Why are British fighters so overhyped?

[Pretty Boy32]

I think we can all agree, they have never had an elite world class fighter. Joshua is a cherry picker in a weak division

The last true would champion they had was Eubank sr and Collins destroyed him.

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[RespekonMyName]

At least they had Lennox.

[Mr.Fantastic]

The same thing happens here. Look at how many boxers have had hype on this side of the world and fail.

[moochi]

Calzaghe
Froch

[Beercules]

Kell Brook was good

[PRINCEKOOL]

They are not over-hyped, they just have more support in comparison to American fighters. Deontay Wilder has no real fans, just followers on Instagram and Twitter or? People who turn up to watch him fight etc

If Deontay Wilder was fighting overseas, I highly doubt he would bring with him 1000's upon 1000's of America fans etc

[chrisJS]

I think we can all agree, they have never had an elite world class fighter. Joshua is a cherry picker in a weak division

The last true would champion they had was Eubank sr and Collins destroyed him.

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NEVER suggests in history. I'll take you to school again here as I normally do -

Lennox Lewis
Ted "Kid" Lewis
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jackie "Kid" Berg
Ken Buchanan
Benny Lynch
Randolph Turpin (2nd man to defeat SRR)
Joe Calzaghe (unbeaten doe)
Jimmy Driscoll
Jimmy Wilde (seen in many all-time top 20 p4p rankings by respect historians unknown to message board casual fanboys)
Freddie Welsh
Naseem Hamed

Just a sampling of some legit hall of famers off the top of my head.

Your lack of basic fundamental knowledge never ceases to amaze me but I will continue to educate you with free sessions. I hope you acquire more knowledge from these and make the transition from casual fanboy to boxing fan. We need more boxing fans.

[Citizen Koba]

I think we can all agree, they have never had an elite world class fighter. Joshua is a cherry picker in a weak division

The last true would champion they had was Eubank sr and Collins destroyed him.

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We enjoy watching our guys fight. We get excited about them. That such a bad thing? Why does it bother you that other people overhype the fighters they like? Seems to me that's a lot healthier than the weird agenda laden **** I too often see from our US brothers.

[DrHouse579]

We enjoy watching our guys fight. We get excited about them. That such a bad thing? Why does it bother you that other people overhype the fighters they like? Seems to me that's a lot healthier than the weird agenda laden **** I too often see from our US brothers.

As a US fan, I wholeheartedly agree. The number of people here who were rooting for Brook to beat Spence and expose him as a hype job was ridiculous. I mean we had a UK fighter who took his belt from an American champion, and an American fighter has a chance to bring it home and some people still siding with Brook.. **** don't make no sense..

[dellboi94]

It maybe over the top, but you can't say we don't support our fighters. You do not get that in America. You have Americans supporting Eastern Europeans for christ sake. As a hardcore fight fan, yes the casuals over here in the UK get annoying but I would rather that than have the toxic attitude SOME US fans have.