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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer  top stuff tito, when i first read the title of the thread i assumed this would be your fave fight solely in terms of the action inside the ring...was pleasently surprised to see you opted for a home town hero partaking in a superfight.
Being a born and bred englishmen for pure fight euphoria hatton-mayweather tops it all. Dont know about the attention it got in americabut it was the single biggest sporting event of 2007 in the UK and one of those special moments that transcends the sport to the next level.
Remember having a mate driving us to leicester square at 2.30 on a sunday morning and seeing streets that are normally derelict at that time of night ram packed full of party goers desperately seeking somewhere to watch the fight.
It was on the front and back pages of all the tabloid papers on the day of the fight and whether you were watching a newscast or listening to the radio it was all on everyones minds.
Though the fight itself proved to be a great anti-climax in that our boy took a bit of a hiding it gave boxing the much needed recognition it had needed in the UK since the days of lennox lewis and got kids all over the country into their local boxing gyms to take up the sport. |
This is exactly the kind of stuff that generates new interest in this great sport of boxing. Although the outcome of the Hatton-PBF fight wasn't what British fans would've liked, it still generated tons of new interest in the sport. I remember the parades and homecoming parties when Tito would come back from one of his huge victories. It was awesome. And the night of the Vargas fight... cars were screeching their tires and blaring their horns for hours after the fight. I myself was hoarse for three days from all the screaming and yelling during and immediately after the fight.