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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
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    lol... lyle, if the UK went overboard with Ricky Hatton then the US put on concrete shoes and wrapped chains around itself before diving into the atlantic over Jeff lacy...
    Of course I exagerated, but Jeff Lacy was an OK fighter, I think he could have done very well had he not gotten injured.....what's Ricky's excuse?
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    Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
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    lol... lyle, if the UK went overboard with Ricky Hatton then the US put on concrete shoes and wrapped chains around itself before diving into the atlantic over Jeff lacy...
    Of course I exagerated, but Jeff Lacy was an OK fighter, I think he could have done very well had he not gotten injured.....what's Ricky's excuse?
    Too many beers.

    comparing hatton to lacy

    Hatton got beat by the 2 best fighters of the last 15 years. Lacy got beat by jermain taylor



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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
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    lol... lyle, if the UK went overboard with Ricky Hatton then the US put on concrete shoes and wrapped chains around itself before diving into the atlantic over Jeff lacy...
    Of course I exagerated, but Jeff Lacy was an OK fighter, I think he could have done very well had he not gotten injured.....what's Ricky's excuse?
    I actually think had Lacy been brought along at a more sensible pace he could've gone far. I really believe that Calzaghe ruined him and I said at the end of that fight, that's it for Lacy, noway he recovers from that. Calzaghe had been a World Chapion for 4 years before Lacy was even a pro. The Lacy that fought Robin Reid is not the Lacy of today - Shame!

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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    Both sides of the Atlantic are prone to building up fighters too easily IMO. I don't think it is neccessarily a British thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BIG H View Post
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    lol... lyle, if the UK went overboard with Ricky Hatton then the US put on concrete shoes and wrapped chains around itself before diving into the atlantic over Jeff lacy...
    Of course I exagerated, but Jeff Lacy was an OK fighter, I think he could have done very well had he not gotten injured.....what's Ricky's excuse?
    I actually think had Lacy been brought along at a more sensible pace he could've gone far. I really believe that Calzaghe ruined him and I said at the end of that fight, that's it for Lacy, noway he recovers from that. Calzaghe had been a World Chapion for 4 years before Lacy was even a pro. The Lacy that fought Robin Reid is not the Lacy of today - Shame!

    1st time i ever saw jeff lacy fight was against reid as i seem to remember it getting a repeat on sky sports a week later. Came away that night thinking lacy was indeed the real deal and more than capable of handling calzaghe as reid was a top top fighter at the time who had run JC closer than anyone else had.

    But a combination of lacy completely underestimating some chump from the UK he`d never heard of and calzaghe beggining to show us his status as an all time great he indeed took an absoloute peltering that night and for the life of me cant understand why it was allowed to go the full 12.

    Had it of been a 5round massacre, lacy would of been able to rebuild and start again having learnt a harsh lesson. But as youve already said nobody recovers from a beating that he took that night at the hands of JC
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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    We I must just be a bandwagoner, b/c I like all fighters who come to fight. Especially if they have a certain weakness that can be exposed that they cover up with heart and valor.

    Joe Cal was not a big puncher - made up for it in volume
    Hatton had no defense - used endless amounts of offense
    David Haye is a somewhat sloppy fighter leaving his chin out - makes up for it by throwing "meaningful" shots

    Last british fighter I didn't like was Lennox Lewis. I thought he was Klitchko-esque... i.e. a b***h. He never dug deep until Vitali (oddly enough) But it had nothing to do with him being British.

    And, for the life of me, I can't figure out why I hate Amir Khan. He fought like a weanie against Kotelnik.. And aside from Prescott, that's the only fight I've seen. I do respect that he is taking a slightly faster road to World Champ than the guys who want to pad their record at least.
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    I don't think so. My only beef was with how much Haye get's hyped up for fighting two oppenents in the heavyweight division and get's nothing but praise. I don't get that too much. But as for the other's these were and are boxers I always had alot of respect for. Except maybe Hatton I always thought he was very limited but I do like the guy.

