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However, the country might also produce great fighters.
This isn't a controversial question at all, is it? lol
I vote UK just for the air horns. The fucking air horns. non stop air horns at the Khan vs. McCloskey match, among others.
Plus the singing or moronic "Hatton Wonderland" and just binge drinking to a new degree.
So for live audience behavior I vote U.K. fans.
Obviously, U.K. fans are not dumb as evidenced by the majority of them that post on this forum and know their stuff.
Most fighters in the US would kill to have such loyal and loving fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
UK. Loyalty doesn't = intelligence. Dogs are loyal too for fucks sakes.
Oh this should end well :kar: On any given weekend and screw job maybe we can all raise our hands for sticking around ;D
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Originally Posted by holmcall
UK produces some hardcore fans but no matter what combination of words you string together, there is absolutely no changing the opinion of those hardcore. I mean, David Haye still has a decent amount of hardcore fans who believes everything he's said!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
I would say Uk too!
They seem to have a hard time just sitting down relaxed watching a game, they gotta stand up, scream.
Uk seems to have a thing, get shitfaced, scream, talk nonesense, and get naked?
I'm not putting everyone from the uk over this line, just a few from my personal experience!Quote:
Originally Posted by Xwetie
Sweetheart, you come to the US, we know how to treat women. We get naked and take care of the ladies FIRST then we do all the other foolishness. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by XwetieI'm not putting everyone from the uk over this line, just a few from my personal experience!Quote:
Originally Posted by Xwetie
I was going to say uk sounds like a great time much better than sitting in deadly silence ala the germansQuote:
Originally Posted by beenKOedSweetheart, you come to the US, we know how to treat women. We get naked and take care of the ladies FIRST then we do all the other foolishness. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by XwetieI'm not putting everyone from the uk over this line, just a few from my personal experience!Quote:
Originally Posted by Xwetie
Who said loyalty equalled intelligence ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
fuck........ first I like a post, then I end up defending him
I am from Canada and love my country. That being said I have less than five people I know that can actually name five active fighters. I guess technically this doesn't qualify as they aren't fans nor dumb (for the most part) but it is hard to find people that follow the sport.
Being on these forums I found that UK fans seem to be very knowledgeable and passionate at the same time about the sport. I wish I had more of this here. Maybe it is the circles I travel in but I don't see many people that have any basic knowledge of boxing as a sport.
I have a student who is an active fighter so I was excited to have someone to talk to. We talked about Floyd's last fight coming up and he showed me his interpretation of how Floyd fights. I knew right then that even he had no idea of current fighters even being passionate about and very good at the sport itself.
Don't want to nominate my own country but in my experience the fans may be very smart but I have a hard time finding them other than the few I met on this site who happen to be very knowledgeable and very objective when commenting. I've had conversations with Youngblood who is the same age is my oldest daughter (wherever he is these days) yet can hold his own in any argument or discussion with knowledge and maturity. Where my daughter can't have a sentence without using the word 'like' 3 or 4 time. I love her but it is what it is. Same with others on here even recently from my cold country in terms of Youngblood. I guess what I am saying is the few fans we have here are very knowledgeable but the country on the whole on this topic is probably made up of idiots if we are doing a per capita. Don't get why people are saying UK but I don't live there so maybe you guys no more. I thought I was a boxing expert until I joined this forum and realize that I am an infant compared to many of the UK fans.
OK fine with all of that UK stuff but why are certain fans called Pac Tards? :o
Japan is like that also, can hear a pin drop.Quote:
Originally Posted by arminI was going to say uk sounds like a great time much better than sitting in deadly silence ala the germansQuote:
Originally Posted by beenKOedSweetheart, you come to the US, we know how to treat women. We get naked and take care of the ladies FIRST then we do all the other foolishness. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by XwetieI'm not putting everyone from the uk over this line, just a few from my personal experience!Quote:
Originally Posted by Xwetie
But I'd take any random announce team from Japan over half the ones I can think of here ;D Cannot understand a word but talk about enthusiasm. Then again thinking about a Renallo and his :hair_up::action: ...I kind of like not speaking the language
Honestly, I don't have an opinion on this question.
If I had a choice, I would rather be a fighter in the UK than anywhere else. They support their athletes even when they disappoint.
Africa
ok... Africa's a.... uh... continent.... but we get it
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Originally Posted by TitoFan
The Sudan?
The answer should have been Philippines.
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Pac Tards
Funny thread.
We have all got them mixed in. Aussie land has some people who are just plain caught up in the love hate thing between states and on the lesser levels,our town is tougher than your town mentality. Then further up in the hopefuls league theres the fat gold chain wearing ex mob looking dudes who just have to be seen out with some movers in society when a camera is around.
Even some of the so called fans walk around ringside tables (cause they do some here like a beer restaurant at ring side)Some of them walk around with their lips pursed and eyes flicking from one side to the other trying to look tougher than other dude they are with.
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Funny shit, its like being at the zoo and picking out which monkeys are for real and which ones are scamming the crowds and which ones are picking up the left overs.You see a few I swear they look at the ring action all of three times per hour.
With that going on at ring side can you imagine out in the bleaches? Some of the fuckwits have no respect for the fighters or the game or art of boxing, they boo opposing countries fighters into the ring its embarrassing they are baboons in suits, there are alot of Idiots out there. Im betting under 10% love the sport and if their friends weren't there they would'nt be either.
I would say Puerto Rico but since the title does say "country" there not eligible.
