Why is it that so many British "favourites" struggle in America against Americans?

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  1. antonio plaisir

    antonio plaisir the detonator Full Member

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    perhaps, but he isn't a good example of them being better than us.
     
  2. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wouldn't call that convincing. He looked quite **** in that fight actually.
     
  3. True_Hero

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    He's an utter disgrace.

    Saying that, Mayweather would still have won. He's a level up from Hatton but, Hatton was causing him problems until Cortez decided to get his fat **** involved.
     
  4. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    Yeah he beat him convincingly, didn't even get out of third gear
     
  5. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No he did not and anybody watching it objectivley knows that.
     
  6. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Why do we beat them at darts, pool, snooker, billiards. Because we like a drink with our games! Seriously though check the population. There is your answer. We do well enough for a small country do you worry.
     
  7. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Err because America is a much bigger country with many more fighters, P4P we are better.
     
  8. Stevie 79

    Stevie 79 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The biggest thing is British Press overhype our fighters to be better than they are and fans buy into it and get caught up in the belief , The exact same isssue as when England go to every world cup the weeks and months in the build up the press have you thinking of a repeat of 66
     
  9. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Right but Bradley still ranks higher than both and could conceivably beat both and America has at least 3 or 4 guys who could beat them, taking into account they are our top fighters along with Froch.
     
  10. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can agree with this. I think it is far easier to break it in the British market and become a world champion. Once you are the best in your weight over promoters will back you all the way to a title where as in America it is far harder to become the best in your weight so sometimes we see British fighters who should on paper destroy unknown Americans getting beat or looking poor.
     
  11. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Its easy to look good when you box domestic level opposition in Britain. British media and journalists get carried away easily, call it being overly patriotic, I think they just like hyping their own a bit too much. The curtain gets pulled on many British hypejobs when they test themselves with Elite and world-level fighters in the US.
     
  12. byron87

    byron87 Active Member Full Member

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    Cos they fight bums,Journeymen, fighters who are a couple levels below them before jumping into the deep end and are not prepared don't have the experience of having faced good opposition and in some case aren't good enough.
     
  13. antonio plaisir

    antonio plaisir the detonator Full Member

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    surely as a belt holder brook has to be rated top 3? of course bradley could beat both, but the fact we can't be sure means they're about the same level. and who are these 3 or 4 americans outside of floyd, who is on the slide himself? my guess is 6 months ago you'd include porter and alexander, both beaten comfortably.

    don't forget frampton amongst our best. is there an american in his division who can compete?

    for those arguing americans are just better, how do you explain the disparity in results either side of the pond?
     
  14. Warwick Hunt

    Warwick Hunt Active Member Full Member

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    If you go back in history we've always been inferior,in fact in modern times we've done better.
    Also in the last 20 years or so boxing's took a bit of a nose dive in America which is counter balanced though by the upsurge of fighters from Eastern Europe and Russia