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    It's kind of ironic that Brits get accused of overhyping fighters considering In Britain, in the media at least, America is seen as the heavyweight champs of overhyping everything.

    It's all bullshit.

    Certain fighters get overhyped no matter where they are from.

    Take Carl Froch. Lots of posters have called him an "overhyped Brit," and yet the only two diehard fans, amongst the regulars, before he beat Pascal/Taylor, were Tam and Smashup. Almost every other regular Brit poster voiced concerns about his shitty defence, among other things, stopping him at world-level.
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    Not before a fight--maybe a tad during, however. But I like the singing. That's some scary shite.

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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    calzaghe gets no columns because compared to hatton & most others he has the personality of a worm - and he really does imo lol, i love watching him fight and he has the heart and guts of a lion! but listning to the things he says is more than a tad boring!

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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    Quote Originally Posted by hattonthehammer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
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    Of course I exagerated, but Jeff Lacy was an OK fighter, I think he could have done very well had he not gotten injured.....what's Ricky's excuse?
    Too many beers.

    comparing hatton to lacy

    Hatton got beat by the 2 best fighters of the last 15 years. Lacy got beat by jermain taylor


    Who in turn beat one of the greatest Middleweights of all time twice in his own weight class. Your point being? Lacy has only lost to Calzaghe, Taylor, and Roy Jones Jr. Two hall of famers and one guy who beat a Hall Of Famer and the greatest in his weight division(or top three) twice and he lost to Taylor and Roy after his shoulder injury and he never looked the same since that injury either. Hattons excuse is what? The ring post ruined him?

    So I don't see what you're getting at
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    Quote Originally Posted by JonnyFolds View Post
    And, for the life of me, I can't figure out why I hate Amir Khan. He fought like a weanie against Kotelnik.. And aside from Prescott, that's the only fight I've seen. I do respect that he is taking a slightly faster road to World Champ than the guys who want to pad their record at least.
    LOL

    I dont really like Khan but i like watching his fights dont care if he wins but anything can happen with him he can look classy but he can get caught and knocked down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Majesty View Post
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    Too many beers.

    comparing hatton to lacy

    Hatton got beat by the 2 best fighters of the last 15 years. Lacy got beat by jermain taylor


    Who in turn beat one of the greatest Middleweights of all time twice in his own weight class. Your point being? Lacy has only lost to Calzaghe, Taylor, and Roy Jones Jr. Two hall of famers and one guy who beat a Hall Of Famer and the greatest in his weight division(or top three) twice and he lost to Taylor and Roy after his shoulder injury and he never looked the same since that injury either. Hattons excuse is what? The ring post ruined him?

    So I don't see what you're getting at
    Erm, i'm not sure Hatton needs to make excuses for his 4 'world' titles. So he wasn't the best fighter in the world. but i don't think anyone really ever thought he was. People thought he was damn good...and he was.
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    The reality is that the majority of the British public would say we are shit at sport. The general attitute is far too negative.
    A few stats -
    The most f1 drivers titles of any nation,
    Football team ranked 7th (of 21
    Rugby team that has reached last two world cup finals
    Numerous boxing world champs
    4th in medal table at Olympics.
    Cricket team that has won 2 of the last 3 Ashes.
    By far the dominant force in track cycling.

    Not to mention the world beaters we have in squash, triathlon, darts, snooker, swimming etc etc.

    I'm not saying Britian is the most successful sporting nation, but we are far better than the miserable, negative British public would say.
    For example, Australia are our main sporting rivals, now if you asked the british public who was the better sporting nation id say 80% would say Australia. Yet we have beat them in last two rugby world cups, beat them in 2 of last 3 Ashes, beat them at 2008 Olympics. (im not mentioning football here as they don't reallt take it seriously). I could list loads of sports that the British beat them at, yet the only sports you could make a case for them are rugby, cricket and swimming. Ive already shown how the first two are debateable, so that leaves swimming. And we can give them that.
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    Default Re: Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

    ....until he fought someone world class and dangerous and then he got "ruined". So we're back to square one, only in Hatton's comeback, he didn't get injured so he didn't end up like Jeff Lacy

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