By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Carl Froch, has decided on putting the scheduled May 26th fight between Froch vs. Lucian Bute at the smaller 9000 seat Capital FM Arena Nottingham rather than the huge 20,000+ seat outdoor football stadium Meadow Lane in Nottingham, which would have brought in huge cash for Froch had the fight taken place there. Hearn says Meadow Lane didn’t have a license for boxing, according to Sky Sports News.

That has got to hurt, eh? That’s cutting the seating in half and there was probably a could chance that the fight would have sold out even the huge 20,000 seat Meadow Lane. Too bad. I don’t understand why Hearn doesn’t scout out another huge stadium outside of Nottingham. There’s got to be a ton of places you could put this fight close to Nottingham. Why is limited to just Nottingham? Hearn has to think outside the box if he wants to bring in the fans to make the cash.

Oh, I know it’s for the fans, but I’m sure getting the green stuff for Froch won’t hurt him any. If I’m Froch, I’d be lashing Hearn’s backside getting him to find a bigger venue. How can you be satisfied with a puny 9000 seat arena for the Bute-Froch fight? This could be Froch’s Waterloo and it has to be seen by as many Brit fans as possible because the interest in Froch could die down to a trickle if he gets spanked as bad as I think he will. That’s why Hearn needs to do anything he can to get the most fans he can for the fight.

If not that, then double or trip the cost of the tickets for the 9000 seat arena so it brings in the same kind of cash that the 20,000 seat stadium would have brought in. Sure, you’d turn off a certain percentage of British fans but since they’re literally rushing the box office to purchase the tickets hand over fist, I’m sure Hearn can still sell out all 9000 seats even if he triples the cost of the tickets. He’s got to be sneaky about this. If it was me, those tickets would be marked up big time x 3 and I wouldn’t have a worry about it.