Do u americans think that we british fans hype up ...

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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.

we build them up so we can knock them down

Joe Calzaghe doesnt get a column in the tabloids why? because he was constantly succesful and never lost. Hatton on the other hand is still as popular as ever.

We`ll no doubt spend the next 12months telling the whole world how were going to south africa and bringing home the world cup just so once we inevitably fail we can all have a good moan about what went wrong!!

Calzaghe doesnt get column inches because he never foght anyone. Hatton gets Kudos because he challenged bonafide champions in their own backyard. Like it or not, thats what the majority of americas boxing fans see my friend. Not having a pop, just calling it how i see it as far as these two guys are concerned

To be fair Hatton was getting column inches as if he was the new Roberto Duran when he was fighting the likes of Phillips,Tackie and Olivera.

The reason for this was because there was so much intrest from the fans.