14 Apr

Krassyuk: "The Olympic Stadium Would Sell Out"

Alexander Krassyuk, promoter and CBDO of Ready To Fight, discussed the potential of hosting a fight featuring WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO heavyweight (over 90,7 kg) champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) at the NSC "Olympic" in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Usyk recently spoke again about his desire to perform at the 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Kyiv. Obviously, now is not the time to discuss such an event. Is it really feasible to hold a mega show at the Olympic with Usyk? Can it be made profitable?

Well, we did it in Poland. It worked out there.

Is the purchasing power higher there? Perhaps the ticket prices are higher?

No. Who mainly bought the tickets there? 85% of the tickets were purchased by Ukrainians. Television rights do not depend on the venue. Sponsor advertising? I would say that we would have collected more money in Ukraine. Tickets? We would definitely have sold more tickets. The Olympic would have 'flown off the shelves'.

And what was the capacity in Poland?

40,000.

Almost twice as much...

Yes. And everything else... It could be done without any problems. It's very feasible. When a boxer has a global name, it's very feasible. Because then he doesn't depend only on locals. For Usyk, for example. Globally, the rights to the fight were sold in 80 countries. That's a lot.

Oleksandr Usyk's next fight will be against WBC titleholder Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The title of undisputed heavyweight champion of the world will be at stake.

Source:vRINGe
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