Michael Buffer: British fans are the best, american fans arent real fans

[Randall Cunning]

When it comes to boxing, live events in the us can come off as super boring depending on the location and crowd. When u watch a live fight in the uk, even canada, the energy and excitement from the crowd is very present through the television.

Leeds fans have to be the nuttiest, 12,000 of them going bat**** insane throughout a Josh Warrington 12 round borefest

[*TonyMontana*]

you brits are lucky usa isnt closer.

Move closer

WE DARE YOU!!!!!

[Elroy The Great]

Move closer

WE DARE YOU!!!!!

howdy


us fat yanks disposing of british remnants

(sry, had to make room for my images)

[LockardTheGOAT]

Americans would rather support a foreigner than their fellow countrymen

see

May-Pac
GGG-Jacobs
Ward-KKK

Why would I support someone only because they were from the same country?

[SCEN3RY]

I didn't get to that part of the interview (time stamp). American boxing fans generally like the big acts; the bigger the act, the bigger the turn out. British support seems to be much more wide-spread among their fighters and that's also due to more boxing fans! Americans don't watch boxing. Plus what American right now is comparable to an AJ? You really have to put this into perspective. Since the Gold Medal, Brits have had time to warm up to AJ after delivering knockout performances.

I like the way Americans are more unbiased towards foreign fighters. They recognize entertainment and skill and that's what television is supposed to be about. Nobody wants to be bored and if the Kazak is putting on thrilling performances, then why not give him his fair credit? Instead of getting nationalistic about it.

[therealpugilist]

its true....american boxing fans are the most fickle, bandwagon jumping fans around

many dont even support americans....you know who they are

[deathofaclown]

I didn't get to that part of the interview (time stamp). American boxing fans generally like the big acts; the bigger the act, the bigger the turn out. British support seems to be much more wide-spread among their fighters and that's also due to more boxing fans! Americans don't watch boxing. Plus what American right now is comparable to an AJ? You really have to put this into perspective.

Surely Wilder is/was somewhat comparable to AJ? Olympic medal winners who then went on big KO streak and won a HW belt without beating anybody that good. Joshua does have a full TV network backing him though and a huge hype machine but there is also a lot of similarities between the two.

The fact Wilder is largely unknown in USA speaks volumes really about how USA has lost interest in boxing for the most part when it comes to the casual market. I know he hasn't has the best competition but could you imagine an American KO artist WBC Champion of the world not being known in the 90's and before, regardless of level of competition? no chance, that person would be very famous back then.

It's just different times now.

[Poppo168]

Wilder said in the weigh in's today “I’m so excited for the future of the division, it was once in a dark place, but now there is light. Now I’m here in England with the best fans in the world.

Seems like most of these guys think British fans are the best.

[Hatesrats]

I'm throwing a cup full of beer/pizz on that overrated bytch when I catch 'em outside how 'bout 'dat! #JLennonJr4Life

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Surely Wilder is/was somewhat comparable to AJ? Olympic medal winners who then went on big KO streak and won a HW belt without beating anybody that good. Joshua does have a full TV network backing him though and a huge hype machine but there is also a lot of similarities between the two.

The fact Wilder is largely unknown in USA speaks volumes really about how USA has lost interest in boxing for the most part when it comes to the casual market. I know he hasn't has the best competition but could you imagine an American KO artist WBC Champion of the world not being known in the 90's and before, regardless of level of competition? no chance, that person would be very famous back then.

It's just different times now.

Good points. It probably says something that I completely forgot about Wilder. Inconsistency, perhaps. He's not active enough. Jumping from network to network. He gets knockouts but I think I only watch like every other fight of his (not that I'm more consistent with AJ). I'm not even entertained. I recall HBO bringing him up a few times during their broadcasts and I was just thinking, the only hype this guy is getting this month is from a rival network? It's partly poor management. Also the only boxing support in America was largely focused on the welterweight division for much of Wilder's professional career. Whereas with AJ there was large support from the very start of his career and his handlers honed it well.

American fans are generally more honest imo. They don't care much for guys fighting bums or unknowns. Pacquiao is still one of the most entertaining fighters imo, I truly think he's a terrific talent to be doing what he is at his age, at this weight, but nobody cares about him fighting Jeff Horn around here. It's not without reason. Americans aren't afraid of being overly critical (especially after they've seen you suffer some losses).