The new breed of fans

Idiots exist in the World..Alcohol and Drugs dont help the problem

 

They see and treat Boxing as a mere punch up like they'd see down the pub, nothing else.

Sad really and those scenes at Dudley sound bloody disgraceful on any level, whatever you think of boxing.

Seem to remember reading an article on here about how "Fans" at the Benn McClellan fight were screaming "****ing Die!" as GM lay there. It's always been there I guess but doesn't make it any more excusable.

 

Around the time of Naz/ Benn. Boxing crowds changed a hell of a lot over those 5 years or so, a night at the boxing bacame a good night out for the lads (or even couples, which was unheard of previously).

 

True Gaz, I knew people who went to the Eubank fights etc when they were in Manchester, type of lad who watch cricket, football, Rugby... i.e. anything that constitutes an 'event'

I'm not knocking it though, this critical audience mass allows our fighters to get title shots and sometimes over here too

However in regards to the 'tribal' element the original poster referred to, i.e. supporting one fighter, that's gone on for years hasn't it? Again, nothing wrong with it (in principle) for me...

 

It depends on the fighter Imo. I remeber when Steve Foster was fighting in the 90's the Salford lads that followed him would kick off at every venue but you dont get that at Jamie Moores fights today.He was a big ticket seller but if I remember right 'The Viking' was a pub landlord so maybe a different element of fight-fan was buying the tickets.

 

I'm not being elitist or blaming Benn or Naz but I think the demographics of the people who attended big fights changed massively during those years. I used to go to a fair few shows in those days and before Naz and Benn blokes would never even have thought of taking their missus out for a nights boxing, but the end of that era gangs of girls were going there on their own!!!

 

It's nothing new. Minters fans didn't exactly cover themselves in glory against Hagler did they?

 

not even the riot in Glasgow for the Ted Kid Lewis fight forgot who he fought though surely you remember taht riot?

its more football fans in boxing now. like the fans to have no football like chanting fights in Latin America have an excellant atmosphere and have hardly any problems

 

I kinda know what you mean

But I'd be amazed if a large part of any British big fight audience, in any era, wasn't made up of men who also followed football...

 

I agree with the above... How many fighters these days are jumping onto the fact that putting your clubs badge on your shorts with get a few more punters in... Hatton - Man City... Barker - Chelsea.. Froch - Notts Forest...Does Frankie Gavin support Birmingham City?

 

the delaney brothers wore the violet and maroon on everything...
yeah alot of it has got to do with football. and boxing being a fight instead of a sport.


i was watching the lindsey - appleby match and them peeps were almost jumping in the ring whenever a punch lands...all standing throwing punches into the air saying niceties.

didnt bunce casually walk into a fight with some irish boxing fans when he talked about how mcCullough was gonna lose at the top level...or somthign of that elk.

 

Mark Kaylor was a big Hammers fan as well.

 

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This is twice I have heard of this incident and I need to see the vid of this!