They've forwarded a motion to next BBBofC meeting to ban football affiliated clothing at boxing events. Football support doesnt help boxing does it! Hatton, Mitchell etc There needs to be a cull of these dinosaurs.
Whilst many fighters rely on football fans support how many people actually attend cards in football shirts? :huh
It could be possible that it insights violence and affiliates it with the club who dont want to be seen in such a light. Stupid i know but i reckon that is the reason...
i was at mitchell katsidas, and if you took the football supporters out it would have fit in the york hall, it would also of hurt f.ws pocket, who gives a **** what there wearing, free country isen't it., if their buying a ticket, good luck to em, the ****ing boxing jobs on its arse financialy as it is without alianating fans over a shirt.
or do they mean footnall hooligan clothing like ur stone island lacoste or ur rockport boots......probly no but either 1 is bull****
This is why unlicenced boxing is taking off they need to get a grip of reality before its too late phil
:deal As a boxing AND football fan I don't want the two to mix. I hate seeing pissed up football "fans" ruining shows with their moronic chants and partisan following of one fighter.
I think it's a rare moment of insight. Wearing colours just gives pissed up and hyped up ringpieces help when identifying targets.
good then they can do oneanother in, they do it at football matches and its the biggest sport in uk, maybe see some better fights, at least they don't know if the oponent can punch or not.:good
Its just the fighters than are not allowed to wear football clothing not the fans to prevent trouble at the shows.
As far as I'm aware boxers currently have to have permission to wear a football strip whilst coming to the ring, but I'd need to check my rulebook about that one. I wonder what their stance is on footballers coming out to football songs after watching Willie Casey coming out to the Celtic Symphony on Saturday
This wouldn't be the first time this has been done. At Froch-Dirrell I had to rent a locker to store my Forest scarf.
I think anyone who was at the Mitchell vs Katsidis fight would probably agree this is not a bad idea. Anyone wearing a non west ham shirt would have got linched. As it happens several people got linched regardless of what they were wearing. We were under scuitiny the whole time we were in there by the Hammers fans. I would say on balance it is not that bad an idea. They say it works in pubs.