British Fans : Annoying

[Jason997]

I don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

- Jason

[josak]

I thought it was interesting actually, didn't both me at all.

[nulty]

Learn how to support your favourite fighthers please. It's called atmosphere.

[Knob McDude]

I love their passion.

Don't hate.

[The Italarican]

I can understand between rounds, but why would you want to sing in the MIDDLE of the fight?

[Ilesey]

I don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

- Jason

Well being a Brit I can only say...................I agree, to an extent.

Bands, drums, trumpets, hooters! Just shut the fuck up and watch the fight!

The singing did't really bother me neither does the general support.

[Chief_Second]

what do you espect fans to do? just stand and clap?

get a life you freak

[josak]

Ya I think it definitely added to the whole atmosphere of the fight.

[Jason997]

Being loud is one thing, and that is fine. Bring a marching band in and singing annoying, cliche songs in the middle of a fight is another thing. Congats to Ricky for a good win.

- Jason

[joe33]

Its the same at the football matches here,i love it myself,but can see why some dont.

[doom bull]

It was kinda gay. What was with the fucking band?

[Chief_Second]

Being loud is one thing, and that is fine. Bring a marching band in and singing annoying, cliche songs in the middle of a fight is another thing. Congats to Ricky for a good win.

- Jason

americans need to adopt culture of others.....they have none of their own

[nulty]

Yeah but americans don't like that, they cheer for whoever won the last round and change their minds all the time. They don't now what passionate support is.

[ThePlugInBabies]

fucking hell, this is what british fans do at sporting arenas/stadiums. be it football, cricket, rugby, whatever. they sing, chant and create an atmosphere.

[audio101]

The drums screwed with the audio, it sounded like a college football game. I could barely tell if the crowd was cheering or booing, kind of gave a odd feeling to the fight and was hard to get into it.

[Alo2006]

It did become a lil annoying :lol:

[ThePlugInBabies]

i'd hate to think what you lot would think of the barmy army, the english cricket teams official support.

[Vantage_West]

has anyone seen a chavez or duran fight well the fans were almost screaming for them loads of chanting and singing...the point is that it's people who are proud maybe not patriotic but they are proud for the man to fight and represent for all of them...if thats somthing that wouldnt make you cheer for them nothing would.

[zulander]

don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

GET TO FUK U PRICK

[rooq]

it was a good british football style atmosphere. how can that distract you from watching what happens in the ring? this isn't snooker.

[Olander]

americans need to adopt culture of others.....they have none of their own

Go eat some spotted dick. :hi:

[Vantage_West]

oh come on people let them chant thats why we go to these places in a big group to become the crowd....most guys have travalled the other side of the world to see 2 men i would alow them to trach the arena if it was ecinomical.

actaully who has been to a boxing match and who havbe been to a football match in england it's practicly the same crowd.


anyways if you dont want support go to germany...im seriuios no anglo-germanic rivalry those dude are silent. when solis was buttering sidon they were lightly clapping :huh

[audio101]

Cheering is what makes a boxing match more exciting, but loud one sided chanting along with drums is flat out annoying.

[rendog67]

im scottish was supporting hatton all night c'mon. Invite anyone to the football! i thought the crowd could have been louder!

[Vantage_West]

it was a good british football style atmosphere. how can that distract you from watching what happens in the ring? this isn't snooker.:rofl :good

it aint exactly going to make you go "damn they are screaming to much i just cant watch this thing"

[China_hand_Joe]

What is annoying is when hundreds of American 'soccer' fans all shout out "you suck asshole" as a goalkeeper takes a goal kick.

[elTerrible]

I didnt have any problem with the crowd, but the band playing fucking constantly was annoying.

[younghov2k4]

that wasnt as annoying as that one fan from the Quartey/Wright fight.

IKE!! IKE!! IIIIIIKE!!.....IKE!! IKE!! IIIIIIKE!!

BAZOOKA!!!


i wanted to beat that dudes ass myself. :twisted:

[hitman_hatton1]

u hear the crowd more on the american broadcasts.

it wasn't as high in the mix on setanta's uk coverage. :yep

nice bit of football style chanting for u yanks. :good

[Anthony Farnell]

The fans were great tonight.
The amount of British people going over to the US for these fights is excellent :smoke

[stake501]

That band is a very famous band in the uk. They are the offical England supporters band.

I still remember them in Rome playing "its self preservation society" when we drew 0-0 withh Italy to go to France 98. Brilliant.

