Anybody else hate talking to 'boxing fans' in real life

[Poppo168]

I'm glad you boys agree haha, I get invited to the pub to watch boxing with my mates who love sports in general but I cringe with some of the things they say. Even in the gym a lot of guys who box don't know much about the current boxing scene somehow.

[Rip Chudd]

what's that

That crap is crazy man. Cause it's always them talking some nonsense they heard that isn't anywhere near the truth. Then I say something and it's like "Oh, I guess you actually follow the sport". Then after that nobody wants to talk about boxing anymore, they'd rather just go off of rumors or false info

[A.K]

Casuals everywhere and this is litteraly everyone they know to claim being a fan

Floyd
Pac
Tyson
Ali
Mcgreggor
Canelo
Ggg
Cotto
Broner

[Poppo168]

Casuals everywhere and this is litteraly everyone they know to claim being a fan

Floyd
Pac
Tyson
Ali
Mcgreggor
Canelo
Ggg
Cotto
Broner

I'm from England so it's more of a boxing culture at the moment, they'll also know Bellew, Haye, AJ, Fury, and maybe watched Crolla fight linares,

they are limited on what they know but they've watched a couple of their fights but have no clue about boxers anywhere else in the world or boxing history of any kind

[BigZ44]

I honestly don't know anybody that I would describe as more than a casual boxing fan and I only have a couple friends that are even casual fans. It sucks not knowing anyone that is a hardcore boxing fan. Literally the only time my friends were interested in boxing was Mayweather/Pacquiao or telling me how Mike Tyson would knock out anyone, ever. FML

[chrisJS]

Luckily a lot of my closest friends are hardcore. I'd say a casual fan is better to talk to than a hater/nutthugger. This place seems to be majority hater/hugger/casual than what you'd expect. I mean if I was fairly new to Boxing I'd think Hagler was basically Gabe Rosado level and that GGG and Ward are either #1 & 2 all-time best or #1 and 2 all-time worst. That's a little more tedious than a casual fan claiming "nobody could beat prime Tyson".

[SkillspayBills]

We are a rare breed of boxing fan. I notice I have to control myself around people saying completely ignorant things about boxing when I'm in the gym.

[FeFist]

It depends on what type of fans they are. I have come across folks that don't know much about fightets promoted overseas but they follow the sport on a local level.

More than not knowing is people chatting rubbish. The latter makes me roll my eyes.

[pacmanis1]

First time I met one of my best friends he said he was a boxing fan. I totally dismissed him until he started talking about how impressed he was with how Porter destroyed Paulie. I expected him to just know who Pacquiao and Mayweather were but dude knew his stuff.

[GhostofDempsey]

I enjoy talking to boxing fans, even if I disagree with them. I won't talk to so-called boxing fans who are typically fan-boys of one or two fighters and have no knowledge of boxing history.