Weirdest Boxing Atmosphere -- Germany?

Better than the graveyard atmosphere of most of the fights in the US.

 

I'm talking about germany in the post, not Britain (which is obviously better). America: wow, there's a basketball player at ringside. Yeah, that gonna enrich all our lives.

 

By accident, I watched the Klitschko-Austin fight yesterday. The "steelhammer" issue is a bit kitschy but the walk-ins in Germany are 1000 times better than the ones in the USA. I was so dissapointed about the Hatton-Mayweather walk-ins, just pathetic.

I agree with the other points you made:

- American announcers in Germany or much worse, German announcers who try to copy Buffer and change constantly between German and English.
- the string quartets or even worse some C-level techno groups who perform as walk-in songs for the home fighter

And I hate the anthems, in Germany the anthems (of both boxers and somethimes of the referee, too) are played when the boxers are already in the ring.

 

What is fecking obvious, is that British fights are the best. The atmosphere is great, everyone has fun, and it adds to the overall occasion. 10/10

It's like a ****ing morgue in America. Man, there are two guys smacking each other in the face, and they all sit around munching on Hotdogs. Limp. 4/10. If Cuban/Mexican/British fighter is there, 7/10

I find fights on the continent a bit bizarre, it feels almost surreal at times 6/10

 

one of the funniest moments of the boxing year was the announcer at the haye-mormeck fight who sounded like the fonz when he said haye's name.

david aaaaaaaaaaye!

 

that's ****ing hilarious

fonz ko1 haye

 

its only in the casino`s americans are quiet

look at lacy/spinks/even viril hill and put them in there hometowns and they got great pasinate support.

it made the fights more entertaining as the atmosphere and crowds were rocking.

i hope american promoters soon ditch the casino`s (never going to happen) and bring the title fights to the regions for the good of american boxing.

 

:rofl :rofl

 

Jason,

Your post about German boxing brings back an odd memory.

Over 30 years ago, I was working in a small German town.

One of the bilingual crew who knew I was a boxing fan told me about amateur fights on a Saturday morning in a beer hall.

It was surreal: A makeshift ring in the midst of what looked like the height of Octoberfest: drunks in Lederhosen clinking beer stienes the size of sequoias, filled to overflowing...at 9 A.M.

No one paid any attention to the bouts.

 

I agree on the German part.


That ****in bald guy hitting with a "steelehammer" was cheesy as hell.

 

Yes, Germany is weird. I remember Vlad vs. Corrie Sanders. It looked like the audience had come for the opera instead of a fight.

I love the Mexican fight fan atmosphere. The thing though that strikes me as so unusual about it is the music to which the Mexican fighters enter the ring. It's so festive and light. Is it meant to get them psyched up? (I can't imagine that) or is it meant to create a party atmoshpere? It always reminds me of music for a fun picnic atmoshpere or something like that. Maybe there are a lot of fights at those occasions, I don't know. Could someone please explain?

 

If people think the crowds in America are laid-back, watch the Tyson-Douglas fight in Tokyo.