Different things seem to impress fans from certain countries

[S A M U R A I]

I came to this conclusion after the Khan fight and the extremely positive (certainly on this board) reaction he recieved from our American cousins.

Does the American fight fan value knockouts more than anyone else?

Because as a Khan fan, he didn't really show me too much I didn't already know. Apart from the way he didn't just spoil his own work after he had Salita hurt. I knew Khan could punch when he sat down on his punches. I knew Khan was unbelievably fast. I knew Khan was accurate. I knew all these things. He's displayed them all before, before Prescott, and before Freddie Roach. He's shown them against fighters like Michael Gomez and Graham Earl and we can't for definete say that Salita is better than either of those two men.

On the undercard. Kevin Mitchell managed to emerge from fighting Breidis Prescott with Prescott managing to land just 11% of his punches and most of those landed to the body. Kevin Mitchell was a guy that so far in his career had only showed an appetite for war and would take and give punishment. He was a front foot fighter, he never took a backward step. When he got hurt it was a red rag to a bull - he'd start swinging for the cheap seats. Cue, the Prescott fight and a change to boxing off the backfoot for large periods and -Prescott couldn't hit him with anything. And, when he did. What happened?......nothing, absolutely nothing. Not a blink, not a grimace. Nothing.

I can't help but feel Kevin showed us far far more than Amir Khan did. I guess this is a global forum, so Kevin might end up getting more praise in the British boxing publications.

But Mitchell to me was more impressive. He showed an ability to stick to a gameplan. An iron chin. A great defence. A big heart to take risks to get inside and land bombs on his man and ultimately back up and batter the bigger man.

All this in his first fight at a new weight against the biggest guy in the division.

Anyway. It's understandable as there is more hype about Khan, but he got more praise than I expected. I guess Americans really love those knockouts.

British fans tend to value heart over most things like the Mexicans. What are the characteristics other nations?

I think the difference is styles. Maybe people won't like the Kevin Mitchell style so much as Khan's.

Going on that fight alone, Mitchell is not very exciting to watch. He did what he had to do -- avoid bombs -- and I give credit for pulling off the game plan, but his style irritates me and he irritates me as a person.

I realize I might be being totally unreasonable here, but I still don't rate Mitchell very highly. Honestly, I think his last fight says more about Prescott's lack of skill than it says about Mitchell's skill.



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[Chunk..]

I don't think Kevin Mitchell looked that great to be honest with you.

[Sparked_1985]

in safe too say that the americans find it hard too be impressed by british fighters,i know it sounds ******,hell it is ******,but its true
but its cool real boxing fans arent bothered about nationality and their are a few on here,you just have too ignore the haters i suppose

There is that too.

To generalise it is true. We'll send cannon fodder over to the states like Gary Lockett and Michael Jennings and some posters on here with absolutely no rhyme or reason will pretend that we hyped them up. Even though both are just good domestic fighters who aren't anywhere near world class. Then when they get stopped they are written off a bums - they're not bums.

There is also ignorance over.....a British style. There is no British style of fighter.

[Sparked_1985]

I think the difference is styles. Maybe people won't like the Kevin Mitchell style so much as Khan's.

Going on that fight alone, Mitchell is not very exciting to watch. He did what he had to do -- avoid bombs -- and I give credit for pulling off the game plan, but his style irritates me and he irritates me as a person.

I realize I might be being totally unreasonable here, but I still don't rate Mitchell very highly. Honestly, I think his last fight says more about Prescott's lack of skill than it says about Mitchell's skill.

You're just a regionalist Samurai.

Regionalist against Essex. Tut tut.

I thought Kev looked good, he was never going to bomb Prescott out, he looked 3 weight classes smaller than the Columbian Freakaloid.

[dumber79]

mitchell had a game plan, stuck to it and looked great.

i'm english and would rather see a good match in terms of ability and a KO, rather that a pi$$ poor warren style match up, that just makes one boxer looked good in order to generate ticket sales and a boxers profile.