The day 20,000 Brits shut their mouths

[Dick Buffman]

This one's for you Pitty!!

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=388645&highlight=Pitty

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

The day 20,000 Brits shut their mouths?

Yea 8th December 2007...

Then again the brit**** were so drunk they prob didn't even realise Hatton had lost.

[PittyPat]

The day 20,000 Brits shut their mouths?

Yea 8th December 2007...

Then again the brit**** were so drunk they prob didn't even realise Hatton had lost.

Thing is, there's a huge difference between the fickle, one-time-only Mitchell fans who left as soon as their boy lost; and the unrelenting Hatton fans who still kept beating their drums faithfully and chanting his name after losing - on both occasions.

It takes a real boxing fan to stay behind and cheer both fighters for their efforts.

[BetterCallSaul]

It's probably 'cause at darts games you're allowed to smoke and drink whilst going barmy for a bloke ("athlete"?!) throwing darts at a board for a few hours.

Snooker, though... whilst I like it, I just don't understand why a whole nation can become so fixated on such a technical, quiet event for 2 weeks.

It's crazy. Snooker is only shown these days because it gets good tv figures, but it cost the BBC £18m to secure a five year deal for the four biggest snooker tournaments. That equates to around £3.6m per year. That yearly sum could pay for Khan vs Malignaggi, Mitchell vs Katsidis, Froch vs Kessler, Froch vs Abraham, and maybe a David Haye fight thrown in too.

In my mind, the BBC should have a budget of £10m a year to purchase the rights to big domestic fights, and big international match-ups too. The viewing numbers would reflect boxings popularity if the BBC commited to a new boxing schedule.

[SkillspayBills]

I was thinking of calling you a ***** for not pulling out the Aussie flag WHILE the fight was happening but come to think of it if you did, and having the fight finish the way it did, all the Brit anger would have been taken out on you.

[Sick/]

was there any mitchell fans on this board? because i never seen many

[S.G.]

was there any mitchell fans on this board? because i never seen many

It seemed like most of us kind of liked him, but he hadn't really gotten to the stage where he had rabid fans a la Khan/Hatton/Calzaghe (or any dedicated haters for that matter.)