Mayweather vs. Mitchell

[Sikotic™]

The point is, the US is the home of boxing, and if you don't fight here then you're nothing.

lol
Cheers for the laugh
How can it be the home of Boxing when it was not born there ?

So if every good fighter comes over to England and fights say Ricky Hatton
like Cotto, Mayweather and all the rest and he beats them all
He still aint shit ?

Come on man
I agree fighters should go overseas and fight especially if they are world champions.
But to say they would be nothing is a bit harsh

LOL When did its birthplace mean anything? I'm even questioning that statement because I don't think the English were the originators of hand-to-hand combat. Fact of the matter is, we're in 2005, my friend, it doesn't matter where you believe boxing started.

I'm not even discrediting fighters from England, but you seem to be taking it as a personal attack. Lennox Lewis was one fo the greatest of all time and he called England his home so that would be stupid of me.

Where were all of Lewis's big fights though? The US. If you're not fighting in the US, Vegas & Atlantic City in particular, then you're not drawing any money, you're not putting the asses into the seats, and you're not a top fighter, therefore, you're nothing.

[TeeRaySix9Teen]

The point is, the US is the home of boxing, and if you don't fight here then you're nothing.

lol
Cheers for the laugh
How can it be the home of Boxing when it was not born there ?

So if every good fighter comes over to England and fights say Ricky Hatton
like Cotto, Mayweather and all the rest and he beats them all
He still aint shit ?

Come on man
I agree fighters should go overseas and fight especially if they are world champions.
But to say they would be nothing is a bit harsh

its obvious that the US is where its at for boxing. if you dont agree with that, then youre just being more proud then you are smart. who cares where it was "born"? In that case...basketball would be a Canadian sport? Even the fighters know this. In order to become a big name in the sport, you will at one point have to come to America and fight...period. It isnt to say that there arent good fighters who come from overseas. But the level of competition over there is nothing compared to here. Fighters in other countries always rack up 50-0 records fighting nobodies from their home countries. I have a hard time respecting European boxers to begin with...theyre usually pretty unimpressive. Remember Prince Naseem? lol The biggest thing in English boxing at the time....and he lasted about 2 fights here.

[Sikotic™]

Barrera ruined Prince Naseem's career lol. Dude's in prison last I heard.

[TeeRaySix9Teen]

Barrera ruined Prince Naseem's career lol. Dude's in prison last I heard.

lol that guy was such a fag...

[Sikotic™]

Barrera ruined Prince Naseem's career lol. Dude's in prison last I heard.

lol that guy was such a fag...

haha true. And my bad, last I heard he crashed his McLaren, not in jail.

[Adam Donnelly]

The US. If you're not fighting in the US, Vegas & Atlantic City in particular, then you're not drawing any money, you're not putting the asses into the seats, and you're not a top fighter, therefore, you're nothing.

Now you dont know what your talking about
Are Boxers can fill football stadiums
Your talking 40, 50 thousand
And ya telling me they aint making money

HBO And Showtime still pay them when there fighting in the U.K

[nibs]

He has had a fight outside England.

not in the last 5 years.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=009314

Why is it Americans think the U.S is the home of Boxing and every fighter should go there.
The sport came from England deal with it.

go to a neutral site, it doesn't have to be in the u.s.

[nibs]

The US. If you're not fighting in the US, Vegas & Atlantic City in particular, then you're not drawing any money, you're not putting the asses into the seats, and you're not a top fighter, therefore, you're nothing.

Now you dont know what your talking about
Are Boxers can fill football stadiums
Your talking 40, 50 thousand
And ya telling me they aint making money

HBO And Showtime still pay them when there fighting in the U.K

i think most of the money comes from pay-per-view now and not ticket sales.  atleast for a big fight.  hbo and showtime also don't care about the ticket sales, as you point out. 
looking at the size of hatten's crowd's he's fighting in front of 20-25k.

[Sikotic™]

The US. If you're not fighting in the US, Vegas & Atlantic City in particular, then you're not drawing any money, you're not putting the asses into the seats, and you're not a top fighter, therefore, you're nothing.

Now you dont know what your talking about
Are Boxers can fill football stadiums
Your talking 40, 50 thousand
And ya telling me they aint making money

HBO And Showtime still pay them when there fighting in the U.K

Not recently. There are exceptions to any rule. The majority of the time a big pay per view fight is in the US

[TeeRaySix9Teen]

i like European boxers personally. Nothin funnier then when Lennox Lewis would try and sound "tough" with that accent....lol