Boos for national anthems are disgraceful

[Drago]

didn't know that... hate any booing i i'm honest... i remember being at the hatton philips fight and witter was on the undercard

he got booed to fuck i thought it was totally classless


but i did laugh when in they all sang witter witter he likes it up the shitter

couldnt of been sang to a better person

[Drago]

oh better also say i think booing a national anthem is pathetic, but nothing compared to whistling & jeering at a minutes silence in football games, thats much worse.

[The Fightfan]

I won't defend the booing but it was probably in retalliation from the Hatton fans booing Mayweathers (the US) National Anthem. Two wrongs don't make a right, but I can tell you that if I were drunk and had the opportunity to hear my "boo's" heard on national TV in retalliation, then i would ..

To be honest, i've never heard a national anthem boo'd until the mayweather/hatton fight. I don't want to hear that they're booing the fighter. It is the COUNTRIES national anthem. It's about sportsmanship. The boo's should take place when the fighter is walking towards the ring, and/or when his name/record is being announced. That is the time to boo the fighter for personal reasons. Not the country he is from.

I was going to say this fight when I've seen the main post.

[The Fightfan]

Also if you really think about it. What happens when you get a guy like Lennox Lewis again? Do you play the British,Canadian,and Jamaican national anthems? It's pointless if you ask me too.

[Spicoli]

This is a pet peeve,I think its pretty chitty and uncalled for.Boxing is a wide international sport bringing fighters from every walk of life and many nations together.In some cases,the hopes and focus.....rightfully or wrongfully....of a country can be piled onto a fighters shoulders.....they enter under the flag and respect and common courtesy are not too much to ask for.No matter If its In England,Germany or the States....Or New York.Check out An introduction and anthem over in Japan,you can hear a pin drop!

Its just classless,if you represent and vocalize support for a favorite fighter....try cheering louder or at least reserving your negative vibes for the moment the fighter in introduced by the MC....not during the National Anthem.Save that silly shite and buy a ticket to attend a WWE wrestling match .

[Trainer Monkey]

I dont really care if they run a national anthem or not,but if they are running it,there's no reason to boo it unless your a total a-hole

[HattonTheHammer]

This is a pet peeve,I think its pretty chitty and uncalled for.Boxing is a wide international sport bringing fighters from every walk of life and many nations together.In some cases,the hopes and focus.....rightfully or wrongfully....of a country can be piled onto a fighters shoulders.....they enter under the flag and respect and common courtesy are not too much to ask for.No matter If its In England,Germany or the States....Or New York.Check out An introduction and anthem over in Japan,you can hear a pin drop!

Its just classless,if you represent and vocalize support for a favorite fighter....try cheering louder or at least reserving your negative vibes for the moment the fighter in introduced by the MC....not during the National Anthem.Save that silly shite and buy a ticket to attend a WWE wrestling match .

great post

When England play a game of football the social standings come into play and more often than not a french/german/australian anthem will get booed. However head to twickenham for a game of rugby and you wont hear a single jeer amongst the 80 odd thousand in attendance.

Its no defence for the morons that did boo the stars and stripes but it was like 10-11pm on a saturday night out in vegas and im pretty sure the majority of those that did do it did it to try and get a reaction out of mayweather which sadly didnt come.

But booing your hosts national anthem is pretty much the equivelant of wiping your arse on their flag and i sincerely hope the americans in attendance that night dont tarnish us all with the same brush.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

why does it bother people that they booed? Now if they booed the US national anthem for keeping us all waiting I could understand that.

Daft thing is once one side starts it off the other side kicks in, either because it the football terrance mentality or because like me, you find the whole thing ridiculous in the first place. Playground stuff. You boo me I boo you.

I refuse to stand for national anthems. Don't take it that I hate you or your country because I don't stand for my own. I consider it to be making a point. If I stood to because its convention then I become one of the sheep I complain about. Or it could just be I'm too lazy to get back up after I've gotten comfy

[Fenster]

I think it's pretty bad/idiotic/juvenile.

Although the moronic Puerto rican/Americans were at least at HOME.

The moronic Hatton fans were STUPID beyond belief - Their man was fighting an American, in America, with THREE American judges and an American based/living ref. Unbelievable.

[Gandalf]

I don't see the big deal. It is disrespectful, but it isn't something I can get upset about. Personally I would never boo an anthem, but if others choose to do so then so be it. I'm not one for anthems at fights anyway. It isn't a case of "us" against "them".

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I think it's pretty bad/idiotic/juvenile.

Although the moronic Puerto rican/Americans were at least at HOME.

The moronic Hatton fans were STUPID beyond belief - Their man was fighting an American, in America, with THREE American judges and an American based/living ref. Unbelievable.

maybe the Khan fans can boo Barrera. That would be fun

[Kev]

Am I the only person who likes the booing?

Seriously boxing is about watching two people attempt to beat up the other guy and the vast majority of the paying fans at the event are there to support one of those guys against the other.

