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Did this bother anyone else? If I was at that arena some drunk Brit would have gone down and gone down hard! Fortunately, other Brits were embarassed by this demonstration:


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3026168.ece


Boos for American national anthem put British fans to shame



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<!-- END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --><!-- BEGIN: Module - Main Article --><!-- Check the Article Type and display accordingly--><!-- Print Author image associated with the Author--><!-- Print the body of the article--><!-- Pagination -->The crowd had been billed as one of Ricky Hatton’s biggest assets against Floyd Mayweather Jr, but it became his greatest liability when large sections of the overwhelmingly British crowd disgraced themselves by booing the national anthem of that the country that was hosting them.
The crowd loudly joined in when Sir Tom Jones sang God Save The Queen.

But when Tyrese, the R&B singer, stepped forward to sing The Star- Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, he was almost drowned out. The singer gamely plugged on, but many were outraged.

HBO’s commentators were quick to condemn the fans they had been praising moments earlier and one HBO technician in the ring gave a middle-fingered salute to the crowd.

It certainly seemed to galvanise the American support behind Mayweather. Where they had been very quiet, chants of “USA, USA” were shouted when Mayweather got on top.

“I was in the changing-room when the anthems were sung, but if that’s what happened, I’m disappointed,” Hatton said. Mayweather had only praise for British fans who had given him such a tough time all week. Joe Cortez, the referee, was among those who seemed deeply agitated at the crowd’s reaction to the anthem.

The New York-born official had a bad night and it was Hatton who seemed to get the worst decisions. At times, Cortez seemed to completely lose control. Early on, he let Mayweather get away with blatant holding, and also seemed to turn a blind eye when he used his forearm.

In round six, Hatton landed well with a right hand and, as Hatton tried to follow up, Mayweather turned and was caught by a punch around the back of the head, which forced the American partly through the ropes.Cortez deducted a point from Hatton, who then remarkably, turned around and stuck his backside towards Mayweather. The gesture seemed to disgust Mayweather, who poured in a barrage of punches, while Hatton appeared to have lost his composure.

“I got frustrated with it all,” Hatton said. “I was doing my fair little bit of naughty stuff, but he was able to get away with it. I expect to get two or three warnings, I’ll watch tape but I don’t think I did get those warnings for rabbit-punching. My head went. He kept putting his elbow in and turning his back and that’s why I sarcastically turned my back on him as if to say, ‘Go on, hit me there’.

“I do feel I was a little bit out of control, that’s why I feel a bit of a mug that I left myself open, I’m too experienced for that.”
It is usual in WBC title bouts for the referee, and often all three judges, to be from neutral countries. But the Nevada State Athletic Commission insists on its own officials, hence the referee and all three judges came from Nevada, where Mayweather lives.

Chorus of protest

Times Online readers were quick to take offence at the booing:
“Way to go, Brits. You drink 24 hours a day while in Vegas. You boo the American national anthem, when not one American booed yours. This was just a night that showed how badly America outclasses you in every respect.”​

— Irv Botelho, Santa Clara, USA

“Unfortunately, the English fans were a complete embarrassment.”

— Adam, St Helens, UK
Have your say at timesonline.co.uk/boxing

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Hatton may pay price for his fans' behaviour

The dust has settled on Ricky Hatton's loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr, but if Hatton wants to remain a big player in the US, the loss to Mayweather could be the least of his problems.
After the raucous scenes at Friday's weigh-in, one senior fight analyst compared the scenes to buzz of the crowd to the excitement created during Muhammad Ali's career. That was all thrown in the bin when Hatton's fans booed the US national anthem.

