Ali is the one boxing name that everyone knows in the UK. Posters of him are up in all the gyms I've seen. If someone knows anything about boxing, it will be that there was once a boxer called Mohammed Ali, and wasn't he the guy who said he flew like a butterfly and stung like a bee? Tyson is definately second, and at the moment Khan and Haye come a joint third. Haye because he's such a motor mouth, and oh yes, didn't he beat the huge Russian guy? and Khan because he got a silver in the Olympics, and he's been the news enough for people to remember him. Many people don't have a clue who Pacquiao is, or Money May. Frank Bruno is fairly well known. Chris Eubank too, but more because of the stunts he's pulled with his truck, and his eccentric personality than his boxing. Hatton. Tyson Fury's just starting to get some noteriety, chiefly due to his name. And beyond that I wouldn't expect anyone to know anything. No one has a clue who Carl Froch is, or Nathan Cleverly.
Barber 1: You must be outa ya goddamn mind!! Joe Louis is the greatest boxer who's eva lived, he's better th'n Sugar Ray, better th'n Cassius Clay, better th'n... what's his name, the bulldog.. Mike Tyson. He whoops Mike Tyson's ass, he whoops all their asses!! Customer: How about Rocky Marciano? Barber 1: There you go, there you go!! Everytime I start talking 'bout boxin', a white man gotta pull Rocky marciano outta ass!! That's the one, that's the one... Rocky Marciano, Rocky Marciano!! Let me tell ya somethin', Rocky Marciano was good, but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't ****!! Customer: He beat Joe Louis his ass!! Barber 2: Yeah, that's true, he whooped Joe Louis' ass!! Barber 1: Joe Louis was 73 years old!! barber 2: I don't know how old he was to get his ass whooped!! Barber 1: Joe Louis was 73 years old when he came out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano!! Jou Louis lied about his age, he lied about his age all the time!! One time Frank Sinatra came by and sat on this chair, and I asked him, hey Frank between you and me, how old is Joe Louis, and he said, Joe Louis is 173 years old!! Barber 3: You never meet no Frank Sinatra... Barber 1: **** YOU, **** YOU and **** YOU!! Who's next?