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Margarito-Mosley moves to Los Angeles

When Antonio Margarito defends the WBA welterweight title against Shane Mosley on January 24, the fight will emanate from Los Angeles' Staples Center instead of Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay, according to the Los Angeles Times.

"We knew Staples was available, and we made a deal figuring we might as well take the fight to where these fighters' fans are," Margarito's promoter, Bob Arum, said.

Frankly, any fight that gets out of Vegas is good by me. It's not that I have anything against Vegas, as it's obviously a wonderful fight city and the epicenter of American combat sports, but it's nice to see fights in other cities, which only serves to get fans in those places anxious to see more boxing when the fights deliver.

Mosley and Margarito are both home based in Los Angeles, and the heavy Latino market should help pump up the attendance if they don't make the ticket prices ridiculous. There's really no reason with reasonable ticket prices this fight can't sell out even a good-sized venue like Staples. Promote, promote, promote, and treat the fans right, because this is almost a sure bet to be a good fight. Build some goodwill.

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This makes loads of sense

Casinos are hurting right now, and both of their fanbases are in SoCal. Honestly, I feel like San Diego would make even more sense (then it would be like a home fight for Margarito, and a substantial portion of Tijuana’s moneyed class could go to the fight.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Dec 5, 2008 11:56 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anyone know if some of the undercards before the PPV will be televised by Yahoo! tomorrow?

Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Dec 5, 2008 11:58 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NEVERMIND

Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Dec 5, 2008 1:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The furure looks bright... LOVELY!

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Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Dec 5, 2008 12:08 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great idea… it has been a while since Staples has had a boxing fight….

by Zocalo on Dec 5, 2008 3:23 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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