Check out this latest Hatton interview, good grief

Educated opinion:tong

 

i think a lot of people put to much into fighters moving up in weight,its not some superman feat that they can do this.
some fighters can move up weight no problem,its there bodys,some fighters grow more slowly,there bone structures are different,legs bigger,backs wider ect.
why is a fighter who moves up in weight a so called p4p,theres fighters in the past who are much better who stayed at there weight.
a prime example is marvin hagler,a career middleweight,who dominated and beat everyone out there,yet the hitman hearns who hagler fpught,moved up to lightheavy 3 or 4 fights after hagler no problem,not a chance hagler could of done that

i just dont see the big deal you all make about weight jumping

 

People who are not true boxing fans?

 

Alistair will try to spin his way out of this one but I think you've finally got him:thumbsup

 

No spin needed at all, just because you are a Hatton fan it doesn't mean you're not a boxing fan. You can be Hatton fan AND a boxing fan OR you can be Hatton fan without being a boxing fan. People who just watch Hatton are not true boxing fans, people who watch Hatton and also watch other fighters might well be true boxing fans. Quite simple and no spin required. Better luck next time Monica.

 

He spun that like Muralitharan!! :blurp

I wonder if hes as bent as his action

But seriously what % of the Hatton audience would be true boxing fans in your estimation?

 

Boxing is a niche sport the more people watching the better.Anally retentive or not...
The sport needs as much attention as possible to keep coverage on TV.

 

Relatively low, in my opinion, going by what I assume is your somewhat teenage definition of a 'true fan'

In many ways that is to Hatton's credit, he has transcended the sport in the UK, and a LOT of young fans and fighters have been inspired by him

I don't get what this fuss about 'true fans' is anyway, it's super gay and even worse than 'p4p' in the validity stakes

I would say most British fighters have attracted a 'casual' crowd down the years. Are you telling me that Benn, Eubank, Bruno, Cooper, McGuigan, Hamed - any big name you care to mention - were watched by huge crowds with a deep knowledge of the boxing scene?

 

Maybe not. But they could at least appear presentable. Did Cooper's lot wear Man City shirts, drink loads of beer, shout obscenities etc - back in the day?

 

Probably around 30% I would say.

Most of them at the PBF fight were drunken football hooligans with those stupid chants and those annoying ****ing drums.

Real boxing fans don't go shouting that ridiculous and overused "There's only one <insert boxer name here>" song.

 

Yeah for model citizenery they should check out Young Muttley vs Kevin Andersons fighting fans or Riddick Bowe vs Golota's 1's fans and any other major riots at boxing matches.

 

I think they should stop intimidating his opponents with their drunken ways giving Hatton an unfair advantage.

I reckon it must be really scary for these fighters when they walk out to a cauldron of soccer chanting. I am reminded of the quote "Kick Racism Out Of Football". Well..."Kick Football Out Of Boxing".

 

Yeh it really affected PBF the poor boy

 

Did they ****, they were probably Millwall, Charlton or Palace