How much of a home advantage do U.S fighters get?

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  1. SleazeNation

    SleazeNation Coal Black Horse Full Member

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    So do you think Ward is an experienced sportsman now? That he could go fight anywhere in the world and it's the same fight as it would be in America?

    If he fought Froch in Nottingham last weekend instead of Bute, we see the same fight as Ward-Froch I?

    If he fought Kessler in Denmark, we see the same fight as Ward-Kessler I?

    It would be the first time in boxing history, that I know of, that a fight is even close to the same home and away.
     
  2. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There is a lot of traveling involved and getting acclimetised 2 weeks in advance. Calzaghe was booed against Reid yet no nothing cheeseberger eaters like you say he stayed at home all the time yet make excuses for Ward.

    Admit you know nothing about boxing and then **** off troll. :patsch
     
  3. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Froch beat Taylor away. That's it I think though.
     
  4. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    hold up, did you just suppose that andre ward didn't win the super six?


    ...okay bro:think
     
  5. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl No no, go back to your other point. "They don't have to do all the travel", So according to you Atlantic City and Oakland are right next to each other. :lol:
     
  6. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    it's good that you said "that I know of," to hedge your bet on such a ludicrous statement. wait, andre ward isn't an experienced sportsman, after dominating the super six tournament?

    ...and to answer your questions, yes, we would see nearly the same fights the second time around, and if they were any different, it wouldnt come as a result of being at home for kessler or froch. it would come as a result of altered gameplans and the vigor that comes with the desire to exact revenge, two things that would matter much more in the actual fight, and would occur wherever the second fights were staged.
     
  7. iceferg

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    It's like being the home nation in a world cup. The other teams may be allowed as many fans in the ground as you are but we all know who has the advantage. :cool:
     
  8. iceferg

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    It's nothing like Travelling from the UK to America. Also Steve Smoger who reffed the fight was saying what a gift Ward is to America etc.

    Sorry mate, Ward is a cheater (and gets away with it over there) and needs to prove he is a boxer in the true home of boxing. England where boxing was created where all the greatest super middleweights come from including the greatest Joe Calzaghe (born in England.)
     
  9. SleazeNation

    SleazeNation Coal Black Horse Full Member

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    That I know of, means I don't know of any. It's your chance to let me know the examples.

    Since you're so convinced that a win in America means a win anywhere and everywhere...

    Go for it, give me the top ten fights that were identical rematches in each fighters home country.

    I've given you 3 examples of completely different results. Destructive wins at home, loses away.
     
  10. iceferg

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    He head butted Kessler was at home when he'd done nothing as a pro so Kessler deserved that 1 at home. Green shouldn't have even been in the tournament, Bika nearly beat him, great performance against Froch but he was the home fighter, let's be honestb there was nothing neutral about that crowd.
     
  11. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    :think...I give up.


    listen man, feed your agenda man. maybe that will somehow change the outcome of froch-ward.
     
  12. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    bika nearly beat him?

    ...okay bro
     
  13. SleazeNation

    SleazeNation Coal Black Horse Full Member

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    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 world, only thing they've shown is they're the best fighters in America.

    I assume you have no examples of rematches in the opponents country having the same result. Otherwise you won't have given up.
     
  14. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    definitely:yep...meantime, the outcome is still the same.
     
  15. Atlanta

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    oh, so Audley Harrison is now a road warrior when he fights in the UK since he lives in California. And Bute is a road warrior when he fights in Canada since he's Romanian, or is he going to be a road warrior if he fights in Romania since he holds residence in Canada?