This could make some really interesting PhD level work, studying and comparing fan-bases from multiple sports.
With regard to boxing, I've wondered if it has some correlation to the individualism in the sport - both the boxers and the fans. With team sports, you're likely to have players of multiple races, and those players will change over time, while in boxing, Wilder is black and Fury is white.
I also get the impression that team sport fans tend to be more communal in events, even just like wearing a jersey somewhere - it's public, it's community, there's a centrality to it. Whereas in boxing, everyone is kind of atomized, the fighters in their own hidden gyms, the fans without that central, public domain.
With regard to boxing, I've wondered if it has some correlation to the individualism in the sport - both the boxers and the fans. With team sports, you're likely to have players of multiple races, and those players will change over time, while in boxing, Wilder is black and Fury is white.
I also get the impression that team sport fans tend to be more communal in events, even just like wearing a jersey somewhere - it's public, it's community, there's a centrality to it. Whereas in boxing, everyone is kind of atomized, the fighters in their own hidden gyms, the fans without that central, public domain.
What the world needs is more love actually. There is no real beef between Men of La Mancha.
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