Kessler, Haye and Hatton

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  1. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kessler against Calzaghe
    Haye against Mormeck
    Hatton against Mayweather

    Can anyone else think of fighters that over the last couple of years were hugely popular champions and entered the lions den abroad having a huge hostile crowd against them?

    I thought about this because we were discussing Carlos Monzon in another thread and Monzon'd record in that respect is truely amazing. Nothing protected there.
     
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  2. stonerose

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    gary lockett ;)
     
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  3. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    You missed the 'hugely popular champions' part, clearly.
     
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  4. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Kessler and Haye clearly qualify, but suggesting that Hatton had a 'huge hostile crowd' against him in Vegas is laughable, the majority of the crowd (and certainly the loudest part) were Hatton fans.
     
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  5. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Adamek going to Germany to face Ulrich, and to the States to face Briggs, Dawson, and Cunningham.
     
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  6. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Spot on.
     
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  7. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    I would hardly say entering lions den for Hatton.... Do you even remember that fight? It was PRO- Hatton , there were more brits there and of course they had their Band and songs..... so you were very wrong for that fight at least.
     
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  8. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Briggs is a New Zealander who had never fought outside Australia prior to that fight.

    Why would a crowd in the USA be so passionately in his favour?
     
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  9. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    In fact I just read a report of that match that seems to suggest the opposite:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100701301.html

     
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  10. ringini

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    Kessler fought with 54.000 spectators from wales and maybe 2.000 danes.... i dont think either Haye or anyone else in the past has done something near that.... Hatton:) are you serious
     
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  11. stonerose

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    sarcasm is not popular on these boards is it ?
     
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  12. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Sorry, I forgot you weren't American, and so had discounted the possibility :yep
     
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  13. stonerose

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    :D
     
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  14. stonerose

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    kostya tszyu versus hatton in manchester.
     
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  15. Vanihm

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    You clearly don't have a clue what you're talking about.
     
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