Quote Originally Posted by Hughesd View Post
our boxers too much ? just curious as british boxers tend to get a lot of hate on this forum. i'm not trying to turn this into a britain vs usa thread as i think our countries should stick together. just wondering as Hatton, Froch, Haye, Calzaghe, Khan, eubank and benn get torn to shreds on here.
I can't say I've ever seen Eubank & Benn get torn down on here, they seem to get pretty much universal respect. As for the question, of course Brits hype our boxers too much, we do it with any vaguely talented guy we've got in any sport that we want to be good at (ie one we 'invented'). The England football team since Euro 96 (although that team was fuckin good) is a perfect example of that.

It's largely due to our tabloid media being a bunch of vultures desperate for any vague chance to bang on about how we're still the best at something. Usually backfiring like England at the last World Cup, every Wimbledon & Hatton vs Mayweather/Pacquiao.