Anti-European brainwashing in all seriousness is working very effectively in the US

Ricky Hatton was back to his old self last night, stylistically. The same style with the aggression and quality which saw him develop into one of the superstars of British boxing.

With the fanbase he has deveoped and the glowing references from ex-pros and reporters he has recieved, it is fair to say that style is not at all boring. Ricky Hatton is exciting that is pretty much a fact (I am quite sure the British press haven't fooled me into thinking that.

Hatton puts in a great display last night. He destroys a name boxer, in a fight that was very good whilst it lasted - aggression, workrate, skill and most importantly punches were landing. It was entertainment.

Yet you come one here today and people are actually putting down the win. It is not the dismissive attitude many yanks have show, the "Castillo was shot" brigade. They are inevitable. What bothers me is the wa in which the Ruiz comparisons are continuing, the 'fans' insisting Hatton is a boring fighter.

They really bought into what they heard from their commentators about Hatton having an ugly, unentertaining, cheating style even when evidence to the contrary is on display right in front of their eyes. It wasn't a classic but it was very decent.

Are Americans really that ignorant, incapable of individual thought, are their brains made of putty? I am worried by these signs, the anti-European attitude. I might never be able to help them. I might never be able to bring them to realise Joe Calzaghe is the P4P number one fighter in the world, or that Ricky Hatton is a future ATG. I am close to giving up on them.

 

The best thing about them is how they still rate Bernard Hopkins above Joe Calzaghe. They still rate him above Hatton, for beating Tarver. They'll deny Tarver's last fight even happened as that would completely and utterly devalue the performance. They'll use he was robbed against Taylor twice as an excuse (then put Taylor top 10 because he beat Hopkins twice). Half of them cannot accept at the age of 43 Hopkins amongst the top 5 fighters in the world. How do you break down these deep rooted beliefs?

 

Hopkins, Taylor and Wright few close fights between them - all 3 praised and built up together because of it. A series of close fights between Europeans? They all get knocked down together for it.

 

They might both be top 5 P4P fighters.