Good Read For The Brits.

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HATTON AND GREAT BRITAIN: PERFECT TOGETHER (December 10, 2007)
By William Dettloff
In view of what transpired in Las Vegas on Saturday night, one can only with clear conviction conclude that the fiercest, most loyal, and most demonstrative fight fans on earth reside in Great Britain. It’s true those in attendance to watch Ricky Hatton challenge Floyd Mayweather displayed scandalously poor manners by booing and hissing the singing of the national anthem of the United States, while in comparison, nary a sound was heard during Tom Jones’ rendition of “God Save The Queen.” (Maybe it was because the American fans were outnumbered.) You can hardly blame them for that.
What really was telling was the crowd’s continued rooting and support of their man Hatton, in the form of song, even as he lay in a semiconscious state on the canvas in the 10th round, having been pole-axed by a Mayweather left hook.
It matters little that the song heard throughout the week and in the farthest reaches of the Nevada desert is, to the untrained ear, part nonsensical, part unintelligible, and mostly derivative. It takes a special brand of people to muster the kind of loyalty and devotion to a prizefighter that British fight fans in general and Hatton fans in particular have demonstrated passionately, in great number, and at great volume.
I can think of no American athlete—never mind a pug, for heaven’s sake—who is so beloved that his fans would travel to Great Britain by the planeload to watch him compete in a contest whose outcome, by way of rational thinking, is almost a foregone conclusion.
But this is nothing new for British fight fans. Long, passionate affairs with the likes of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno, mystifying though they were to Americans, forever shamefully and stubbornly transfixed on winning, remain evidence of the country’s devotion to its gloved warriors, regardless of their level of achievement. It is an admirable land indeed whose people pride earnestness of will and love of country over the selfishness of an accomplishment-based mentality.
It is mostly for this reason that when a radio show host in Ireland asked me early in the week if Hatton had made a mistake in taking on Mayweather, if he would be better off staying in Britain, I replied along the lines of “certainly not.”
I knew then what I know now: Hatton was making the biggest payday of his career, probably the biggest one he’d ever make. He’d still be the world junior welterweight champion either way. And even after Mayweather beat him, his fans would not desert him. In fact, the defeat would endear him even further.
If you think Hatton was a champion of the people before, watch him now

What's the point of posting this 5 months later?

JUST STUMBLED UPON IT,why not

u post something worth reading then.

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

[1g5a22]

What's the point of posting this 5 months later?

JUST STUMBLED UPON IT,why not

u post something worth reading then.

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

[killersheep]

JUST STUMBLED UPON IT,why not

u post something worth reading then.

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Funny as you wrote that as one word, anywho...........

Take a step back, I call this pointless because you are saying Hatton is popular, don't need an article to back that up, it goes without saying.
I made the same comment on a thread about the popularity of PAC difference is they took it in stride, you got all serious. Drink a pint, cool off and calm down.

[CFH]

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Funny as you wrote that as one word, anywho...........

Take a step back, I call this pointless because you are saying Hatton is popular, don't need an article to back that up, it goes without saying.
I made the same comment on a thread about the popularity of PAC difference is they took it in stride, you got all serious. Drink a pint, cool off and calm down.

[1g5a22]

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Funny as you wrote that as one word, anywho...........

Take a step back, I call this pointless because you are saying Hatton is popular, don't need an article to back that up, it goes without saying.
I made the same comment on a thread about the popularity of PAC difference is they took it in stride, you got all serious. Drink a pint, cool off and calm down.

hilarious mate,,,,

and i dont drink,it interferes with ones equilibrium.

are u 2 ganging up on me,shall i call my dad??

he is related to butterbean

[HattonTheHammer]

c`mon lads this is a decent topic to discuss.

lets not ruin the thread with petty squabling!!

[killersheep]

2 words mate

dickhead

Funny as you wrote that as one word, anywho...........

