I dont usually stick up for British fighters, but

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  1. gooners!!

    gooners!! Boxing Junkie banned

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    I dont usually stick up for British fighters, but since ive joined this site all ive noticed is how badly British fighters are regarded, and the ribbing they take. I dont think British fighter are that good myself TBH, but i do feel the stick they get is over the top, and just plain wrong. This is not to stick up for British fighters, its to even the balance, and to let the American fans on this site realize that people in glass house should not throw stones. Show some respect.:hi:

    Its quite ironic imo that the American fans are talking about how chinny the current Brit fighters are when they have........

    Feather fisted Rivera,Collazo,Estrada rocking Andre Berto.

    Andre Ward being dropped by journeyman like Boone, and being hurt by Kenny Kost.

    Dawson being knocked down by Adamek, and being on the verge of being stopped against Johnson

    The we have Cunningham.......whom Adamek was boucing off the canvas like a beach ball.

    Not to mention Banks who also got hammered by Adamek.

    Taylor getting KTFO. I know people will deny he has a bad chin. I dont think he has a bad chin, but the same people think Hatton has a bad chin.

    [url]Allen Conyers[/url] helping James Kirkland do saturday night fever:lol:


    Andre Dirrell down against[url] Rocha, and admitting he was fighting through a fog.[/url]

    Then we have Kendall Holt getting owned in 1 round.

    :rofl:rofl
     
  2. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I notice you reside in England.You would not be biased,by any chance?:patsch
     
  3. gooners!!

    gooners!! Boxing Junkie banned

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    No im not biased. I dislike Calzaghe,and Hatton is nothing more than a wrestler imo. Ironically my fav fighters are American.
     
  4. rydersonthestorm

    rydersonthestorm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You must be ******ed, he just said why call one side glass when the other is just as bad :roll::patsch
     
  5. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    taylor got ktfo 2x huh??? not one guy you named has a bad chin...not one
     
  6. debaser

    debaser Active Member Full Member

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    He has a point. Some Americans tend to get a bit too excited about the prospect of a dodgy British chin. As the OP has pointed out, many of the same arguments can be made towards US fighters.
     
  7. gooners!!

    gooners!! Boxing Junkie banned

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    " not one guy you named has a bad chin...not one "

    Yeah okay. Proof is in the pudding son.

    Berto has been rocked numerous times, and he has been down or hurt in the amateurs a couple of times apparently.

    Taylor .............Mistake sorry about that.
     
  8. rydersonthestorm

    rydersonthestorm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That might be the whole point of his post, the fighters he mentioned are no more glass jawed than ricky hatton and other such fighters from the uk.
     
  9. debaser

    debaser Active Member Full Member

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    Could add Pavlik to this also. Down 4 times this early in his career and not faced too many world class opponents. Didn't know which country he was in for a while in the 1st Taylor fight and could easily have been stopped without any arguments.
     
  10. gooners!!

    gooners!! Boxing Junkie banned

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    If Steve Smoger wasn't the referee for Taylor vs Pavlik. Pavlik would be a just another 160lbs contender, because 8 out of 10 referees would of stopped that fight in round 2.
     
  11. box3r86

    box3r86 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It happens all the time, especially american boxing fans.

    My favourite is 'protected Euro fighter'

    or 'stay at home fighters'

    When we all know that americans dont like to travel either!

    Stay at home Joe is what calaghe was called, but not an eyelid was battered when Chad Dawson VACATED his WBC belt when his mandatory won the purse bid and wanted to fight in his home country.

    One rule for some and another for the rest. I pay no attention and appreciate fighters for the skill they show in the ring.
     
  12. Darni187

    Darni187 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ricky Hatton

    David Haye

    Carl Froch

    Amir Khan


    Watch out the Brits are coming...... :bbb
     
  13. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    No they would not have.

    Taylor has a fragile Chin. Pavlik knocked him out cold.
     
  14. Mrboogie23

    Mrboogie23 what the?? Full Member

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    I like British fighters. I like fighters from all over.
     
  15. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm sure there must be a board for 'Brits who want to whine about America' somewhere...