Barmy Army Barmy Army Barmy Army

Lets see if Cotto Mayweather or De La Hoya could take 10,000 of their fans to the UK or anywhere else (even a neutral venue)

[sandwichsurgeon]

They were most likely very very drunk so i don't think we should take them too seriously, what i wan't to know is why did the cameras constantly switch to a bunch of flag wearing (yes wearing) oddballs in the crowd?

[sandwichsurgeon]

Yeah I thought they were a pain in the ass. All the yelling, the band music and chanting, it was obnoxious.

Bit like the way you cheer for Tarver, creating threads everyday about the same old shit is hardly better than drunken singing now is it?

[hitman_hatton1]

That band is a very famous band in the uk. They are the offical England supporters band.

yeah that's right.

there sheffield wednesday fans i believe. :yep

i've been to quite a few england games over the last few years and they always get the songs started when a game has gone a bit quiet. :yep

[stake501]

what twas more criminal was the lack of gratuitous shots of Rooney and MAB on Hattons ring walk. I saw more of JCC Jnr than the greats with the hitman

[langshof]

Yeah I thought they were a pain in the ass. All the yelling, the band music and chanting, it was obnoxious.

This is called fan culture.
It must be hard for the brits to take criticism seriously when it comes from people, who live in a country where it's concidered support to be wearing a cheese hat to an American football game. (wtf is up with that?)
:huh

[the_what]

I loved it. It creates a great atmosphere. Know doubt it has an affect on Hatton's opponents.

[Efil4zaggin]

I'm totally non plussed as how this could be so annoying :think It's just the way we do things in the uk, I thought it was superb, deffo gives good atmosphere and helps hatton too

[Clearly Cool]

As long as I can still see the action, the louder the better. All the noise makes it seem like a more important event and sets a good atmosphere.

[Anthony Farnell]

I'm totally non plussed as how this could be so annoying :think It's just the way we do things in the uk, I thought it was superb, deffo gives good atmosphere and helps hatton too

I was thinking the same.
Maybe some don't like different types of fans.
I thought our fans were great too.
Made the occasion better :smoke

[the_what]

Imagince Cotto fans and Hatton fans in the same arena at Madison Square Garden. That would be fucking sweet.

[Anthony Farnell]

Imagince Cotto fans and Hatton fans in the same arena at Madison Square Garden. That would be fucking sweet.
It would be fucking electric :shock:
I really want that fight now :lol::D

[C Money]

Not a damn thing wrong with cheering:good

Culture is CUlture and American fans do have their own customs and SOME of them CHEER or CHANT as WELL.:yep :yep :yep :yep :yep :yep :yep

Welcome to the WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS:lol:

[Thor]

that wasnt as annoying as that one fan from the Quartey/Wright fight.

IKE!! IKE!! IIIIIIKE!!.....IKE!! IKE!! IIIIIIKE!!

BAZOOKA!!!


i wanted to beat that dudes ass myself. :twisted:

:good He seems to be a Winky fan so I have a feeling he'll be doing the same at the Hopkins fight.

[chinachin_76]

British fans are better boxing fans than Americans. Like it or not it's the truth. They chant louder and create a far greater atmosphere.

[C Money]

British fans are better boxing fans than Americans. Like it or not it's the truth. They chant louder and create a far greater atmosphere.

EASY, now:hand Painting such large group's with broad brushes is a dangerous game.:fire

Chanting or not chanting doesnt make one MORE or LESS of a BOXING fan. There isnt anything WRONG with it and some fan bases ELECT to display their passion IN SUCH FASHION. There are american fans who chant and show vocal support as well:good

[GalangK]

I personally enjoyed the atmosphere they provided although I do admit that the band can be very annoying.

Its never a bad thing to get enthusiastic fans in boxing no?

[nickthegreek]

Learn how to support your favourite fighthers please. It's called atmosphere.

:good

[kel]

I thought the British fans were great, especially making noise over the American anthem.....BTW Why was that played for again :huh :huh

[Taffyy]

Fucking americans................We have the best fans in the world & posts like this are just a bad reaction to the fact that Rickys following made a fight in Vegas seem like it was in Manchester..........It all adds to the atmosphere........Some of the poofs on here should experience a real football "soccer" match..............I think a few would actually shit there "shorts"....................c'mon Ricky !!!!!!

[boxbox]

i dont mind.. twas great actually!! something new that you only hear in soccer games!

[bill poster]

I didnt have any problem with the crowd, but the band playing fucking constantly was annoying.

