UK-The birthplace of boxing is at an all time high

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Seems like where the money fights are at

Per Queen B
Aka Dan Rafael


LONDON -- The birthplace of boxing as it is known today -- gloved prizefighting -- was in London, where the Marquess of Queensberry rules were first written in 1867 and where the sport has been part of the cultural landscape for nearly 150 years.

But never in the century-and-a-half since its organization has it seen the kind of peak that is happening right now in the United Kingdom, where major fights and world titleholders are the norm, not the exception.

Gennady Golovkin-Kell Brook
Where: O2 Arena in London, England
When: Saturday
TV: HBO, 5:30 p.m. ET/PT

Arenas across the country sell out regularly thanks to legions of passionate fans that support their hometown fighters. That will again be the case on Saturday (HBO, 5:30 p.m. ET/PT, with a replay at 10 p.m. ET/PT) at the O2 Arena, which sold out in 11 minutes and where the boxing world will be focused on a huge fight as unified middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin defends his belts against England's popular Kell Brook, a welterweight titleholder moving up two weight divisions for the opportunity.


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http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/17485866/thriving-boxing-never-bigger-united-kingdom
 
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pub was empty for GGG/Brook but its sardine mode when AJ is on.
 
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