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...in Britain, by Warren, at the British public.
This means that all the Americans who are thoroughly enjoying his downfall have absolutely no justification for doing so apart from that he is British. He was never hyped by, say, The Ring. He was never mentioned by HBO or ESPN. He was scarcely even mentioned by British boxing fans, apart from in the context of being overrated and having a poor chin.
I can understand people suggesting that Calzaghe and Hatton are hyped because they have been pushed somewhat by various US agencies. I can understand Haye as well, though Haye largely hypes himself. However a fighter who has had no exposure in the US, who has had no fights in the US and who wasn't even on the radar in the US cannot be accused of being hyped in the US. So where's the beef?
So the motivation is pretty obviously baseless nationalism. That British fighters are a threat to American hegemony is patently obvious when reading similar "hype" accusations against the likes of Clinton Woods and Gary Lockett of all people.
Let's not forget that just as in America for every hypejob there are a dozen unheralded fighters plying their trade. For every guy with the weight of public favour behind them there's another one who the public for one reason or another doesn't care about. And getting a shot against a more well known fighter doesn't automatically make them hyped, no matter what the wishful thinking about Clinton Woods and Gary Lockett suggests.
So while Khan lost in the worst possible way you have to remember that you never had to deal with the Khan hypetrain and that in boxing circles it was well documented that Khan was a knockout waiting to happen.
And I won 25,000 points.
This means that all the Americans who are thoroughly enjoying his downfall have absolutely no justification for doing so apart from that he is British. He was never hyped by, say, The Ring. He was never mentioned by HBO or ESPN. He was scarcely even mentioned by British boxing fans, apart from in the context of being overrated and having a poor chin.
I can understand people suggesting that Calzaghe and Hatton are hyped because they have been pushed somewhat by various US agencies. I can understand Haye as well, though Haye largely hypes himself. However a fighter who has had no exposure in the US, who has had no fights in the US and who wasn't even on the radar in the US cannot be accused of being hyped in the US. So where's the beef?
So the motivation is pretty obviously baseless nationalism. That British fighters are a threat to American hegemony is patently obvious when reading similar "hype" accusations against the likes of Clinton Woods and Gary Lockett of all people.
Let's not forget that just as in America for every hypejob there are a dozen unheralded fighters plying their trade. For every guy with the weight of public favour behind them there's another one who the public for one reason or another doesn't care about. And getting a shot against a more well known fighter doesn't automatically make them hyped, no matter what the wishful thinking about Clinton Woods and Gary Lockett suggests.
So while Khan lost in the worst possible way you have to remember that you never had to deal with the Khan hypetrain and that in boxing circles it was well documented that Khan was a knockout waiting to happen.
And I won 25,000 points.
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