Don't know that song

[knockout]

Japanese fans are the worst, every time I see some type of fight in Japan they sit there in dead silence and maybe clap lightly if somebody gets KTFO.and they dont yell very loud.:smoke

[jc]

There's only OOOOOONNNEE Ricky Hatton!
OOOOONNNNE Ricky Hatton!
Walking ALONG!
Singing a Song!
Walking in a Hatton Wonderland!


THERE'S ONLY OOOOOONNNNEEEE RICKY HATTON...

[Nemesis]

Typical winey yanks, its called support you might cotton on one day

[bill poster]

How about the Lennox fans?

[sandwichsurgeon]

How about the Lennox fans?

check-mate old chap

[jc]

I don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

- Jason


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[Jimbo]

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USA USA USA USA!!! :deal


Glad you didn't show the "A" :good

[bill poster]

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[sean]

tiger woods
off the tee hit a tree and the ball rebounded 200 yards further back behind him.

now he is in the middle of a hedge
700 yards to the green.
3 water hazards a dog leg and 18 bunkers with rough 18 foot deep either side

woods takes his shot
what do we hear.

IN THE HOLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[My dinner with Conteh]

Yeah but americans don't like that, they cheer for whoever won the last round and change their minds all the time. They don't now what passionate support is.


True. Also, The New York Times once commented that the atmosphere at a English football game made its "American 'football' counterparts appear in the middle of an epidemic of laryngitis". :lol:


They're just to busy eating to make a noise.

[The Hitman]

So us Brits are annoying for not sitting on our hands the whole fight staring forwards and not making a sound. Well shame on us :roll:

[Decebal]

:patsch ...turn the volume down or buy some ear-plugs mate!

[Carlos Primera]

the atmosphere was great, anyone think it fucked with castillo's head??

[Decebal]

the atmosphere was great, anyone think it fucked with castillo's head??

not as much as Hatton fucked with his liver...

[Carlos Primera]

not as much as Hatton fucked with his liver...
:lol:
hatton definitely threw that punch with malicious intent.

[Decebal]

:lol:
hatton definitely threw that punch with malicious intent.

it was his strategy...it was his plan...he didn't just wake up in the middle of the fight and said...oh...I know what...I'll try for the body...

[trac209]

Yeah it was really silly for them to sing and have a band. Hey news flash morons there's a fight going on in the ring in front of you. I would have thrown my beer down that tuba chute and drown that idiot. And all the singing Castillo probley quit cause he didn't want to hear that shit anymore.

[jc]

Yeah it was really silly for them to sing and have a band. Hey news flash morons there's a fight going on in the ring in front of you. I would have thrown my beer down that tuba chute and drown that idiot. And all the singing Castillo probley quit cause he didn't want to hear that shit anymore.

yeah probably :patsch :lol:


I will never understand the mindset wear you have to pretend your in a library at a sporting event!


THE LOUDER THE BETTER!

[Napuis]

LOL, taking tips on how to support from the yanks.

These are people who wear foam hands and jab the big finger in the air as a form of support, or put face paint on their bellies. People who wear giant nacho hats and have nuts, burgers, hot dogs, drinks and ice creams brought to them at sports games. People who pay an entrance fee and then watch the big screens.

You cannot deny having a massive singing element provides Hatton/Cotto etc. with a massive adrenaline boost, and completely intimidates their opponents.

However, the singing is what all football/boxing fans, America excepted do.

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[David UK]

Can you imagine 8000 Americans flying to England to support their best fighter? I doubt 100 would make the effort.

[the brockton blockbuster]

f**k me what do you yanks want there to be silence for??do you expect to hear batman type noises like ,CRASH,WALLOP,KAPOW!!if you want silence go to church or the library for gods sake.its a sport and behind any (british)sportsmen your going to get proud as hell fans following cheering them on!!i mean c'mon complaining about noise through a boxing match is just pathetic!!

[Jason997]

Breaking out in song (especially the crappy songs the British fans were singing) is just not appropriate for a boxing match. Yes, it works for Soccer. It meshes well with the pace of the game (which is generally one that puts me to sleep) and the general atmosphere of this kind of event. Boxing is a unique spectacle. Having a band in the audience disturbs the ebb and flow of the match. It clashes horribly with the Las Vegas fight culture. I could go on and on. Basically it just sucks :)

In any case, good win for Hatton.

- Jason

[the brockton blockbuster]

LOL, taking tips on how to support from the yanks.

