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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    Yea, I agree it was definately a pro Vitali build up. Atleast they picked the right horse. Would have been a bit embarrassing for them if he came out to all that and got schooled.

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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    It was a shameful build up actually. It was like some huge Goebbels inspired parade. Fighters should walk to the ring with some music and a few explosions if they are that way inclined. But when you have the announcer saying such biased things as that, and have former champs who have obviously just said what they said for a bit of pocket money being projected like star wars style holograms....well it seems incredibly biased and beyond how things should be. Peter went out there to fight Vitali and that should have been enough without all that extra nonsense on top.

    I was watching that at at 6am in the Morning thinking what a pile of shit. And I still think the same. It was crap, as was the fight. I went to bed again straight after. I needed sleep.

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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    First of all, ring entrances in Germany are often quite spectacular (at least for the home fighter), and anyone surprised by this have not been paying too much attention to fights there before.

    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    It was a shameful build up actually. It was like some huge Goebbels inspired parade.
    Miles, you're a great poster, but not only is this bs, it's majorly disrespectful and borderline racist (well not racist, as Germans are the same race, but you get my drift). They were hyping the home fighter. They were selling him as good as they could. Nothing less, nothing more.

    You'd see the same with Hatton or Haye in England, but you would never dream of invoking the ghost of Goebbels then, would you?

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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel_K View Post
    First of all, ring entrances in Germany are often quite spectacular (at least for the home fighter), and anyone surprised by this have not been paying too much attention to fights there before.

    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    It was a shameful build up actually. It was like some huge Goebbels inspired parade.
    Miles, you're a great poster, but not only is this bs, it's majorly disrespectful and borderline racist (well not racist, as Germans are the same race, but you get my drift). They were hyping the home fighter. They were selling him as good as they could. Nothing less, nothing more.

    You'd see the same with Hatton or Haye in England, but you would never dream of invoking the ghost of Goebbels then, would you?
    I think you are quite right for calling me out on that statement. With hindsight I see that it was insensitive.

    I was just trying to say that I thought the slant they were trying to put was itself somewhat ridiculous and too much for my liking. Of course, it didnt quite come out that way when I hastily posted earlier. I would be critical of that kind of bombast regarding any fighter, and British fighters would not escape my scorn either.

    I summonsed up Goebbels as a name associated with spectacle and making things look grand from a designated angle, it was not intended as a xenophobic attack upon race nor nation.

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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel_K View Post
    First of all, ring entrances in Germany are often quite spectacular (at least for the home fighter), and anyone surprised by this have not been paying too much attention to fights there before.

    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    It was a shameful build up actually. It was like some huge Goebbels inspired parade.
    Miles, you're a great poster, but not only is this bs, it's majorly disrespectful and borderline racist (well not racist, as Germans are the same race, but you get my drift). They were hyping the home fighter. They were selling him as good as they could. Nothing less, nothing more.

    You'd see the same with Hatton or Haye in England, but you would never dream of invoking the ghost of Goebbels then, would you?
    I think you are quite right for calling me out on that statement. With hindsight I see that it was insensitive.

    I was just trying to say that I thought the slant they were trying to put was itself somewhat ridiculous and too much for my liking. Of course, it didnt quite come out that way when I hastily posted earlier. I would be critical of that kind of bombast regarding any fighter, and British fighters would not escape my scorn either.

    I summonsed up Goebbels as a name associated with spectacle and making things look grand from a designated angle, it was not intended as a xenophobic attack upon race nor nation.
    No harm done, I knew you did not mean it 'in that way'. For the record I dont have any particular sensibilities regarding Germans either. I do know however, how most Germans react when confronted in one way or another with those memories, especially in situations where there is no need at all to evoke them. So, even if I am not particularly pc, I thought the line was unfair. Anyway, the positive rep is returned, and even more so now I find you a class poster for admitting (even the slightest) mistakes.

    I still disagree with you that it was bad taste though - I thought it was damn cool!

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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    This was not the most partisan fight of all time. For one, we have had some bad crowds before. For another......the scorecards (at least one) was particularly generous to Peter. You wouldn't see that at teh most biased fight ever.
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    Default Re: Was the Peter Klitschko fight the most partisan of all time?

    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    This was not the most partisan fight of all time. For one, we have had some bad crowds before. For another......the scorecards (at least one) was particularly generous to Peter. You wouldn't see that at teh most biased fight ever.
    I wasn't talking about the crowd or the judges though I just meant the sickening outpouring of support for Vitali from all of his most illustrious boxing peers, and even Michael Buffer introduing the REIGNING champ as the guy coming to spoil the party.

    The WBC might just as well have presented Sam's belt to Vitali in the dressing room so he could carry it out with him when he did his ring walk, in fact it wouldn't have suprised me at all if they actually asked Peter if he'd mind loaning them the belt for 10 mins

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