strange british mentality

[shingle]

why is it my fellow brits love losers, boxers like frank bruno, henry cooper etc who failed miserably against top american boxers go on to win top british awards like sports personality of the year etc yet genuine world champs like joe calzaghe get no recognation whatsoever.to give an another examble although he is not a boxer soccer star wayne rooney is idolised in britain yet when he plays against top countrys he is really crap and gets sent off etc we have a bafferling mentality.

[Toddy]

theres a song for this mate..................."thats life"

[shingle]

bloody annoying though. brit father to son i love frank bruno he **** himself against mike tyson and was knocked out twice but i still love him

[Katz]

theres a song for this mate..................."thats life"

LMAO....

[Toddy]

LMAO....

thank you thank you

[Southpaw Stinger]

I'm a British traitor since all my favourite fighters are american.

[Guest]

I suppose the Blow has come along at a time when boxing isn't as popular, but I take your point. I mean, gotta love the underdog, right?

[Southpaw Stinger]

I mean, gotta love the underdog, right?

Only if the underdog's got balls.

[Cletus Funk]

I think it's got a bit to do with personality too. I mean, Audley's not exactly been taken to the nation's heart.

Rooney's class, BTW. He's still just a kid so cut him some slack.

[Kid Achilles]

The british always love a colorful characters, just like us. Cooper, Bruno, those guys were personalities, not just fighters. One of my favorite boxing quotes comes from Cooper, in response to a woman boxing abolitionist who brought up the condition of his flattened nose. His response was "My excuse is boxing, what's yours?"

Also Cooper the fighter was no slouch. The guy had some fine skills and one of the better left hooks of the time perod. He was a deadly, deadly puncher and though that hook wasn't quite on the Frazier level it was seriously not far off. Cooper was a legitimate top contender.


Calzaghe is just a damn good champion. I don't think he's a big personality. He's a handsome guy, but from what I've heard he just isn't that interesting aside from his profession. That's not a knock on him, the guy deserves our respect and will probably be happy at the end of his career when he goes out with the money and fame he's earned. He's probably the type to not care much for excessive attention.