Among the British, does nationally play a part among assesment of boxers?

When I assess a fight I try to do it with me head not my heart. I have often bet against a fighter I like. I cant say there is no bias though as there may well be some at a subconcious level.

Where it does play a part I suppose is that you often know far more about a domestic fighter than those from abroad so its often easier to make an accurate judgement.

 

ask Dunk...

 

funnily enough I did vote...'means nothing whatsoever', and that was my vote cast before you made the post about me.

my favourite British fighters are Witter and Haye. Arthur is alright but I don't like Scott Harrison, Khan, Calzaghe or Fraudley. And Hatton is an all-out twat of the highest order.

so what were you implying Jonoli?

 

You must be a very happy man then.

Personally I'd say nationality influences me a little, but not as much as when I was younger.

 

When it comes to any solo sport nationallity (boxing, tennis, golf) does not come into play for me, unless its at the olympics.

for example i supported Floyd Mayweather over Ricky Hatton as i prefer his style and personality. however if it was two fighters i didnt know anything about, i would support the brit, for example nicky cook vs steve luevuano.

for me i see no difference between english, scottish, welsh, ni..........i think we should all be british, and represent britain in all sports.

only time any form of siding with someone because of where there from is london, i support london fighters like Haye, the mithcells, danny williams more than others.

 

I'm English first and British second, I probably do favour English fighters slighty over the other Home Countries. Nothing too extreme though, I'll usually cheer on any Brit against a forigner. Witter was the exception but that was a lot more do with some of the crackpots around here than the boxer himself (although trying to make a career based on not fighting someone isn't the smartest move).

 

It makes no difference at all to me. I am English but my favourite Brit fighter is a sweaty, and my all time favourite is Panamanian

 

If you mean, to not support a fighter because he's from a different part of the UK ...

I'm Scottish and it means almost nothing to me, I don't regard Boxing in the same way as I might regard football, to me British Boxers are British, not Welsh, Scottish, English or whatever.

I pretty much regard tennis, Olympics, motorsport, etc in the same way. It's only really rugby and football that I'm nationalistic about.

 

I do regard Wales as merely the biggest county in England but in terms of boxing nationality means very little. I will invariably back a British fighter against an American but it matters not if he is not English. I suppose in a battle of Britain type of affair I'll back an Englishmen over Irish or Scottish but I'm not that separatist. My old man being Irish dilutes any strong nationalistic feeling many seem to harbour.

 

Absolutely none whatsoever because to be honest I don't know if a lot of fighters are English, Welsh, Scottish etc. I just list them all as British fighters.

 

I dont class myself as British...Im English.

So i do tend to follow English fighters like Hatton and Murray.

Also Irish fighters.

Heritage i suppose.