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As is quite often true, I think Prince Kool is **** on the money here.
I have colleagues at work who went to see Tyson Fury V Dilian Whyte. They have a very keen interest in football, but their knowledge of boxing is very patchy. They would've heard of SRR, SRL, Ali, Frazier, Robert Duran, Floyd & Pac &, TBH, that is it apart from, of course, Mike Tyson. They definitely wouldn't have heard of Salvador Sanchez, Meldrick Taylor, Aaron Pryor, Wilfredo Benitez, Edwin Rosario to give just a few examples of men that boxing fans think are household names.They would never dream of going to watch a British title fight, still less an area fight, what would be the point of that? They want to jump up & down & whoop when punches land (or when they think they and). They definitely don't need some smart aleck trying to educate them that 'that MoFo needs to be spinning out of clinches or he be eating that MoFo's right hand'.
IME, the guys who turn up at a small hall, or even York Hall, to watch a British title fight know what it takes. Many of them have boxed, but even those that haven't boxed have an idea how much it takes & what it means. It is the football supporters that turn up to be big events who will shout 'quitter' & 'coward' & genuniely not know any better. They genuinely don't even realise there was a line, near mind crossing it.
Anyway, sorry, because I seem to have taken a long time to say what Prince Kool already said!
I have colleagues at work who went to see Tyson Fury V Dilian Whyte. They have a very keen interest in football, but their knowledge of boxing is very patchy. They would've heard of SRR, SRL, Ali, Frazier, Robert Duran, Floyd & Pac &, TBH, that is it apart from, of course, Mike Tyson. They definitely wouldn't have heard of Salvador Sanchez, Meldrick Taylor, Aaron Pryor, Wilfredo Benitez, Edwin Rosario to give just a few examples of men that boxing fans think are household names.They would never dream of going to watch a British title fight, still less an area fight, what would be the point of that? They want to jump up & down & whoop when punches land (or when they think they and). They definitely don't need some smart aleck trying to educate them that 'that MoFo needs to be spinning out of clinches or he be eating that MoFo's right hand'.
IME, the guys who turn up at a small hall, or even York Hall, to watch a British title fight know what it takes. Many of them have boxed, but even those that haven't boxed have an idea how much it takes & what it means. It is the football supporters that turn up to be big events who will shout 'quitter' & 'coward' & genuniely not know any better. They genuinely don't even realise there was a line, near mind crossing it.
Anyway, sorry, because I seem to have taken a long time to say what Prince Kool already said!
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