Yank vs. Brit Boxing Fans: Whats All The Fighting About?
Despite rumors (or shall I say rumours?) to the contrary, apparently all of the major disputes between the Yanks and the Brits were not settled with the Treaty of Paris. Certain boxing websites, blogs and forums have grown rife with animosity between fans domiciled on both the east and west ends of the Atlantic. One doesn’t have to search these places very long before encountering a Brit who views Yanks as rude, arrogant sods who stop spewing verbal rubbish only long enough to stuff another hamburger into their fat faces. And at least a few Americans view their British counterparts as either obtuse, insular blokes “hanging on in quiet desperation” as the mighty Floyd once proclaimed, or pub dwelling, perpetually pissed (we in the States have an entirely different meaning for that word) miscreants possessing all of the social graces of John Lydon circa 1977. The apparent cause of the vitriol seems to be the perceived disrespect of British boxers shown by some American bloggers and write
