Close enough to hear a corner shouting instructions between rounds. Close enough to watch the strategy change the second a fighter's hands start to hurt. Television cannot give you either one.
Orange County gets this six times a year and it sells out every time, which tells you what the people who go already understand. The Hangar converts into a fight arena with no buffer at all — the ringside seats are ringside in the literal sense, and the room is small enough that the noise has nowhere to go.
The card is local fighters off the SoCal circuit, which means the gyms are in the building, the families are in the building, and half the crowd watched these people come up from nothing. Matchups get announced closer to the date; doors early evening.
Bring the friend who says they do not like boxing. They will change their mind by the second bout.