There was widespread opinion that the majority of people following Hatton in Las Vegas this weekend were not boxing fans. That view was underlined when only about 500 Brits of the apparently 30,000 in town (most of whom did not have tickets to the big fight) showed up for the Friday night card at the MGM Grand for the Friday card featuring John Murray among others.
It would be easy to write them off as football fans, but some compared them to the sort of football fans who follow England to big tournaments but do not follow club football. What it was was a major export of British lad culture, so why would they go and watch boxing when there was drinking to be done?
The booing did not come from a small section of fans. It felt as if 80 per cent of the 16,000 or so fans in the arena booed. In their own country, the Americans, a patriotic lot, were not happy. Monday's newspapers had plenty of articles expressing outrage at home these 'guests' in their country acted. HBO's commentators were also not shy in expressing their anger either.
In England, we have become somewhat hardened to this kind of thing, having put up with the embarrassment of football fans booing the away anthem. It is also worth noting that the US national anthem was booed before Joe Calzaghe's bout with Peter Manfredo in April. That night it clearly upset Manfredo (he never stopped going on about it), but it was in Wales and Manfredo had been somewhat disrespectful to Calzaghe and his host nation (he kept calling it England for one).
Where it is also different is that Hatton is somewhat relient on US TV to stay in the big money. If his fans are seen as drunken thugs, which city in the US would want him back? It's a boxing problem and a Hatton problem - their camp made a big deal that they knew the people who bought their small allocation of tickets, although it is clear that most of the other tickets made their way into British hands.
Before thinking where the next pay cheque is coming from, Team Hatton need to do some bridge building with America.

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Some people were drunk and unruly. lets not make an incident out of it
 

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Some people were drunk and unruly. lets not make an incident out of it

Let me guess, your English. This type of behavior is not the norm in the USA, but has been for UK "sports fans" for many years.
 

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You would think that they would be afraid to open their mouths with all those rotten teeth they have over there.
 

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UK is not a Country but just a big liquor store

We laugh at them and all the drunks there
 

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You would knock someone down for booing our anthem at a sporting event? I am quite certain american fans have booed another counties anthem at an International sporting event at some point. I am proud of our anthem but i certainly could give a fuck about a bunch of drunks booing at a boxing match.
 

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the guy singing the American anthem didn't help as it was a painfully long rendition.

anywho this happens almost everywhere in the world.
 

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its a free country, they are entitled to their opinion

Their not citizens, they have no rights. Only the ones who sneak across the border illegaly have rights.
 

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I wathced the fight with a bunch of Brits in a bar in CR. They too boo'd. I pointed out how hypocritical they were for always refering to Americans as "loud, obnoxious, rude..."
 

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Put them, and the so called golf fans who harassed Colin Montgomerie unmercifully at the Ryders Cup a few years ago, in a steel cage and let them knock the phuk out of one and other.:drink:
 

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You would knock someone down for booing our anthem at a sporting event? I am quite certain american fans have booed another counties anthem at an International sporting event at some point. I am proud of our anthem but i certainly could give a fuck about a bunch of drunks booing at a boxing match.
Damn right I would. Even drunks must be held accountable for their actions. There is a reason why we stand at attention and show respect for our flag and play our national anthem before an athletic event. The acts of acknowledging the principles for which this country stands and paying tribute to the people who have fought for it are far more important than attending the event itself.
 

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who cares what they did anyway...we have people in this country that disgrace the USA on a regular basis

the politically correct and the libs offend me much worse than any Brit ever could
 

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hey Wynn...plenty of flag burners you can go after if you want to KNOCK someone down...

I personally enjoyed the Brits enthusiasm more than anything in a while...

they were still cheering for their hero when he was on the canvas
 

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who cares what they did anyway...we have people in this country that disgrace the USA on a regular basis

the politically correct and the libs offend me much worse than any Brit ever could
A lot of people care or we wouldn't perform this ritual.
 

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everytime I go to a baseball game....Anthem is played...people in the crowd dont even bother to take off their caps...
they talk during...total disrespect


not too mention some of the pro athletes disrespect of the Anthem
we need to worry about our own problems before we start threatening to KNOCK around the Euros
 

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