These are people who wear foam hands and jab the big finger in the air as a form of support, or put face paint on their bellies. People who wear giant nacho hats and have nuts, burgers, hot dogs, drinks and ice creams brought to them at sports games. People who pay an entrance fee and then watch the big screens.

You cannot deny having a massive singing element provides Hatton/Cotto etc. with a massive adrenaline boost, and completely intimidates their opponents.

However, the singing is what all football/boxing fans, America excepted do.

Plymouth Argyle, England
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:hey

awesome mate summed it up too a tee!!!c'mon
the hoops

[the brockton blockbuster]

Breaking out in song (especially the crappy songs the British fans were singing) is just not appropriate for a boxing match. Yes, it works for Soccer. It meshes well with the pace of the game (which is generally one that puts me to sleep) and the general atmosphere of this kind of event. Boxing is a unique spectacle. Having a band in the audience disturbs the ebb and flow of the match. It clashes horribly with the Las Vegas fight culture. I could go on and on. Basically it just sucks :)

In any case, good win for Hatton.

- Jason

how does it disturb the flow of the match??all forms of combat stem from some form of rhythm,look at thai boxing for example the music determines the tempo of the fight.if you look back at the old gladitorial fights they were urged on by loud drums in the arenas which is a possible link to the way we do it in soccer arenas etc today.so to use that as an excuse is just crap.

[grayggr]

It's a UK historical thing, used to support and push your man/team across the line. Part of the entertainment is usually having a rival set of fans, directing derogatory/abusive chants back at you. Cleary in boxing it doesn't quite work as well. The atmosphere was like a witches cauldron. As usual us Brits travelled well and made it a great P.A.R.T.Y atmosphere.

The band are pretty horrific though I must admit, I admire the air miles they clock up to support the English footy team around the world....but seriously guys .. you need some new tunes, they only seem to have one track in their set list!

[bill poster]

haha Brockton:piss come on..that was cruel

[TamaTonga]

i love it tho all the singing just awsome

[David UK]

Maybe the next big US fight should be staged in the Las Vegas City Library?

You're lucky that lot didn't get pissed up and start to riot!!

[Lacyace]

I agree. Singing Christmas carols at a boxing match is just downright pathetic.

[Club Fighter]

If I wanted to hear a bunch of fags sing and chant in unison I'd turn on a Village People concert. This is not what I want when I'm attempting to watch a pugilistic affair. If you fags need to be heard so much there are a bunch of psychiatrists that would be happy to listen to you for less than half the cost of the plane ticket it took to export your lunacy to Vegas. Have some goddam couth. There's a national anthem going on for christ's sake!

[Lance_Uppercut]

I don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

- Jason

The singing was great! My friends and I were talking about how us Americans don't do that shit. Nothing wring with showing National pride.

[the_what]

I rather have Hatton and Cotto fans yelling like crazy than DLH/Mayweather fans who dont even watch the fight because they are so boring. They just try to see the celebrities at ringside and look up at the jumbotron.

I love the blue collar boxing fans. I hate the high rollers who just sit ringside and show no emotion.

[Lance_Uppercut]

so you want a boxing crowd to have no passion or personality. go watch golf or a mayweather fight if you don't wanna hear the crowd.

The mayweather fans are used to the cricket sounds from one of his fights I guess. :think

[Korn_06]

Hey we already have Tennis and Golf. Traditionally upper class sports. Getting too much adrenaline in your blood in Tennis and Golf, will often be damaging for you game so ... quiete please!
Soccer and boxing are traditionally lower class sports and some more adrenaline can change the way its going.

Even some people wish to compare boxing and soccer to higher artforms like ballet or strategy like chess. The bottom line is go go through punches and land your own, and in this effort it is nice to feel a lot of support - so keeps making noice and singing like hell. Make the atmosphere it is good for boxing and it will get a wider audience that way.

[Loggo]

I can understand between rounds, but why would you want to sing in the MIDDLE of the fight?Its the football chant "walking in a winter wonderland".They sing it a lot of the time at man city football ground.I don`t see how they bother anyone.

[David UK]

US fans need to learn how to do it properly!! None of this giant foam hand stuff and high fiving your neighbour while shouting 'Hell Yeah'!! You now know how gay that sounds!!

[C Money]

STop painting AMERICANS with one brush.