Take a step back, I call this pointless because you are saying Hatton is popular, don't need an article to back that up, it goes without saying.
I made the same comment on a thread about the popularity of PAC difference is they took it in stride, you got all serious. Drink a pint, cool off and calm down.

hilarious mate,,,,

and i dont drink,it interferes with ones equilibrium.

are u 2 ganging up on me,shall i call my dad??

he is related to butterbean

lol ok.

[p4pking]

JUST STUMBLED UPON IT,why not

u post something worth reading then.

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

[1g5a22]

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

neither is george bush,but look at him now

you underestimate people in the lower regions of the IQ echelons,thick i may be,hungry i aint.

[1g5a22]

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

where you from mate??

[1g5a22]

Sheep has been a good poster on this site for a long time. Your the one yet to post anything worth reading.

2 words mate

dickhead

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

the reason i ask were your from, (and forgive my presumption here) is im assuming your american,now to be called "not the sharpest tool" from someone whos nation elects a leader who is the intellectual equivalent of a nat!!is seriously patronising and quite laughable,

u know i once played chess with an american and very quickly proceeded to the finalising move of "checkmate" to which he replied "what u want paying aswell"!!

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first roy jones then marion jones
whos next,tom??

[killersheep]

2 words mate

dickhead

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

the reason i ask were your from, (and forgive my presumption here) is im assuming your american,now to be called "not the sharpest tool" from someone whos nation elects a leader who is the intellectual equivalent of a nat!!is seriously patronising and quite laughable,

u know i once played chess with an american and very quickly proceeded to the finalising move of "checkmate" to which he replied "what u want paying aswell"!!

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first roy jones then marion jones
whos next,tom??

Can't speak for him, but I didn't vote for Bush. Furthermore, I'll take any chess challenge you have.

[1g5a22]

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

the reason i ask were your from, (and forgive my presumption here) is im assuming your american,now to be called "not the sharpest tool" from someone whos nation elects a leader who is the intellectual equivalent of a nat!!is seriously patronising and quite laughable,

u know i once played chess with an american and very quickly proceeded to the finalising move of "checkmate" to which he replied "what u want paying aswell"!!

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first roy jones then marion jones
whos next,tom??

Can't speak for him, but I didn't vote for Bush. Furthermore, I'll take any chess challenge you have.

do you two come as a pair or what,i was addressing the p4pqueen,far be it for me to interfere with this special relationship you have with each other,i know you enjoy this online flirting and loveletters between the two of you so il keep it short,do you complete each other?

[killersheep]

the reason i ask were your from, (and forgive my presumption here) is im assuming your american,now to be called "not the sharpest tool" from someone whos nation elects a leader who is the intellectual equivalent of a nat!!is seriously patronising and quite laughable,

u know i once played chess with an american and very quickly proceeded to the finalising move of "checkmate" to which he replied "what u want paying aswell"!!

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first roy jones then marion jones
whos next,tom??

Can't speak for him, but I didn't vote for Bush. Furthermore, I'll take any chess challenge you have.

do you two come as a pair or what,i was addressing the p4pqueen,far be it for me to interfere with this special relationship you have with each other,i know you enjoy this online flirting and loveletters between the two of you so il keep it short,do you complete each other?

Not too good at staying on topic are ya? I guess you ran out of rational responses, so I'll just chalk this one up as resolved, good day.

[p4pking]

2 words mate

dickhead

Not the sharpest tool hmm?

the reason i ask were your from, (and forgive my presumption here) is im assuming your american,now to be called "not the sharpest tool" from someone whos nation elects a leader who is the intellectual equivalent of a nat!!is seriously patronising and quite laughable,

u know i once played chess with an american and very quickly proceeded to the finalising move of "checkmate" to which he replied "what u want paying aswell"!!

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first roy jones then marion jones
whos next,tom??

Im actually Canadian, not that it matters. I wouldn't have voted for Bush were I able to vote in the States, but at the same time, who cares if I would've? Most elections are a choice between two idiots anyways. You can hardly judge a perons intelligence by the leader their nation elects,and you sound beyond ignorant in doing so. The fact that an American would dare to insult your intelligence is in itself laughable to you? Would be like me making you a plate of stir fried dog shit and then finding it laughable that you would insult my cooking