I'm not sure if weird fans translate to bad fans but Germany puts on the absolute most fcking ridiculously weird cards I've ever seen. I saw a guy walk in to a full blown orchestra. And the crowd always is enthusiastic but I keep waiting for the Blue Man Group to come off the ceiling. The rings are strange as well. I'm not saying bad just strange. Maybe not the right post for this rant. I say with the lack of media support this sport has anymore, any fan is a good one.
I agree with @Andre. No country gets exclusive rights on stupidity be it boxing, politics or view of the world. As a great man once said,"the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limitations". Its easy to say Americans but terribly stupid in its own right. They have 300 million people, have the most fans in the world and are the leaders in its broadcasts with everybody being connected.
The same math makes them the smartest.
If boxing ignorance was the question then Canada wins hands down. There is barely a ripple outside Quebec. Next time you see a random Canadian ask him/her who George Dixon was or Yvon Durrelle. I'd like pictures of the blank stare.
My own view on humanity is that most people are relatively ignorant, stupid, and uninformed on a wide array of things and this includes the noble field of boxing. It is on this basis that I conclude that there is no single nation that produces the dumbest fans. There are a minority that make up their own minds and live free of nonsense like patriotism, race, and sheer man lust, but most follow these traits and cannot escape the bonds as ignorance is bliss and propaganda is all pervasive. This is a collectivist humanitarian preserve, and where there are people, there are dummies. The people are sheep and they are usually manipulated by devilish Shepherds, who in boxing terms, appear in the guise of a promoter, a network, and often have supporting agents such as judges and referees. The Shepherd metaphor can be transferred to most areas of human life: from politics, to consumerism, academia, religion, fashion etc.
It truly is a lot of piffling nonsense and I am thankful that I have patented my very own spaceship and will go and live on the Moon. I have heard that Arum wants to stage Pacquiao/Rios 2 there. Go away Arum and stay out of my moon based carrot fields. I have created these to grow in an airless environment using only the rays of the sun and I want you and your sheep out of it. Though you can send some actual sheep in exchange for carrots as I don't like carrots very much. I don't want to eat the human sheep as I don't like excessively fatty meat.
Actually, I would like to emphasize that my previous post was semi-satirical and for nobody to get offended. I'm just not a big fan of vegetables. I too am sometimes guilty of man love and that love is James Toney. My love crosses racial, geographic, linguistic, and cultural barriers which must mean I am very open minded. I wouldn't want to eat James Toney though either, which must mean I am somewhat prejudiced. The turds in academia will say with their noses turned up emitting a nasal focused drawl 'You shouldn't discriminate against other human beings like this'. I don't like those people and I know what I would do with my carrots should I come across one!
I have never seen such an openly anti-carrot post, parade itself as tolerance. Not only are you suggesting taking them to the moon as alien, unskilled immigrants, to be castigated by the locals, you are then flicking the perennial two fingers up at them by refusing to eat them.
The stupidest fans are the other fans. Patriotism is both necessary and desirable as a trait if we are to truly get on and show respect for others. If you cannot recognise and love that which is unique and different about yourself, your family, your town and your country, any respect you claim to show for another is both compromised and shallow. The great lie that men,women,races and countries are all the same is disingenuous and makes us into nothing better than homogenized porridge. Worthy of equal respect is not the same as equal.
This thing has morphed to an intellectual discussion and intellectual discussions do not belong in boxing! Can't we all just say Philippines? Pac holds public office. So does his challenged brother and his brother's wife. Jinkee looks after the ever-dwindling money. Yet these people are treated like sage gods.
Those saying UK fans maybe right to some degree - but as pointed most fighters would kill for that kind of support.
I was lucky enough to get a ticket to Hatton v Mayweather and I couldn't believe what I witnessed over there - neither could Vegas.
It annoyed me the number of people moaning about UK fans afterwards - even bar and business owners, who'd been rubbing their hands when they had them in their bars drinking all day for 3-4 days solid.
Ok the booing during the US national anthem was dumb - but in their defence they were pissed....
It has to be that sovereign land between my ears. Most every thought I've had on boxing has been largely moronic since I first planted that obnoxious flag.
Hands down Philippines. One champion a million boxing masterminds. Only in the the Philippines can an uneducated person hold office making decisions on its country's issues yet is not smart enough to not resign with Top Rank. The guy gets ktfo in probably the best counter punch ever on film ever and cry lucky punch. They get angry about PED accusations but turn around and accuse. "Prideful" yes but dumb is kind morer like stupidest fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by holmcall
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Originally Posted by IamInuit
If I asked the most knowledgeable boxing fan I know here in Halifax, Nova Scotia (where Dixon is from as you know) I am positive they would say Dixon was the guy Stallone fought in the last Rocky movie and Yvon is an Elton John song.
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
It's "they're not eligible" and you're wrong. Ghettoland fans are by far the dumbest.
Again. Puerto Rico is not eligible.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
It's "they're not eligible" and you're wrong. Ghettoland fans are by far the dumbest.
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Originally Posted by Violent DemiseAgain. Puerto Rico is not eligible.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
It's "they're not eligible" and you're wrong. Ghettoland fans are by far the dumbest.
No... but the U.S. is. And seeing as to how you single-handedly bring the national average down significantly.... I think it must be included on the list.
I'd say New York. I know, I lived there for 10 years. New York definitely has the dumbest fans.
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Originally Posted by Hulk
I vote for where ever @Hulk is from :)
I think hulk is the dumbest poster here ever.Quote:
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Originally Posted by MasterI think hulk is the dumbest poster here ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44
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You wound me gentlemen.