If you ever attended a Spadafora fight in PITTSBURGH, you heard the resounding chanting of SPADDY, SPADDY, SPAADY!!. There's been other ameraican fans in various locations that have chanted, cheered and sang at boxing and in the NFL , Here we GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!! Back in the 70's, etc,


Yes, international and european fans are louder and its customary for them to be in unison, but that doesnt mean Americans are any less as fans. Who had a problem with the ATMOSPHERE at SRL vs Hearns, Hearns vs Hagler,Corrales vs Castillo, etc, etc, etc,. American fans can have live crowds and it makes THEM NO LESS A FAN if they dont cheer or sing in unison:nono

[Carlos Primera]

it made the thing lively, great atmosphere. at least it was'nt the chorus of boos you heard when fraud fought baldo.

[theHawtness]

I don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

- Jason

do yourself a favor, swallow a knife :verysad

[theHawtness]

I rather have Hatton and Cotto fans yelling like crazy than DLH/Mayweather fans who dont even watch the fight because they are so boring. They just try to see the celebrities at ringside and look up at the jumbotron.

I love the blue collar boxing fans. I hate the high rollers who just sit ringside and show no emotion.
:thumbsup the louder the better!

i really hope they show some emotion.

[Taffyy]

Jesus..........Can you imagine some of these american sissy's at fights in Bethnel Green , Glasgow or Cardiff.....!!!!!!!!!!!!..........Im sorry but that is how we support our fighters ...... I have been watching boxing all my life starting with amateur bouts at my local social club............300 welshman can make more noise & atmosphere than the crowd did at DLH v Mayweather.......Sorry but thats fucking pathetic..............Alot of you americans(Not all)........Just cant get over the fact we have the best supporters in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!

[platnumpapi]

man tat shit was pissing me off.they should have been put out of the arena.they were yelling over the damn announcers.never seen or heard anything like it.they are like a ricky hatton cult group.i hope he never loses in england cause i think a riot would break out.

[smokey]

man tat shit was pissing me off.they should have been put out of the arena.they were yelling over the damn announcers.never seen or heard anything like it.they are like a ricky hatton cult group.i hope he never loses in england cause i think a riot would break out.

See the ban of British football hooligans.

[BoxingKangaroo]

I don't usually pick the role of the "annoying troll", but this crap from the British audience was annoying. The band, the singing, the people. Pathetic. I love the U.K., I love these people, but as boxing fans they annoy the shit out of me. Stop causing distractions at boxing matches. Please.

- Jason

its not just there boxing fans, the 'barmy army' at the cricket sing for a five day test match that they are losing (cricket fans will know what im talking about) there rugby fans and soccer fans are the same. but they are pretty entertaining.

[David UK]

Jesus..........Can you imagine some of these american sissy's at fights in Bethnel Green , Glasgow or Cardiff.....!!!!!!!!!!!!..........Im sorry but that is how we support our fighters ...... I have been watching boxing all my life starting with amateur bouts at my local social club............300 welshman can make more noise & atmosphere than the crowd did at DLH v Mayweather.......Sorry but thats fucking pathetic..............Alot of you americans(Not all)........Just cant get over the fact we have the best supporters in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!

Most(not all) American posters on here would shit themselves at a show in Bethnal Green.

By the way, that reminds me. When Johnny Tapia fought in Bethnal Green he received a f****** MASSIVE welcome!! The whole place was shaking and the noise was unbelievable

[David UK]

[quote=platnumpapi never seen or heard anything like it.they are like a ricky hatton cult group.[/quote]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Just wait until next time he fights in the USA. They'll be even more coming over!!

[Taffyy]

Oh yeah & when he fights over there next time I'm gonna be there...........Hopefully against Cotto in the Garden !!!!..........A good point about the Tapia fight David & one he mentions in his book..........

[pipe wrenched]

To any one saying americans don't cheer, chant, and/or get loud that is bullshit. Maybe you haven't seen Cotto/Judah- an absolutely rockin atmosphere which included (as many fight do ------- insert name) Cotto,Cotto, Cotto, or Judah, Judah, Judah but you will not find any friggin marching band blowin horns. Chant, yell, scream, all you want and i assure it will be admired by all. But leave instruments, the same as we do, for football games. Congratulations to Hatton and his fans for a great win.

[ThePlugInBabies]

fuck me, can you imagine some of these whining fools at a big football derby? an arsenal-tottenham, united-city, liverpool-everton?

[Butterfly^Soul]

I can appreciate their excitement for the sport.Although that Hatton wonderland song is incredibly annoying!I just wish they came up with something better.