'm an o2 customer!

by rob-glos Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 14:34

Oh right...
Go to the O2 Priority website and log in... There'll be a list of events and you can pick Froch-Kessler from there.

There was one section sold out when I looked half an hour ago, £150 tickets I think.

by TopHat24/7 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 15:19

Even with O2 priority it's £300 if you want more than just a single seat.....

by Rodney Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 16:30

Has anyone watched boxing at the O2 ? Never been myself but I've purchased a couple of £80 tickets (being the free spending northerner I am)

Is it a venue similar to the old MEN ? Where most seats have a reasonable view? Im in Level 1d so hoping not to far in the gods.

Cheers Rodders

by Mind the windows Tino. Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 16:36

I haven't seen any boxing there, Rodders but I have been to a gig at the place (Kings of Leon if you're interested and they were reasonably good) and the place has pretty good views all round. We were late getting tickets and were way up in the rafters but still had a decent enough view. Your view will be fine, especially as the ring will be in the middle of the floor and not at one end like a stage.

by Rodney Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 16:42

Nice one Tina, cheers mate.

To be fair usually the modern arenas are usually excellent for all ticket prices in terms of view, hoping for a good undercard and excellent main event.

Thanks again

Rodders

by Mind the windows Tino. Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 16:44

You're welcome buddy, enjoy.

I would love to go myself but the date doesn't work for me.

Should be a great night though.

by Rodney Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 16:55

Haven't been to a live show for a while Tina, the Mrs sister lives in London so free accommodation and a decent matchup like this one was too good to miss.

Have a feeling Kessler might take this one again, hoping not, but sure the two give value for money anyhow.

Cheers Rodders

by Apollo Creed Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 17:12

Rodney wrote:Has anyone watched boxing at the O2 ? Never been myself but I've purchased a couple of £80 tickets (being the free spending northerner I am)

Is it a venue similar to the old MEN ? Where most seats have a reasonable view? Im in Level 1d so hoping not to far in the gods.

Cheers Rodders

Rodders I'm in your section, there will be 6 of us. Looking forward to it, will be roughly a year since I went to watch the Bute fight. Looking forward to this one even more! O2 should be an excellent arena for boxing.

by Rodney Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 17:21

Nice one Apollo, keep the noise down though mate, I'm getting on.

No seriously looking forward to it, looks like we've been lucky as the arena is now sold out.

Cheers and enjoy mate

Rodders

by sweet_pea Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 17:54

yeah i just tried to get my tickets now.. sold furious

out!!

by severe-mma Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 19:41

Sold out already? Bleedin hell. This ones going to bigger than I thought. Kessler is going to get smashed.

by TopHat24/7 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:07

Based on?

by **hampo17** Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:12

Will be a great fight for sure, hopefully as good as the first.

by severe-mma Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:23

TopHat24/7 wrote:Based on?

Based on Kessler being one of these euro chumps who cant win when they got to leave their back yard. Calzaghe and Ward smashed him. Froch will as well without any dodgu refs and judges.

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:26

I imagine that a few tickets will appear on the website GetMeIn, keep your eyes opened for them.

The prices are usually rather reasonable, you might have to pay more than face value, but not too much more..

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:29

Not right now, looking at those prices, some people are having a laugh. Some of the tickets on there are higher than the VIP ticket price...

Wait a few weeks and have a look then

by KingMonkey Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:32

Got my £80 tickets (£89.50 with booking fee (!!!)) and I'm in the same place as I was for Groves-Degale. I didn't want to pay that much but when is a fight like this ever going to be on my doorstep again?

Cannot wait.

by TopHat24/7 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:33

severe-mma wrote:
TopHat24/7 wrote:Based on?

Based on Kessler being one of these euro chumps who cant win when they got to leave their back yard. Calzaghe and Ward smashed him. Froch will as well without any dodgu refs and judges.

Pretty clean win against Froch last time, 'backyard' or not. Certainly nothing to suggest he will get 'smashed'. Sadly it's statements like 'Euro chump' that make you look very silly indeed.

by AlexHuckerby Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:42

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You're welcome buddy, enjoy.

I would love to go myself but the date doesn't work for me.

Should be a great night though.

Night in with the girls?

(you know you'd have said it to me)

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:45

Great that a few people on the forum are going, its going to be chaos in London though with the Champions League final going on the same day!

I wish they had picked a better date!

by Rowley Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:52

Am on holiday when this is on, so need to find a bar where this is showing. Guess if you can't be there watching it in the sun is not a bad substitute.

by KingMonkey Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:52

Due to a change in work circumstances I've not been able to get on here much but I'm hoping to be on as much as possible in the evenings from now. I'm going to buying into ALL the hype, ALL the build up. This is huge. My first world title fight too.

by Rowley Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 20:54

It's good to see you back Monkey. Should forewarn you though if all you're going to do is go on about this fight and thus remind me that I can't go I'll probably ban you fairly soon. Just want to say in advance it is genuinely nothing personal.

by azania Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 21:12

Rowley wrote:Am on holiday when this is on, so need to find a bar where this is showing. Guess if you can't be there watching it in the sun is not a bad substitute.

Going from Rotheram to the People's Republic of Sheffield for your hols?

by KingMonkey Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 21:39

Rowley wrote:It's good to see you back Monkey. Should forewarn you though if all you're going to do is go on about this fight and thus remind me that I can't go I'll probably ban you fairly soon. Just want to say in advance it is genuinely nothing personal.

Well I've plenty more to bang on about too. Although, yeah, it'll mainly be Froch-Kessler!

by **ShahenshahG** Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:03

I saw Kesslers fight with Green and I saw some signs that perhaps Kessler is on the slide. Dunno if its because it was a LH but this might be the end of the great dane.

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:11

Rowley wrote:Am on holiday when this is on, so need to find a bar where this is showing. Guess if you can't be there watching it in the sun is not a bad substitute.

Doesn't matter where you are going on holiday, it could be New Zealand, you are still going to be envious of us Very Happy

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:13

ShahenshahG wrote:I saw Kesslers fight with Green and I saw some signs that perhaps Kessler is on the slide. Dunno if its because it was a LH but this might be the end of the great dane.

Possibly, but he got caught cold in the first round, got up and then delivered a punch worthy of knockout of the year to deck him for the count. Even if Kessler has slipped slightly its going to be a war, the atmosphere is going to be electric!

by KingMonkey Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:14

For sure the timing feels as though it favours Froch. The Bute win has given him so much momentum its almost unbelievable, can Kessler stop that? Aside from Ward its difficult to imagine anyone who could.

by BoxingFan88 Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:16

KingMonkey wrote:For sure the timing feels as though it favours Froch. The Bute win has given him so much momentum its almost unbelievable, can Kessler stop that? Aside from Ward its difficult to imagine anyone who could.

Nope I fully expect Froch to win, however its going to be a war regardless, both men will be up for this, not doubt and they will leave it all in the ring.

by azania Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:18

KingMonkey wrote:For sure the timing feels as though it favours Froch. The Bute win has given him so much momentum its almost unbelievable, can Kessler stop that? Aside from Ward its difficult to imagine anyone who could.

It could also be his undoing in that he could get over confident and believe his own hype.

by **ShahenshahG** Mon 4 Feb 2013 - 22:20

Whatever Happens I hope its a tight fight, both of these fighters are everything we'd wish our boxers to be and a bad result either way could damage their standing badly.

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