Comments Thread For: Photo: Kovalev Gave Cleverly Fans a Message After Win

[Mr. Philadel]

2 things I love about the British fans....one thing is the booing of the anthems lol.....personally I hate those ****ing anthems....every last one of them....I never stand for those meaningless ass songs....I stay seated when asked to rise....others be giving me that ********* look but I don't care lol

The other thing I love about the British fans is that "WHO ARE YOU" chant....that's my **** right there

The **** that I don't like is when they sing during the fight....smh....not cool!!!

[LacedUp]

2 things I love about the British fans....one thing is the booing of the anthems lol.....personally I hate those ****ing anthems....every last one of them....I never stand for those meaningless ass songs....I stay seated when asked to rise....others be giving me that ********* look but I don't care lol

The other thing I love about the British fans is that "WHO ARE YOU" chant....that's my **** right there

The **** that I don't like is when they sing during the fight....smh....not cool!!!

Prime examples:

Mayweather vs Hatton weigh in and Haye-Wlad weigh in.

Unfortunately it didn't really help much.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Of course he's got some fans in the UK but during the pre-fight press conference over there, most fans were shouting "who are you?" while giving him the finger. I'm talking about what the majority of british boxing fans do at press conferences/weigh-ins/fight night. They're more disrespectful than fans from other countries, at least from what I've seen, you gotta admit that. They have some qualities that other fans don't have but respect ain't one of them.

Yanks don't seem to have a sense of humour or irony so I guess I should understand why you'd find a chant like "Who are you" to be offensive

[Light_Speed]

Yanks don't seem to have a sense of humour or irony so I guess I should understand why you'd find a chant like "Who are you" to be offensive

I'm not american but yelling "who are you" at an elite fighter is disrespectful. I don't mind when fans boo a c.ocky fighter who plays the bad guy, it's logical, but booing a fighter just because he's not from your country? Where else do you see that? There's a clear lack of respect over there.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I'm not american but yelling "who are you" at an elite fighter is disrespectful. I don't mind when fans boo a c.ocky fighter who plays the bad guy, it's logical, but booing a fighter just because he's not from your country? Where else do you see that? There's a clear lack of respect over there.

It's ironic. Mayweather is one of the most recognisable faces in the world, chanting "Who are you" at him is ironic. I remember fans chanting "you fat bastard" at him when he weighed more than Hatton at the weigh-in. It's banter.

[CraigM]

lol at this turning into a Yanks don't get our sense of humour thread.

A lot of it comes from football and the banter between teams..

Ask Buffer where he would most like to announce and he says the UK, because we turn up and have fun! If you want to sit down and say nothing just watch it at home, we have big turn outs at events for a reason!

[SnakeVen0m]

Yanks don't seem to have a sense of humour or irony so I guess I should understand why you'd find a chant like "Who are you" to be offensive

Does everyone in the UK refer to Americans as "yanks" or is that some type of derogatory word?

[Light_Speed]

It's ironic. Mayweather is one of the most recognisable faces in the world, chanting "Who are you" at him is ironic. I remember fans chanting "you fat bastard" at him when he weighed more than Hatton at the weigh-in. It's banter.

It's not just about Mayweather, it's about the general behavior of british boxing fans, they're more disrespectful than other fans, it's a fact. But it's not a huge deal to me, at the end of the day it's a one-on-one sport, they can't do **** besides talking and booing.

[LacedUp]

It's not just about Mayweather, it's about the general behavior of british boxing fans, they're more disrespectful than other fans, it's a fact. But it's not a huge deal to me, at the end of the day it's a one-on-one sport, they can't do **** besides talking and booing.

Dude it's all fun and games. We are just messing around. If you want to sit down and say nothing in a fight, go to Germany,

I could be wrong, but then again, I could be right in saying that Nazeem Hamed was booed constantly when he was fighting in America. Tyson Fury didn't do too well either.

At least we are original enough to come up with something better than "boooo".

[Dirk Diggler UK]

It's not just about Mayweather, it's about the general behavior of british boxing fans, they're more disrespectful than other fans, it's a fact. But it's not a huge deal to me, at the end of the day it's a one-on-one sport, they can't do **** besides talking and booing.

To you it's disrespectful, you're a sensitive guy obviously.