The one fight he had at welterweight, against Luis Collazo, was a tough fight and one that showed he probably wasn't as good at 147. Hatton had...
Hatton was a 140 pound fighter, the names mentioned were all welterweights by the time he was fighting the best. Hatton was never a welterweight,...
They didn't.
He's the best commentator on UK television, by a lot I think. On the other end of the spectrum - I would prefer silence to John Rawling.
That they were at home was completely irrelevant? Cuba boycotted the 1988 games too, USA still won 6 less golds that when they were at home. The...
It had something to do with Oscar's nationality, and the fight being in America. It's home advantage. Outside of the US - Sturm wins. He's the...
Yes, winning Olympic gold is a great platform to becoming a great professional. US had an Olympics at home and home advantage told, those...
Why are you replying to your own post? Fighters can win at home, and lose to the same opponent away. Because away from home winning is a lot...
Of course in amatuer boxing if a fighter wants to win Olympic gold, they do need to travel, unless the games are in their own country. Most gold...
Sturm already gave America a chance, they showed him some good American home cooking. You're confusing home advantage with star status. Pacquiao...
This is not name a fighter who once won away from home. We can do (just with British fighters) that all night... Froch, Hatton, Benn, Calzaghe,...
What is the "need to travel"? Froch didn't need to travel after winning a world title, but his first defence was against Jermaine Taylor in...
We are talking major fights, that is when the US has total home advantage. That is what this thread is about. p4p fights. In unifications. They...
You got it. Home is where somebody lives. There are some fighters who live in a different country to the one they grew up in, they have split...
It's about every fight Ward has ever had, Mayweather too, they're homers. Winning away is hard, they are supposed to be the best fighters in the...