Booing adds to the occassion.

I don't see why it's disrespectful to boo the anthem yet it's fine to boo a fighter. A 'country' cannot be offended. Only the people who live in the country can be offended, so then it becomes a personal issue.

So if only the people who live in the country (you for example) can be offended, how is that worse than booing the fighter - who i presume could be offended or at least intimidated, seen as though all the hostility is aimed at him, rather than be spread out amongst a country.

Are you more important than the fighter? Nobody can account for the rest of the country. It may offend people individually.....just like booing one person may offend the individual. Unless you're more important than that individual, then you can't really say whether or not it is worse.