They paid their cash to be there, they have every right to support their fighter and boo the opposing fighter and his anthem if they want to it's all pantomime and part of what makes sport great.

Newsflash, the vast majority of sports fans don't pay their cash to watch something impartially without an opinion on all wins. And secondly its a natural reaction for all sporting fans to see a victory for our fighter, our team etc as a victory for us, it's what gives sport its meaning and value.

The vast majority of people who go to sporting events go with groups of friends, they get pissed, boo the other team, other guy, sing songs, chant etc. It's just harmless fun.

If fans wern't allowed to boo, chant, sing and be totally partisan they most likely wouldn't go the fights, matches etc.

Do you want everyone to have to wear a shirt and tie like Merchent and Lampley and then sit in silence like they do for tennis whilst eating strawberries and sipping pims?

Fuck that, boxing is a rough working man's game and its fans the rough working class man. If he's going to stump up his hard earned cash to go and watch a fight then he has every right to boo the shit out of the other fighter and his country if he wants to.

If you don't like booing of the anthems then stop playing them, its not like any fan in the arena wants to sit through 15 mins of gay pre fight pagentry anyhow with wannabe American R&B stars competing amongst themselves to see who can bastardise their anthem the most by turning it into some hip hop dance track or showcase their vocal skills.

[Gandalf]

Am I the only person who likes the booing?

Seriously boxing is about watching two people attempt to beat up the other guy and the vast majority of the paying fans at the event are there to support one of those guys against the other.

They paid their cash to be there, they have every right to support their fighter and boo the opposing fighter and his anthem if they want to it's all pantomime and part of what makes sport great.

Newsflash, the vast majority of sports fans don't pay their cash to watch something impartially without an opinion on all wins. And secondly its a natural reaction for all sporting fans to see a victory for our fighter, our team etc as a victory for us, it's what gives sport its meaning and value.

The vast majority of people who go to sporting events go with groups of friends, they get pissed, boo the other team, other guy, sing songs, chant etc. It's just harmless fun.

If fans wern't allowed to boo, chant, sing and be totally partisan they most likely wouldn't go the fights, matches etc.

Do you want everyone to have to wear a shirt and tie like Merchent and Lampley and then sit in silence like they do for tennis whilst eating strawberries and sipping pims?

Fuck that, boxing is a rough working man's game and its fans the rough working class man. If he's going to stump up his hard earned cash to go and watch a fight then he has every right to boo the shit out of the other fighter and his country if he wants to.

If you don't like booing of the anthems then stop playing them, its not like any fan in the arena wants to sit through 15 mins of gay pre fight pagentry anyhow with wannabe American R&B stars competing amongst themselves to see who can bastardise their anthem the most by turning it into some hip hop dance track or showcase their vocal skills.

The last part you mention is the thing that does actually bug me a lot. Anthems are bad enough anyway, but why the need for these god awful singers how over enunciate every word and stretch out the anthem for as long as possible?? Now some of these singers really deserve a good booing!

Just dreadful IMO.

[Kev]

Am I the only person who likes the booing?

Seriously boxing is about watching two people attempt to beat up the other guy and the vast majority of the paying fans at the event are there to support one of those guys against the other.

They paid their cash to be there, they have every right to support their fighter and boo the opposing fighter and his anthem if they want to it's all pantomime and part of what makes sport great.

Newsflash, the vast majority of sports fans don't pay their cash to watch something impartially without an opinion on all wins. And secondly its a natural reaction for all sporting fans to see a victory for our fighter, our team etc as a victory for us, it's what gives sport its meaning and value.

The vast majority of people who go to sporting events go with groups of friends, they get pissed, boo the other team, other guy, sing songs, chant etc. It's just harmless fun.

If fans wern't allowed to boo, chant, sing and be totally partisan they most likely wouldn't go the fights, matches etc.

Do you want everyone to have to wear a shirt and tie like Merchent and Lampley and then sit in silence like they do for tennis whilst eating strawberries and sipping pims?

Fuck that, boxing is a rough working man's game and its fans the rough working class man. If he's going to stump up his hard earned cash to go and watch a fight then he has every right to boo the shit out of the other fighter and his country if he wants to.

If you don't like booing of the anthems then stop playing them, its not like any fan in the arena wants to sit through 15 mins of gay pre fight pagentry anyhow with wannabe American R&B stars competing amongst themselves to see who can bastardise their anthem the most by turning it into some hip hop dance track or showcase their vocal skills.

The last part you mention is the thing that does actually bug me a lot. Anthems are bad enough anyway, but why the need for these god awful singers how over enunciate every word and stretch out the anthem for as long as possible?? Now some of these singers really deserve a good booing!

Just dreadful IMO.

I hate the way the Americans do their anthems, so utterly self important and over the top.

If they don't like the booing they could try and be classy like in Germany with the good looking classical orchestra girls, that's a nice sophisticated way to do the intros in my opinion. True they usually ruin it afterwards with some long haired homosexual student kid singing a love ballad to Nikolay Valuev on his guitair but the anthems themselves are exceedingly well done.

[ono]

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.